# Stacy Compton

Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967) is an American NASCAR former team owner and former driver. He is a former co-owner of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Virginia in the Craftsman Truck Series and is a former racing analyst for ESPN full-time. Before he ran in NASCAR, Compton was a successful short track racer in Virginia.

## Early career

Compton was born in Hurt, Virginia, and grew up racing in Virginia with his focus on late models in local racing divisions. Eventually, he moved up to the NASCAR Winston Racing Series, and won 36 races in seven years of late model competition. During this time, Compton also hosted a TV show dedicated to covering Virginia races. In 1996, Compton made his debut in a major NASCAR series driving for Dean Monroe, Monroe bought Alan Dillard team beginning 1996, when he qualified in 9th place for the Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Martinsville Speedway in the Winston Cup series. He finished 33rd that day after suffering brake failure. He ran one other race during his rookie season, the fall Martinsville event. He finished 33rd in that race as well.

## Motorsports career
### 1997–1999

In 1997, Compton signed up with a new team, Impact Motorsports, to run the No. 86 Ford F-150 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award. During his initial Truck Series season, Compton had three Top 5 finishes and a 13th-place finish in the final points standings, but fell well short of the top rookie award. For the 1998 season, in the third race of the season held at Phoenix International Raceway, Compton won his first career pole position, and finished in third in the race. The next week at Portland Speedway, he led all but two laps and won his first career Truck Series race. He got another win later that season at Heartland Park Topeka. He finished seventh in the final points standings and was named the Most Popular Driver. Compton had high hopes for 1999 season as Impact switched to Dodge Rams and getting a teammate in Randy Tolsma, but he failed to go to victory lane that season, although he did finish fourth in points. Late that season, Compton began competing in some Winston Cup races for Melling Racing. Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would driver their No. 9 Ford Taurus in the Winston Cup Series in 2000 season.

### 2000–2002

Compton struggled during his first year in the Cup series, as his best finish was 16th at New Hampshire International Speedway. In the summer Michigan race, he crashed during qualifying and suffered minor injuries. He was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr. at the following event. Compton ended the year 38th in points.
In 2001, Melling switched the car's number and manufacture to 92 and Dodge and had a new crew chief with Chad Knaus. Compton started the season by qualifying on the outside pole next to Bill Elliott in the Daytona 500 and went on to score a 10th-place finish. At the next restrictor-plate race at Talladega Superspeedway, he won his first career Cup pole position, but finished last due to mechanical issues. After winning a second career pole at Talladega, he was only able to improve his points position by five spots. At the end of the year, sponsorship problems at Melling forced him to look elsewhere for a job.
In the 2002 season, Compton signed with A.J. Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 Pontiac, replacing Ron Hornaday Jr. He had a best finish of 18th when his sponsor Conseco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He was let go after the New England 300. He returned to Melling for one race before competing in two for BAM Racing at the end of the season. His last career Cup start for nine years came in the 2003 Pepsi 400 for Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

### 2001–2012

In 2001 at the GNC Live Well 300, Compton made his Busch Series debut with JTG Daugherty Racing, then known as ST Motorsports. He qualified 12th and finished 10th. For four consecutive seasons, Compton ran every Busch Series race with JTG. Although he did not win a Busch Series race, he has 33 career top-ten finishes and one pole position. His best points finish was a 9th in 2002.
Following the conclusion of the 2006 season, Compton was replaced by Marcos Ambrose and returned to the Truck Series, sharing the No. 09 Ford with Joey Clanton for nine races. In 2006, Compton founded Turn One Racing, LLC, as a way of promoting talented young drivers in the southeastern United States. He made a total of fourteen starts that season, ten for Wood Brothers/JTG, as well as one for Key Motorsports and three for Xpress Motorsports. He bought into Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2008, and was named driver of the No. 4 Dodge for the team during the season. After the race at Bristol Motor Speedway the No. 4 team shut down, leaving Compton out of a job. He drove the No. 60 Toyota for Wyler Racing in 2009, finishing with 8 top-tens and finishing 11th in points. Despite the new sponsorship, Jeff Wyler was unsure if the team would continue into 2010, so Compton and Turn One Racing bought the No. 60 from Wyler, though the team continued into 2010 under the Wyler Racing banner. Compton would split the No. 60 Truck with former Formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and Red Bull development driver Cole Whitt, while also changing manufacturers to Chevrolet. Compton later took sole ownership of the team and renamed it Turn One Racing. Compton scored only five top tens and finished 20th in points. Karthikeyan left at the end of the year to drive for Hispania Racing in F1, while Safe Auto left the team to sponsor ThorSport Racing's No. 13 Truck.
2012 saw Compton expand his Truck Series team, Turn One Racing, into the Cup series with the No. 74 Chevrolet, starting at Bristol Motor Speedway in March He himself would attempt to qualify the car at Texas Motor Speedway but failed to do so. However, Compton did later manage to get into the field for the Pocono 400 in June. He has not raced since then.

