John Hayden (racing driver)

John Hayden
John Hayden
Born	December 2, 1968 (age 56); Livermore, Kentucky
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	16 races run over 5 years
2006 position	152nd
Best finish	57th (2003)
First race	2002 Bashas' Supermarket 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2006 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
	Statistics current as of December 3, 2022.

John Hayden (born December 2, 1968) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in both the NASCAR Busch Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series from 2000 to 2006.

Racing career

Hayden first ran in the NASCAR Southeast Series in 1997, and would run one more race in the next 6 years.^[1]

In 2001, Hayden would make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut at Memphis Motorsports Park driving for Dan Kinney, where he would finish 25th after starting 14th. He would make three more starts that year and would get a best finish of fifth at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. He would make six more starts the following year, earning a best career finish of third in the first start of the year at Nashville Superspeedway. It was also during this year where Hayden would make his first NASCAR Busch Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway after failing to qualify at Lowe's Motor Speedway and Memphis.

In 2003, Hayden would run in a number of the Busch Series season with Kinney's team, Premier Motorsports, in the No. 85 Chevrolet, entering in seventeen races and qualifying for ten with a best finish of 18th at Nashville and Indianapolis Raceway Park. Hayden and Kinney would part ways at the end of the year.^[2]

Hayden would join Day Enterprises Racing in 2004, first driving the No. 61 Chevrolet at Nashville, finishing 32nd, and then driving the No. 16 for six races, only qualifying at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Memphis. After failing to qualify for five races at the beginning of the following year in 2005, he would return to Premier Motorsports at Pikes Peak, where he would finish 38th after starting in 22nd due to a brake issue. He would make one more Busch Series start the following year, running at the Milwaukee Mile, finishing 32nd due to a crash. It was during this time that he served as a crew member for Brewco Motorsports.

Hayden would go on to serve as a crew chief for Patrick Sheltra in the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2009,^[3] with his last start in auto racing coming at a CRA Street Stocks Series event at Kentucky Motor Speedway, where he would finish ninth.^[4]

Personal life

Hayden is currently the co-track operator of Kentucky Motor Speedway in Whitesville, Kentucky.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
2002	Premier Motorsports	85	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT DNQ	MEM DNQ	ATL	CAR	PHO 33	HOM		113th	64	^[5]
2003	Premier Motorsports	85	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI 21	TEX	TAL	NSH DNQ	CAL	RCH	GTY 24	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH 18	KEN DNQ	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR 36	IRP 18	MCH 42	BRI DNQ	DAR 36	RCH 43	DOV 35	KAN DNQ	CLT 31	MEM DNQ	ATL DNQ	PHO DNQ	CAR	HOM		57th	663	^[6]
2004	Day Enterprises Racing	61	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH 32	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA																89th	228	^[7]
2004		16																						PPR 28	IRP DNQ	MCH	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN DNQ	CLT	MEM 27	ATL DNQ	PHO	DAR	HOM		89th	228	^[7]
2005		16		DAY	CAL DNQ	MXC	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	NSH DNQ	BRI DNQ	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA																138th	49	^[8]
2005	Premier Motorsports	85	Chevy																					PPR 38	GTY DNQ	IRP DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	138th	49	^[8]
2006	Premier Motorsports	85	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH DNQ	KEN DNQ	MLW 32	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	152nd	0	^[9]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2001	Premier Motorsports	85	Pontiac	DAY	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY	KEN	CLT	KAN	MCH	POC	MEM 25	GLN	KEN	MCH	POC	NSH	ISF 5	CHI	DSF	SLM 16	TOL 16	BLN	CLT	TAL	ATL	56th	625	^[10]
2002	Premier Motorsports	85	Pontiac	DAY	ATL	NSH 3	SLM 29	KEN 35	CLT 34	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL 17	SBO	KEN 38	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT				46th	600	^[11]
2004	Cain Langford	58	Pontiac	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN	KEN	GTW	POC	LER	NSH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM 27	TAL				158th	100	^[12]
2005	Nick Evans	61	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN DNQ	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF	TOL DNQ	DSF Wth	CHI	SLM 28	TAL			129th	140	^[13]

References

^ "John Hayden". The Third Turn. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "BUSCH: Hayden/Premier Motorsports part company". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "Sheltra Motorsports' John Hayden Set For Halloween Rumble". CarsAndRacingStuff.com. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden". The Third Turn. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
^ "John Hayden – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

External links

John Hayden driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[1] "John Hayden". The Third Turn. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[2] "BUSCH: Hayden/Premier Motorsports part company". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[3] "Sheltra Motorsports' John Hayden Set For Halloween Rumble". CarsAndRacingStuff.com. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[4] "John Hayden". The Third Turn. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[5] "John Hayden – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[6] "John Hayden – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[7] "John Hayden – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[8] "John Hayden – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[9] "John Hayden – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[10] "John Hayden – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[11] "John Hayden – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[12] "John Hayden – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

[13] "John Hayden – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2022.

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