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Garrett Smithley (born April 27, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports, and part-time in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado for MB Motorsports. Smithley has also competed in the ARCA Racing Series.
Racing career
Smithley began his racing career in 2007 in Bandolero cars at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and Lanier National Speedway, and won the rookie of the year in 2008.
Xfinity Series
Smithley made his Xfinity Series debut in the final race of 2015, at Homestead driving the No. 70 Chevrolet Camaro for Derrike Cope Racing, started 34th, and finished 28th.
In February 16, 2016, it was announced that Smithley would race for JD Motorsports, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro, and will also compete for the rookie of the year honors. He ran every race except the PowerShares QQQ 300. Finishing 18th in series points, he finished in the top 15 in both restrictor plate races, including one at Talladega Superspeedway. Smithley cracked the top 20 five times outside of plate tracks, but troubles at road courses put a slight damper on his season.
Camping World Truck Series
Smithley made his Truck series debut at his home track, Atlanta Motor Speedway, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado for MB Motorsports. He made three more starts in the 2015 season, scoring a high finish of 14th at Michigan. He returned to Atlanta with MB Motorsports for his first start of 2016, finishing 18th.
ARCA Racing Series
Smithley competed in three events in 2013, driving Derrike Cope's cars. His one start in 2014 was an 18th at Talladega for Wes Gonder. In 2014, his one start for Rick Ware was hampered by engine problems.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | |||
| 2015 | Derrike Cope Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM 28 | 109th | 01 | |||
| 2016 | JD Motorsports | 0 | Chevy | DAY | ATL 24 | LVS 24 | PHO 31 | CAL 23 | TEX 23 | BRI 29 | RCH 20 | TAL 12 | DOV 24 | CLT 15 | POC 27 | MCH 17 | IOW 22 | DAY 13 | KEN 24 | NHA 23 | IND 23 | IOW 22 | GLN 39 | MOH 24 | BRI 23 | ROA 40 | DAR 22 | RCH 31 | CHI 19 | KEN 17 | DOV 26 | CLT 25 | KAN 18 | TEX 25 | PHO 34 | HOM 29 | 18th | 544 | |||
Camping World Truck Series
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | MB Motorsports | 63 | Chevy | DAY | ATL 18 | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC 16 | MCH 14 | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM 28 | 36th | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | DAY | ATL 18 | MAR | KAN | DOV | 98th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | CLT 29 | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN 21 | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ARSC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Derrike Cope Racing | 74 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC 17 | MCH | ROA | WIN | CHI | NJE | POC 14 | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW | SLM | KEN 26 | KAN | 64th | 405 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Wes Gonder | 11 | Ford | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL 18 | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | ELK | WIN | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 111th | 140 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Rick Ware Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY 34 | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 136th | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points