Stanton Barrett

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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 and McGill Motorsports full-time.

[edit] NASCAR

#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 in 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. He will finish the season driving for McGill Motorsports.

[edit] Ownership

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Stuntman career

Stanton has performed as a stuntman 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.

[edit] Family

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.

[edit] External links

• Racing Reference
• imdb.com page