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Jennifer Jo Cobb to Compete in Two Kansas Speedway
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Bio
Birthdate = June 12
Birth Place = Kansas City, KS
Current Home Base = Kansas City, KS
Co-Host of “Inside
Motorsports” TV Show now on 4th
season
Driver for ARCA Re/Max and NASCAR Busch Series -
2007
Who started you = My dad, Joe Cobb. "When Jennifer,
began racing in 1991, Joe stepped back his racing
efforts to get his daughter’s career off of
the ground. He became car owner and crew chief for
Jennifer until she began her national racing
career. Joe led Jennifer to many race wins and
instilled a tough work ethic, passing along advice
on driving and car setup as the two prepared the
cars for each race together, with the help of a
dedicated crew."
Biggest influence = My dad, Joe Cobb
Women you admire = Janet Guthrie
Father's Thoughts = Joe Cobb: He supports me
100%
Your encouragement to others = If you really want
it, never ever give up.
Jennifer Jo Cobb began racing in 1991 and has
proven to be a tough competitor in the world of
auto racing. She has numerous victories under her
belt and finished in the top ten championship
standings for every season she competed full-time
in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series at Lakeside and
I-70 Speedways in the Kansas City area.
In June 2002, Jennifer debuted in the ARCA
RE/MAX Series at the Kansas Speedway, finishing a
respectable 16th position. In just her second
national race, she finished 9th on the lead lap
(after running as high as 2nd) at Kansas Speedway
on June 5th, 2004. This was Cobb's first race with
a new team and car, all of which she had not been
acquainted with until the race weekend. Jennifer
went to Nashville Super Speedway for the first time
on qualifying day and after only about an hour of
practice, she qualified 9th out of 45 drivers. This
was Jennifer's first time on a concrete surface
track and she finished 7th on the lead lap out of
41 starters.
Chicagoland Speedway presented a new challenge
when Jennifer's fuel pump failed in qualifying,
which forced Jennifer to start in the back with a
provisional starting spot. After starting 39th,
Jennifer quickly moved up to 3rd within 60 laps.
Her car encountered some minor front-end damage on
the front left headlight and the lower hood during
a caution which really tightened up the car and
hurt the aerodynamics. However, in spite of the
damage, she still held on to her 3rd consecutive
top-10 finish on the lead lap.
Jennifer's success in the 2004 ARCA RE/MAX
Series events led to an opportunity to make her
NASCAR Busch Series debut at Homestead-Miami
Speedway in November of 2004. Jennifer qualified
28th out of 53, including 17 full- and part-time
NEXTEL Cup drivers.
Jennifer has garnered a great deal of local and
national media attention. Jennifer was interviewed
during the pre-race SPEED Channel Broadcast before
the start of the Nashville Superspeedway ARCA
RE/MAX Series Race in August 2004. She also
received numerous favorable mentions and coverage
during the Nashville Broadcast and the Chicagoland
Speedway ARCA RE/MAX Series Broadcast. She was
interviewed on ESPN Radio on Qualifying Day at
Nashville and after the Kansas Speedway ARCA Race
in June 2004, she was covered prominently by the
NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, UPN and WB affiliate
stations in Kansas City.
In 2006, Jennifer launched a clothing line
specifically for female race fans called Driver
Boutique (www.DriverBoutique.com).
NASCAR statistics show 75 million race fans and
over 40% are female. Jennifer will use profits from
Driver Boutique to fund a racing program for her
own efforts as well as eventually assist other
aspiring race car drivers facing funding
issues.
Jennifer's fan base and popularity has grown
quite a bit as well. You can find people buying and
selling various versions of Jennifer's collector
autograph "Hero Cards" on eBay on any given day. In
addition, Jennifer gets more Internet Search Engine
Searches than many NASCAR drivers that have been
racing on national television for years.
Jennifer continues to hone her driving skills by
testing at many tracks and working at the Richard
Petty Driving Experience where she logs over 1,000
laps per weekend at many NASCAR-sanctioned
racetracks, such as Daytona Int'l Speedway,
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway,
California Speedway, Michigan International
Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and many
others.
Off of the track, Jennifer is a business
professional and has a decade of marketing and
advertising experience. She holds an Associates
degree in Pre-Journalism is currently working on
her broadcasting degree. She has been a co-host for
a television program on Time Warner Cable's Metro
Sports TV Channel called Inside Motorsports. In
addition to appearing on the cover of the national
racing magazine, Stock Car Spectacular, she has
been featured on local and national radio programs
and has headlined in newspapers across the
country.
Jennifer is dedicated to giving back to her
community through numerous school appearances and
community speaking engagements. A nationally
registered speaker, she has also delivered
presentations to large corporate and government
groups tying her racing experiences to business and
life lessons. Jennifer does about 50 speaking
events and appearances each year.
