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Jennifer Jo Cobb: Life Story of an American Car and Pickup Truck Racer
 Jennifer
Jo Cobb was born on 12th June 1973 in Kansas City, Kansas. She is an American
race-car driver and team owner. She has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
along with the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and
currently competes in the latter series, driving for her own team in the No. 10
Ram 1500.
She started racing in 1991 at Lakeside Speedway. Her father, Joe Cobb, races at
Lakeside Speedway in the modified division. Since 2002, she has made 9 starts in
the ARCA Racing Series, including 3 top-10s in 3 starts in 2004 while driving
for Keith Murt. In 2004, Cobb made her NASCAR debut in the Busch Series at
Homestead-Miami Speedway. She drove the #50 Vassarette Chevrolet for Keith
Coleman Racing and finished 43rd due to a crash on lap 2.
In 2006, Cobb created a line of clothing for female race fans called Driver
Boutique. Proceeds from the sales of this line go towards her racing efforts,
and she has attempted to qualify for various Busch and ARCA races in 2007 with
the Driver Boutique sponsorship. On July 19, 2008 she competed in the Camping
World Truck Series event at the Built Ford Tough 225. She started in 35th and
finished 26 driving the #74 Dodge for The Annexus Group completing 144 laps. On
April 27, 2009 she competed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 driving the #73 Dodge
for Derrike Cope Inc. She started 34th and completed 72 laps before experiencing
engine trouble, finishing 26th out of 35 drivers winning a purse of $10,680.
In 2010, Cobb announced that she would run full time in the truck series, after
purchasing the assets of the #10 truck team from Rick Crawford, whose Circle Bar
Racing downsized from a two-truck operation to one � Crawford's own #14. In
addition to the Trucks, Cobb is negotiating the purchase of a NASCAR Nationwide
Series car to compete in 4 or 5 NNS events for 2010. Her long range goals
include entering the NASCAR Sprint Cup series sometime within the next two to
three years. In 2010, Cobb became the highest female points finisher in history
in any of the three major NASCAR Series to that time, achieving 17th place.
 For 2011, Jennifer expects to continue racing her own #10 truck full time in the
Camping World Truck Series, and will also drive the first 5 races in the
Nationwide Series in the #79 for 2nd Chance Motorsports. Jennifer later
announced that she would run the full season with 2nd Chance Motorsports in the
#79 and run for Rookie of the Year. Cobb became the highest finishing female in
Truck Series history by finishing 6th at the NextEra Energy Resources 250 in
2011. She later gave her truck's owners points to Chase Mattioli and his team
while she also started her own driver development program with Cody Cambensy
planning to drive in the Truck Series in 2011. She later left 2nd Chance
Motorsports after a dispute with owner Rick Russell over whether to start and
park after losing their second car at Las Vegas. Rick Ware Racing later gave her
a ride in his #41.
In early 2011, Cobb partnered with U.S. Army Family and MWR Command to launch
Driven 2 Honor, a promotion honoring women in the U.S. Military. Jennifer hosted
2 female service members and their guests at the first 5 Nationwide races of the
2011 NASCAR season. In 2012 Cobb ran the entire Camping World Truck Series
schedule in the No. 10, along with selected Nationwide Series races in the No.
13. She returned to the Camping World Truck Series for 2013.
On May 15, 2013, Mike Harmon was arrested and charged with stealing a hauler and
racing equipment belonging to Cobb, in association with his sister and Cobb's
former partner Dave Novak; Harmon stated that he was innocent. On May 28,
officials from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office seized five Camping World Truck
Series trucks and two Nationwide Series cars, which were stated as belonging to
Cobb, from Harmon's garage.
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Dated 23 December 2013
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