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Born and raised in Greensburg Indiana. Started racing
Go-Karts at age 15 in 1993. Got the nickname as "The Tree City Tornado" on
a local radio show in 2004. J.T. is single and a college graduate, with
his Associates Degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan
University. He plans to further his education in the coming years.
I am
involved in several charity functions including the annual 3-hour enduro
benefit Go-Kart race at Fastimes in Indianapolis,IN. I have been
involved raising money for great causes like the Kenny Irwin Jr.
Foundation, USAC Benevolent Fund, and American Racing Ministries.
Team Results are as follows:
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2002- Thunder at
Johansson's Co-Captain with Shane Hollingsworth finished 5th
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2003- Thunder at Prodrive
Co-Captain with Critter Malone finished 2nd
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2004- Fun at Fastimes
Co-Captain with Johnny Parsons Jr. finished 3rd
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2005- Fun at Fastimes I was
the lone Captain finished as the Champions
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2006- Fun at Fastimes
Co-Captain with Johnny Heydenreich finished 3rd
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2007- Fun at Fastimes
Co-Captain with Ted Hines finished 4th
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2008- Fun at Fastimes
Co-Captain with Johnny Parsons Jr. finished 2nd
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2009- NO RACE
I am also very involved in "A
Race For A Cure" that started in 2005 to help fund research to find a cure
for Diabetes. This problem affects nearly 21 Million children and adults
in the United States. I have participated in walks, bike rides, and in
2007 we even had a golf outing to raise money for the American Diabetes
Association. If you have any ideas for a local function you would like to
promote to benefit ADA or the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation please email
me. 2009 will be the inaugural year for the Diabetes Challenge This Rides
4 U Campaign to raise money for the American Diabetes Association and the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation to fund research to find a cure. Fans will
get the opportunity to ride in an 800 horsepower fire breathing Sprint
Car, in one of the 2 seat cars that legendary car owner and builder Steve
Stapp has built and assembled. Fans will give a donation for the number of
laps they want to ride. The fan will ride in front and the driver will be
in the rear of the car! I am ready to take some lucky fans for rides to
give them a thrill and raise money for a cause that is very dear to my
heart.
Career Highlights
2009
J,T, started the year off competing at the Prestigious Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals in Tulsa, OK. In the Friday Prelim he led the first half of his
heat race and ended up third, good enough to be in an A-Qualifier.
Finished the weekend in the top half of the 300 car field driving the Matt
Fox owned #23 Stealth Gaerte. J.T. again drove the Bryan Robinson owned
#57R Maxim in the SCORA Sprint Car Series. He captured the 20 lap A-Main
at the Clay Co. Speedway in Flora, IL. He also had several other top 5s
and top 10s including 3 heat race wins. One of those heat wins coming at
the Legendary Terre Haute Action Track. He led the points standings the
majority of the year ending the season 4th..
2008
J.T. drove the Bryan Robinson owned # 57R Sprint Car to several top ten
finishes. This includes a strong 7th place finish at the Historic
Putnamville Clash, at the Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville with nearly
40 cars in the pits.
2007
Ran several T.Q. Midget races in the #16 owned by Scott Brannin. Competed
in several sprint car races in the Axsom Racing #11. Had several top 5's,
top 10's, and heat race wins in both cars.
2006
Ran #92 T.Q. Midget for Billy Reeves again. Competed in several Sprint Car
races in the Greg Axsom #11 and the Glenn Scott owned Taterhead
Motorsports #16x. Finished the year with several top 5's, top 10's, and
heat race wins, including a start in the prestigious Mike Johnson Memorial
Sprint Car race at Paragon.
2005
Ran several T.Q. Midget races in the Reeves #92 car before getting hurt in
a serious automobile accident in Indianapolis. Made a comeback later in
the season. Finished with several top 5's, top 10's, and heat race wins.
Also competed in a sprint car.
2004
Ran several UMRA T.Q. MIdget races driving for long time car owner Billy
Reeves. Had several good finishes.
2003
Ran about 20 sprint car races; including local, USAC, and Midwest sprint
car series shows. I had several top 5's, top 10's, heat race wins and 2
non-qualifier's race wins during Indiana Sprintweek. I had a fast time
award at Bloomington Speedway over a tough 40 car field. Competed in the
Mopar Million at Eldora Speedway. It was the highest paying race in sprint
car history and 140 cars showed up for it. Competed several times both
live and taped on Speed Channel.
2002
I raced several times in a full midget with USAC and NAMARS including the
inaugural Pepsi Mt. Dew Challenge at Knoxville Raceway. Made several
Sprint Car starts for the legendary Steve Stapp and the Hurst Brothers.
Getting several top 5's & 10's and heat races wins.
2001
My first year in sprint car. The change over went well for me as a driver.
Took a bad flip in the middle of the season that set us back some, but
overall the season went fine. Raced at Twins Cities, Bloomington, Paragon,
Lawrenceburg Gas City and practiced at Florence, KY. Got a heat win at
Bloomington and Twin Cities. Had 13 A-main starts, 2 top 5's with 3rd
being best finished, 3 top 10's, 7 top 12's, 10 top 15's. Got rookie of
the year at Twin Cities and finished 6th in points only 20 points out of
the top 5. Ended the season at Bloomington at 13th in points, just a few
markers out of 10th. Made the USAC Sprint week show at Bloomington.
Qualified 26th quick out of 58 cars. Ran 3rd in heat race. Started 17th in
the feature. Moved up to 12th before I started fighting the handling at
the end. Raced a micro sprint. Won the heat race and feature at North
Vernon.
2000
Ran final season of T.Q.'s. Had 6 heat wins, 2 top 5's, 7 top 10's and 9
top 15's in 13 feature starts. Made 5 feature starts in 6 races attended,
running a full midget on pavement. Ran 2nd first time in it and had 2 top
10's. Got 2nd in first and only start in micro sprint. Finished 10th in
Kenyon car at RCA Dome after starting 19th in the shortened 12 lap
feature.
1999
Ran second season with T.Q. and had a turn around season, going from 33rd
to 8th in point standings out of 100 drivers. Won 4 heats and 2
semi-features. Had 20 top 15's, 14 of those were top 10's and 3 of those
were top 5's. This happened in 23 starts of the 24 made. Was one of three
drivers to make every feature. Ran the Kenyon car a few times picking up a
heat win and several top 5's and top 10's. Ran the only indoor midget race
held at Fargo, ND and finished 13th of the 23 starters in the 100 lap
contest.
1998
Ran first season in T.Q. Midget. Had several mechanical problems but
salvaged 1 heat race win and 5 top 15's in 7 feature starts. Also made
first start in Kenyon car finishing 2nd in first race and 5th in the
other.
1997
Ran second season of Mini-Sprints ending up with 3 feature wins, 4 heat
race wins, 1 B-main win, 2 fast times, 1 track record and 13 top 5's out
of 19 races. Was ranked as one of the top 600cc Mini-Sprint drivers in the
Midwest.
1996
Ran first full season of 600cc winged mini-sprints ended the season with
19 top tens in 23 races. Seven of these were top 5's. Finished 6th the
first start at Mini-Sprint World Nationals at Chillicothe, OH.
1995
Ran second and final season of karts, ending the season with 35 wins in 2
cycle and 4 cycle competition. Had a few more wins in selected races in
'96 and '97. Ended karting career with over 50 wins.
1994
Ran first full season of karts, ending the season with 12 wins.
1993
Made first start in a Go-Kart at age 15 and finished 4th.

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