## 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.)

#### Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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 | NSCC | Pts |
| 1996 | Monroe Racing | 46 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR 33 | TAL | SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | IND DNQ | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH DNQ | DOV | MAR 33 | NWS | CLT | CAR | PHO | ATL | | | | | | 56th | 128 |
| 1999 | Melling Racing | 9 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | BRI | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR 36 | PHO 39 | HOM 30 | ATL DNQ | | | 55th | 174 |
| 2000 | Melling Racing | 9 | Ford | DAY 26 | CAR 34 | LVS 32 | ATL 35 | DAR 29 | BRI 28 | TEX 36 | MAR 39 | TAL 33 | CAL 28 | RCH 22 | CLT 33 | DOV 30 | MCH 42 | POC 37 | SON 31 | DAY 39 | NHA 29 | POC 35 | IND 37 | GLN 29 | MCH DNQ | BRI | DAR DNQ | RCH 24 | NHA 16 | DOV 29 | MAR 39 | CLT DNQ | TAL 23 | CAR DNQ | PHO DNQ | HOM 38 | ATL DNQ | | | 38th | 1857 |
| 2001 | Melling Racing | 92 | Dodge | DAY 10 | CAR 41 | LVS 27 | ATL 24 | DAR 43 | BRI 11 | TEX 15 | MAR 15 | TAL 43 | CAL 38 | RCH 29 | CLT 34 | DOV 32 | MCH DNQ | POC 23 | SON 24 | DAY 32 | CHI 26 | NHA 31 | POC 32 | IND 33 | GLN 20 | MCH 21 | BRI DNQ | DAR 42 | RCH 22 | DOV 24 | KAN 34 | CLT 32 | MAR 16 | TAL 11 | PHO 21 | CAR 36 | HOM 43 | ATL 18 | NHA 34 | 33rd | 2752 |
| 2002 | A.J. Foyt Racing | 14 | Pontiac | DAY 27 | CAR 43 | LVS 39 | ATL 31 | DAR 27 | BRI 38 | TEX 19 | MAR 18 | TAL 27 | CAL 41 | RCH 26 | CLT 37 | DOV 24 | POC 28 | MCH 35 | SON DNQ | DAY 18 | CHI 35 | NHA 30 | POC | IND | GLN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 42nd | 1557 |
| 2002 | Melling Racing | 92 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 30 | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | | | | | | | | | | 42nd | 1557 |
| 2002 | BAM Racing | 49 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 22 | CLT 42 | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 42nd | 1557 |
| 2003 | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | 4 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | MAR | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY 33 | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH DNQ | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | 71st | 39 |
| 2012 | Turn One Racing | 74 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX DNQ | KAN | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC 39 | MCH DNQ | SON | KEN | DAY | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | TAL | CLT | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 56th | 5 |

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 2000 | Melling Racing | Ford | 33 | 26 |
| 2001 | Melling Racing | Dodge | 2 | 10 |
| 2002 | A.J. Foyt Racing | Pontiac | 24 | 27 |