Jennifer's love of auto racing began with her
father, Joe Cobb's, racing career. His
accomplishments date back to 1976 and include
hundreds of victories and awards, including a track
championship and most popular driver award. Joe
continues to compete in the NASCAR Weekly Racing
Series premier Modified division at Lakeside
Speedway, a 1/2 mile dirt oval in Kansas City,
Kansas.
Her career in racing, broadcasting, journalism
and professional speaking has always had her in the
public eye. Jennifer focuses on an athletic,
healthy and active life style. Jennifer's future
ambitions include competing full time in the NASCAR
Busch Series, and eventually racing in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series.
Kansas City’s Jennifer Jo
Cobb to Compete in Two Kansas Speedway Races This
Week (September 28, 2009)
Jennifer Jo Cobb will be attempting her 4th NASCAR
Nationwide Series start as well as her 8th ARCA
Re/Max Series start at her hometown track, the
Kansas Speedway, this week. Cobb’s ultimate
goal is to be the first woman competing in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in over 8 years. For now,
she will focus on the next step to that lofty goal
in this week’s Kansas Lottery 150 scheduled
for Thursday, October 1 and the Kansas Lottery 300
on Saturday, October 3.
Capitol Federal Savings will serve as the
primary sponsor on Cobb’s #79 CapFed.com
Dodge,for team owner Derrike Cope, Inc. with Rick
Markle Racing. Cobb will have two teammates,
owner/driver, Derrike Cope and the inaugural Kansas
Speedway race pole sitter, Kevin Lepage.
Associate sponsors include Big Bob’s
Outlet, a national flooring and furniture outlet
with Kansas City origins, AutoPartsCenter.net,
Holtze Executive Suites and The Gardner Family
Foundation. “Big Bob’s Outlet is
excited to partner with Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing,
Kansas City’s hometown race team,” said
Big Bob (DE or BB?) “We are looking forward
to promoting this relationship on a local level
while gaining national exposure for all of our
franchises through this NASCAR race at the Kansas
Speedway.”
Cobb certainly is no stranger to a racecar. A
second generation driver, Cobb followed in the
footsteps of her racing father, Joe Cobb, and
quickly found success at local venues like Lakeside
Speedway and I-70 Speedway. She continued that
success into the ARCA RE/MAX Series, where she
posted three top-10 finishes in her first five
starts. Eighteen years after stepping into the
cockpit of her first racecar, she finds herself
amongst some of the sport’s best in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series. Cobb qualified successfully in
each of her four NASCAR starts with Derrike Cope,
Inc. during 2008 and finished each race higher than
her initial qualifying position.
Cobb is a corporate sponsor’s dream
spokesperson. When not competing in NASCAR; she
is a nationally registered professional public
speaker addressing companies locally and across the
nation at a myriad of corporate events. Cobb also
works as one of the top instructors for the Richard
Petty Driving Experience and has logged thousands
of laps at Kansas Speedway. Cobb has developed
Driver Boutique; her own clothing line for female
motorsports fans and www.DrivenMale.com a new
clothing line for male race fans.
Cobb’s passion for racing is what has
compelled her to keep pushing to realize her dream,
and her determination is contagious. The challenge
of being a female driver in a male-dominated sport
doesn’t bother her, as she focuses on letting
her performance on the track speak for itself.
Cobb says, “When you are competing at this
level, just to qualify for these races is so tough.
I am gaining so much experience in the big leagues
right in my back yard and we have caught the
attention of some top level drivers and team owners
already. I’m extremely excited about growing
my resume and carrying on with my mission to
compete at NASCAR’s top levels.”
“Other women have competed in various
levels of motorsports, opening the eyes of everyone
from race fans to the decision makers in the
corporate boardrooms,” said Cobb.
“There’s a lot of talent out there, and
it’s only a matter of time until a female
driver, with a strong corporate partnership, makes
history out on the racetrack.” For Jennifer Jo
Cobb, history continues this week at the Kansas
Speedway.
Snippets
Jennifer continues to seek sponsors and plans to
race in select ARCA and Busch Series races in 2007
and 2008. Jennifer's clothing line, Driver
Boutique (www.DriverBoutique.com)
exclusively for female race fans launched in
2006.
Results
See www.cobbracingteam.com/resume.html
for details.
2006 - NASCAR Busch Series @ Kansas 9/30/06
2004 - ARCA Re/Max Series (3 top ten finishes)
and NASCAR Busch Series debut
- Made NASCAR Busch
Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway in
November 2004 qualifying 28th out of
53
- • Finished in the
top-10 (on the lead lap) in each 2004 race (ARCA
RE/MAX Series) with a best finish of 7th (out of
41) at Nashville Super Speedway
2002 - ARCA Re/Max Series race debut
Competed in approximately
300 races over 13 Years in the NASCAR Weekly Racing
Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series
1991-2001 - NASCAR Weekly Racing Series
Four feature sportsman
late model wins in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series
and points champion runner-up
Schedule
See www.cobbracingteam.com/RaceSchedule/
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