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Team History
Founded in 1961, Stutts Racing began in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee.
The first car - a #33 1946 Ford was driven by Wallace Whitehurst
and raced in the Hobby Division at the Fairgrounds Speedway
in Nashville.
The team has been in continuous operation since then-that's
an unbelievable
43 consecutive years! The team has raced both on dirt & pavement-with hundreds
of feature wins to it's credit. It's competed in events
in: NASCAR, ARCA, ASA, STARS, All-Pro, MASCAR, NDRA, as
well as numerous outlaw tracks throughout the region. Just to name a few, the team has
competed on tracks in the following locations [Tennessee
- unless otherwise indicated]: Duck River, Winchester,
Fayetteville, Smyrna (dirt & pavement), Highland Rim
(dirt & pavement), Bowling Green, KY, Owensboro, KY,
Cambellsville, KY, Salem, IN, Indianapolis, IN Raceway Park,
Glasgow, KY, Louisville, KY, Trenton, KY, Clarksville, Jackson,
Estill Springs, Manchester, Lawrenceburg, Thunder Hill,
Hohenwald, Highland Park, Fairgrounds Speedway - ¼
mile, Fairgrounds ½ mile, Fairgrounds 5/8 mile (hi-banked),
Fairgrounds 5/8 mile (new configuration), Crossville, Sparta,
McMinnville, Atomic, Maryville (dirt & pavement), Bristol,
Kingsport, South Boston, VA, Huntsville, AL, Sayre, AL,
Cleveland, Boyd's, Macon, GA, Tuscumbia, AL, Moulton, AL,
Pulaski,… Many drivers have driven team
cars over the years. In no particular order, a partial list
includes: James Climer, Jeff Stutts, Charlie
Climer, Ray Jenkins, Jim Woodby, Freddy Fryar, James Ham,
Wallace Whitehurst, Bunkie Blackburn, Jimmy Kitchen, Kenneth
Borgman, Ronnie Ford, Donnie Kaylor, Paul "Fat Boy"
Ryman, Robert Reid, Ben Pruitt, Ken Gay, Phil Stillings,
Butch Eades, Moe Harrison, Mike Grissom,Robert Stutts, Barry
Rochelle, Robert Stutts, Bob James, Dorman Adams, Mike Bassett,
Jack Smith, Tom Cat Bennett, Joe Mangrum, George Bennett,
Carl Langford, …
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Perhaps the longevity of the team can be attributed to one
person - Bettie Stutts. She has been our guiding force,
our confidant, our wisdom, and much too often--our means
to keep going. Without her, none of this would be in place
today. She was there at the beginning, and she is there
each and every Friday and Saturday night.
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Team Highlights include:
*Hundreds of feature wins on both dirt & pavement
*55 (!) feature wins in 1971 with James Climer behind the
wheel
*Jeff Stutts' 12 wins-in-a-row at Duck River Speedway in
1987
*Jeff Stutts' 7 wins-in-a-row at Pulaski Speedway in 1982
*Jeff Stutts & Moe Harrison's infamous 1982 battles
at Duck River Speedway
*Jeff Stutts & Eddie Pittman's infamous 1993 battles
at Duck River Speedway
*(Little) Robert Stutts' 3 feature wins "out of the box" in the Rookie Pony Division
*(Little) Robert Stutts' winning the Duck River Speedway Track Championship, Most Sportsmanlike Award, Rookie of the Year Award, Most Popular Driver Award, & 7 feature wins (including the Jamboree) AS A ROOKIE!
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