#### 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 | Ref |
| 1999 | | 28 | | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | NSV | BRI | TAL | CAL | NHA | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | SBO | GLN DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 161st | 0 | |
| 1999 | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MLW DNQ | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | | | | | | 161st | 0 |
| 2001 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | KEN | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | CAR | HOM 10 | | | 96th | 134 | |
| 2002 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Chevy | DAY 20 | CAR 22 | LVS 10 | DAR 10 | BRI 36 | TEX 11 | NSH 9 | TAL 2 | CAL 3 | RCH 12 | NHA 27 | NZH 13 | CLT 17 | DOV 21 | NSH 13 | KEN 17 | MLW 33 | DAY 10 | CHI 32 | GTY 31 | PPR 10 | IRP 16 | MCH 8 | BRI 34 | DAR 21 | RCH 18 | DOV 15 | KAN 12 | CLT 16 | MEM 2 | ATL 11 | CAR 5 | PHO 2 | HOM 13 | | 9th | 4042 | |
| 2003 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Chevy | DAY 38 | CAR 22 | LVS 15 | DAR 4 | BRI 15 | TEX 16 | TAL 32 | NSH 31 | CAL 21 | RCH 7 | GTY 6 | NZH 8 | CLT 18 | DOV 29 | NSH 28 | KEN 4 | MLW 9 | DAY 19 | CHI 19 | NHA 10 | PPR 6 | IRP 3 | MCH 17 | BRI 29 | DAR 8 | RCH 15 | DOV 12 | KAN 8 | CLT 23 | MEM 11 | ATL 23 | PHO 35 | CAR 16 | HOM 21 | | 11th | 3893 | |
| 2004 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Ford | DAY 31 | CAR 20 | LVS 17 | DAR 15 | BRI 19 | TEX 28 | NSH 14 | TAL 23 | CAL 3 | GTY 20 | RCH 18 | NZH 12 | CLT 26 | DOV 17 | NSH 10 | KEN 19 | MLW 20 | DAY 42 | CHI 21 | NHA 8 | PPR 2 | IRP 18 | MCH 31 | BRI 11 | CAL 24 | RCH 32 | DOV 29 | KAN 9 | CLT 26 | MEM 16 | ATL 17 | PHO 23 | DAR 20 | HOM 15 | | 14th | 3614 | |
| 2005 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Ford | DAY 23 | CAL 16 | MXC 28 | LVS 38 | ATL 41 | NSH 10 | BRI 16 | TEX 23 | PHO 19 | TAL 25 | DAR 31 | RCH 39 | CLT 26 | DOV 15 | NSH 16 | KEN 8 | MLW 25 | DAY 13 | CHI 28 | NHA 33 | PPR 9 | GTY 20 | IRP 12 | GLN 27 | MCH 28 | BRI 15 | CAL 32 | RCH 16 | DOV 18 | KAN 29 | CLT 20 | MEM 22 | TEX 37 | PHO 17 | HOM 17 | 16th | 3345 | |
| 2006 | ST Motorsports | 59 | Ford | DAY 27 | CAL 24 | MXC 43 | LVS 33 | ATL 27 | BRI 14 | TEX 22 | NSH 20 | PHO 26 | TAL 26 | RCH 37 | DAR 14 | CLT 30 | DOV 12 | NSH 19 | KEN 24 | MLW 6 | DAY 20 | CHI 20 | NHA 25 | MAR 15 | GTY 17 | IRP 12 | GLN 30 | MCH 41 | BRI 16 | CAL 18 | RCH 34 | DOV 20 | KAN 34 | CLT 3 | MEM 24 | TEX 22 | PHO 22 | HOM 17 | 16th | 3339 | |

