Stanton Barrett
{{NASCAR current driver|Name = Stanton Barrett|Birthdate =
December 1,
1972 |Birthplace =
Bishop,
California |Car_Team = #52 -
Ware Racing Enterprises |Previous_Year = 2005 |Prev_Cup_Pos = 51st |Best_Cup_Pos = 51st -
2005 (NEXTEL Cup) |Wins = 0 |Top_Tens = 0 |Poles = 0 |First_Race =
1999 Las Vegas 400 (
Las Vegas) |First_Win = - |Last_Win = - |Awards = None |Updated_On =
July 23,
2006 |
Stanton Barrett(born
December 1,
1972 in
Bishop, California is a
NASCAR Nextel Cup and
Busch Series driver and
Hollywood stuntman. He currently drives the #52 for Ware Racing Enterprises part-time.
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#95 Stanton Barrett passes a spun out car at the 2006 Bristol spring race, courtesy of flickr contributor |
Barrett made his
NASCAR debut in the
Busch Series at the
1992 Food City 250 at the age of 19, finishing 26th out of 29 cars following an accident on lap 39. He made a few limited starts in the
Busch Series for several years, finishing a career best 5th at the spring race at
Atlanta in
1996.
In
1999, he ran several races in the
Channellock Chevy for
Darwin Oordt but was soon replaced by
Butch Miller. He finished out the year for
Steve Coulter, competing in the final three races of the season for him.
1999 was also the year he made his
Winston Cup debut, at the
Las Vegas 400 for
Junie Donlavey, starting 42nd and finished 30th in the #90 Nestle NesQuik/HILLS BROS. Coffee
Ford Taurus. After only qualifying for two of the several races he attempted with Donlavey that year, he joined
Tri-Star Motorsports for the
2000 Daytona 500 with
sportcut.com as a sponsor. He attempted the
Bud Shootout qualifer for drivers who ran the fastest in 2nd-round-qualifying in 1999, but crashed, and did not make the 500.
In
2003, he signed with
Jack Roush's
Busch Series team and won two poles, but sponsorship woes forced the team to close down. In
2004, Barrett returned to
Nextel Cup driving the #94 car owned by Dave Watson. For
2005, Barrett attempted another part time Cup Schedule with the #92
Chevy for
Front Row Motorsports. But he was released and started his own team His first race in the #95 at Dover in the MBNA 400, he finished 43rd, due to an accident on lap 8. The next race he got it he finished 42nd, due to engine problems in the SBM Chevy. The last race of the year he got it for was the Phoenix race, which he got funding from CHEETAH Electrical Speed Systems, but blew a tire early, putting him out of the race. He started his year in the
Busch Series in the #36
DCT Motorsports Chevy, was 20th in points, when he departed and signed for a one race deal with #40 car at
FitzBradshaw Racing.
In
2006, Barrett attempted most of the races on the schedule, before sponsorship woes caused him to cut back on his schedule. After running a limited partnership with
Rick Ware, Ware bought out Barrett's Cup team and will field cars for Barrett on a limited schedule. He has also run four races for
MacDonald Motorsports, his best finish 21st at
Nashville Superspeedway.
Nextel Cup Series
Barrett started his own Cup team the #95 Chevrolet, in
2005 following his release from
Front Row Motorsports. The team made four races of the seven races it attempted with his best finish being a 41st at
Bristol Motor Speedway in August. In the 2006 season, SBM has attempted 16 of the 20 races that have been run and has made six races with a best finish of 33rd at
Phoenix before selling out to Ware.
Busch Series
The team began in 2002 as Red Racing in the
NASCAR Busch Series fielding the #91
Bojangles'/
Odoban Ford. The team ran tweleve races that year with a top finish of 21st at
Nashville and
Charlotte. The team returned again in 2003 after Stanton's release from
Roush Racing for seven races and ran various manufacturers. The team would only end up finishing one race and that would be in the 30th position at
Charlotte. For the 2004 season the team returned to the
Busch Series as Stanton Barrett Racing for 16 races. The team ran
Pontiac's and
Chevrolet's throughout the season and recevied most of the sponsorship from
AmericInn Lodging Systems. At the
Meijer 300 the team fielded two cars, one for
Shawna Robinson and one for
Stanton Barrett, however only Barrett would qualify for the race. SBR would have a best finish of 18th at both the
Milwaukee Mile and
Richmond. The team has yet to return to the
Busch Series since the 2004 season.
Stanton has performed as a stumant in
skiing,
motocross and
snowmobile racing. He has worked in nearly 150 motion pictures and television series [
1]. He has worked additionally in stunt doubling and stunt coordinating for many of Hollywood actors in films such as:
The Dukes of Hazzard,
Spider-Man 1 &
2,
Jurassic Park 2 &
3,
Rat Race,
Blade,
1989,
Nutty Professor,
Volcano,
Extreme Jumanji, and
Fastlane (TV Series)Fastlane.
His father,
Stan Barrett who was also a
Hollywood stuntman raced in 19
Winston Cup series races between
1980 and
1990, posting two top ten finishes. Stan was the first person to exceed the speed of sound in a car.
Stanton is the godson of
Paul Newman.
Stanton is the grandson of
Dave McCoy and
Roma McCoy, the founders of
Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort.
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Racing Reference*
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