# Jerry Robertson (racing driver)

Gerald Robertson (born January 2, 1962) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed part-time in NASCAR from 1996 to 2006 (as well as one ARCA race in 1987). He primarily drove for underfunded teams in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series as well as in NASCAR's Southwest and Midwest Series, winning twice in the Southwest Series. He is notable for being the first ever driver for Furniture Row Racing, a team based out of Denver (also where Robertson is from) that would go on to win multiple races in the NASCAR Cup Series and the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship after starting out as an underfunded team in the series.

## Racing career
### Early career

Robertson began his racing career as a high school senior at Colorado National Speedway and won eight races, garnering the Rookie of the Year title. Over the next 12 years, he was a fixture on the national dirt-track racing scene, winning 126 times. In 1994, he switched to paved racing, and was named Rookie of the Year and champion in the NASCAR Grand American Modified Division. After being named "Oval Track Driver of the Year", he ran in the NASCAR Northwest Regional Championship Series, winning titles in 2003 and 2004.

### NASCAR

Robertson ran eight races in the Craftsman Truck Series between 1996 and 2001.
In 2005, he joined the upstart Furniture Row Racing team and ran ten races in their No. 78 car. Robertson's best race finish came that year when he finished 22nd in the Ameriquest 300 at Auto Club Speedway. He also made his Nextel Cup Series debut that year for Furniture Row at Phoenix, finishing 41st after suffering an engine failure. Robertson was expected to run more Cup races for Furniture Row in 2006. However, without a guarantee of qualifying for races, the inexperienced Robertson was scaled back to run mostly Busch Series races for the team, which were his last NASCAR starts, while Cup Series veteran driver Kenny Wallace drove the team's Cup car.
Although Robertson did not find a NASCAR ride for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he continued to race locally.

## 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.)

#### Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results :
| 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 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NNCC | Pts | Ref |
| 2002 | Ware Racing Enterprises | 51 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO DNQ | HOM | N/A | 0 | |
| 2005 | Furniture Row Racing | 78 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO 41 | HOM | 83rd | 40 | |

#### Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results :
| 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 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts |
| 1997 | Taylor Motorsports | 40 | Ford | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | LVS 22 | DAR | HCY 29 | TEX 31 | BRI | NSV | TAL DNQ | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAL | CAR | HOM | | | | | | 74th | 243 |
| 2001 | PRW Racing | 77 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR 27 | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM | | | 111th | 82 |
| 2003 | PF2 Motorsports | 94 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR 41 | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | | 156th | |
| 2005 | Furniture Row Racing | 78 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS DNQ | ATL | NSH 33 | BRI | TEX 25 | PHO 23 | TAL | DAR | RCH 40 | CLT | DOV | NSH 37 | KEN DNQ | MLW | DAY | CHI 34 | NHA | PPR 29 | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH DNQ | BRI | CAL 22 | RCH DNQ | DOV | KAN 39 | CLT | MEM | TEX 35 | PHO | HOM DNQ | 62nd | 603 |
| 2006 | MacDonald Motorsports | 72 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI DNQ | TEX | NSH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 66th | 477 |
| 2006 | Furniture Row Racing | 78 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | PHO 40 | TAL | RCH 29 | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH DNQ | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI 36 | NHA | MAR 32 | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH DNQ | BRI | CAL 39 | RCH 29 | DOV | KAN 42 | CLT | MEM 42 | TEX DNQ | PHO 41 | HOM | 66th | 477 |

#### Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results :
| 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 1996 | Rudy Proctor | 5 | Ford | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | TUS | CNS 20 | HPT | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | I70 | IRP | FLM | GLN | NSV | RCH | NHA | MAR | NWS | SON | | | | | | | 85th | 158 | |
| 1996 | Gary Miller | 34 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MMR | PHO | LVS 36 | | | | | | 85th | 158 |
| 1997 | MB Motorsports | 26 | Ford | WDW | TUS | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | NHA | TEX | BRI | NZH | MLW 26 | LVL | CNS 30 | HPT | IRP DNQ | FLM | NSV | GLN | RCH | MAR DNQ | SON | MMR | CAL | PHO | | | 64th | 291 | |
| 1997 | Larry Carnes | 36 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LVS DNQ | | 64th | 291 | |
| 1998 | Joe Ambrose | 12 | Chevy | WDW | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | GLN | TEX | BRI | MLW | NZH | CAL | PPR | IRP | NHA | FLM | NSV | HPT | LVL | RCH | MEM | GTY | MAR | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS DNQ | N/A | 0 | |
| 1999 | MB Motorsports | 26 | Ford | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR | MAR | MEM | PPR | I70 | BRI | TEX 25 | PIR | GLN | MLW 25 | NSV 33 | NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP | GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS | LVL | TEX | CAL | | | 59th | 240 | |
| 2001 | Ware Racing Enterprises | 51 | Chevy | DAY | HOM | MMR | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR 21 | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | NSH | CIC | NZH | RCH | SBO | TEX | LVS | PHO | CAL | | | | 98th | 100 | |

### ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | APSCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1987 | Info not available | 96 | Pontiac | DAY | ATL | TAL | DEL | ACS | TOL | ROC | POC 26 | FRS | KIL | TAL | FRS | ISF | IND | DSF | SLM | ATL | | | |