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 1996 | Shenandoah Valley Motorsports | 71 | Ford | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | TUS | CNS | HPT | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | I70 | IRP | FLM | GLN | NSV | RCH | NHA | MAR | NWS | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS DNQ | | | | 144th | 0 | |
| 1997 | Impact Motorsports | 86 | Ford | WDW 10 | TUS 16 | HOM 34 | PHO 33 | POR 12 | EVG 8 | I70 30 | NHA 15 | TEX 16 | BRI 25 | NZH 14 | MLW 21 | LVL 6 | CNS 3 | HPT 13 | IRP 26 | FLM 14 | NSV 5 | GLN 25 | RCH 18 | MAR 9 | SON 10 | MMR 2 | CAL 17 | PHO 14 | LVS 12 | | 13th | 3057 | |
| 1998 | Impact Motorsports | 86 | Ford | WDW 30 | HOM 6 | PHO 3 | POR 1* | EVG 4 | I70 11 | GLN 19 | TEX 5 | BRI 37 | MLW 13 | NZH 2 | CAL 14 | PPR 7 | IRP 13 | NHA 9 | FLM 28* | NSV 9 | HPT 1 | LVL 4 | RCH 23 | MEM 16 | GTY 26 | MAR 4 | SON 15 | MMR 3 | PHO 8 | LVS 17 | 7th | 3542 | |
| 1999 | Impact Motorsports | 86 | Dodge | HOM 3 | PHO 4 | EVG 4 | MMR 3 | MAR 2 | MEM 4 | PPR 28 | I70 4 | BRI 2 | TEX 9 | PIR 17 | GLN 15 | MLW 10 | NSV 27 | NZH 10 | MCH 6 | NHA 3* | IRP 2 | GTY 4 | HPT 21 | RCH 11 | LVS 6 | LVL 13 | TEX 12 | CAL 3 | | | 4th | 3623 | |
| 2001 | HT Motorsports | 92 | Dodge | DAY | HOM | MMR | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV 6 | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA 9 | IRP | NSH | CIC | NZH | RCH 6 | SBO | TEX | LVS | PHO 4 | CAL | | | | 44th | 598 | |
| 2002 | HT Motorsports | 17 | Dodge | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH 8 | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO 32 | HOM 13 | | | | | | 50th | 333 | |
| 2006 | Wood Brothers/JTG Racing | 21 | Ford | DAY 25 | CAL 26 | ATL | MAR | GTY | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | 62nd | 173 | |
| 2007 | Xpress Motorsports | 16 | Ford | DAY 17 | | ATL 16 | MAR 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1632 | |
| 2007 | Wood Brothers/JTG Racing | 09 | Ford | | CAL 12 | | | KAN 14 | CLT | MFD | DOV 2 | | MCH 12 | MLW 12 | | | IRP 22 | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA 22 | LVS 8 | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO 32 | HOM | | | | 21st | 1632 |
| 2007 | Wood Brothers/JTG Racing | 21 | Ford | | | | | | | | | TEX 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1632 |
| 2007 | Key Motorsports | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | MEM 24 | KEN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21st | 1632 |
| 2008 | Bobby Hamilton Racing | 4 | Dodge | DAY 6 | CAL 21 | ATL 19 | MAR 35 | KAN 20 | CLT 28 | MFD 10 | DOV 23 | TEX 30 | MCH 21 | MLW 24 | MEM 10 | KEN 12 | IRP 23 | NSH 7 | BRI 31 | GTW | NHA | | | | | | | | | | 24th | 1748 | |
| 2008 | HT Motorsports | 59 | Toyota | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LVS 28 | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | | 24th | 1748 |
| 2009 | Wyler Racing | 60 | Toyota | DAY 14 | CAL 15 | ATL 19 | MAR 6 | KAN 13 | CLT 9 | DOV 13 | TEX 21 | MCH 19 | MLW 6 | MEM 17 | KEN 12 | IRP 8 | NSH 15 | BRI 9 | CHI 12 | IOW 16 | GTW 8 | NHA 6 | LVS 20 | MAR 14 | TAL 7 | TEX 22 | PHO 10 | HOM 21 | | | 11th | 3124 | |
| 2010 | Wyler Racing | 60 | Toyota | DAY 7 | ATL 19 | MAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 1856 | |
| 2010 | Wyler Racing | 60 | Chevy | | | | NSH 9 | KAN | DOV 13 | CLT | TEX | MCH 11 | IOW 6 | GTY 19 | IRP | POC 17 | NSH | DAR 8 | BRI 34 | CHI | KEN 12 | NHA 16 | LVS | MAR 8 | TAL | TEX 14 | PHO 14 | HOM | | | | 20th | 1856 |

### ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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 | ABSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1996 | Monroe Racing | 64 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | SLM | TAL | FIF | LVL | CLT | CLT | KIL | FRS | POC | MCH 12 | FRS | TOL | POC | MCH | INF | SBS | ISF | DSF | KIL | SLM | WIN | CLT | ATL | 131st | - | |