Lavendar has Successful Year, Looks Forward to Next Year

Mooresville, NC (12/16/09) - Jody Lavender recently finished the 2009 racing season. This was his 2nd year in the NASCAR Camping World East Series and he finished 4th in the points. But the 4th place finish was not a good indication of the full season. At the end of the first segment (4 races), he was leading the points and at the end of the 2nd segment (8 races), he was in 2nd place. But 4 bad finishes offset what was otherwise a good season. There were bad finishes at Iowa and Dover and the 2 road course races were also bad. He was also presented the Driver Achievement Award from NASCAR.

Jody said, “Overall we had a good year. The competition is very tough and we didn’t have as much financial backing as we needed to be more competitive. But, we’ll take 4th place. It was also a good year for Jimmy Burgess and the entire JBR team. They did a great job with the limited resources we had.”

When asked about next year, Jody said, “We’ll be making some changes next year. I enjoyed the NASCAR Camping World East Series but the travel time is more than I need now. I have a one-year old daughter and I don’t need to be gone as much. I’ll be racing some but it will be closer to home. I also have my own custom race car chassis shop and I need to spend more time with it. Business has been good and we’re growing but I need to be around to keep it growing.

For more information, Jody can be reached at (704) 746-8398 or (704) 664-7480.
 

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