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Name:
Justin Lee Carver
Date Of Birth:
May 12, 1991
Hometown:
Drummonds, TN
Hobbies:
Basketball, riding 4-wheelers, skiing, Xbox 360, work in shop
Goals:
To continue to learn and improve as a race car driver. To race in different types of race cars with ambitions to race in the IRL and/or NASCAR circuit.
History:
Justin’s racing career started in 1995 when he was 4 years old racing motocross on a Honda PW50 advancing to a Cobra 50, then a Kawasaki 60. He raced at numerous tracks around the Tri-State Area of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, also in Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas. He started knee high to a
grasshopper on the motocross circuit, with many wins up to the age of 8.
At the age of 9, Justin was introduced to a new adventure in racing- kart racing at the Thunderdome at the Mid-South Fair Grounds in Memphis, Tennessee. In his first race at Atoka Raceway Park on March 24, 2001 he came in first place in Junior 1 Class. The following race season (2002) he entered into Junior 2 class and again
the first race of the season, April 6, he won first place at Atoka Raceway Park. Justin continued his racing career in kart racing at Atoka Raceway Park in the Junior 2 class in 2003 and won the Junior 2 Point Championship.
But in 2004 he advanced to Junior 3 class and again he won 10 first place finishes out of 17 races and winning the Junior 3 Championship. In 2005, Justin continued to race in the Junior 3 class but also in Animal Junior class; winning 4 of 16 races in Junior 3 and winning 8 of 15 in Animal Junior winning both classes for the
championship.
Change for the 2006 season- Justin jumped into Junior Stock class and remained in the Junior 3 and Animal Junior class. In the Junior 3 class he won 4 of 16 races; in the Junior Stock he won 9 of 16 races; and in the Animal Junior he won 9 of 16 races. On April 1, 2006 Justin broke the track record at Atoka Raceway Park with
10.884 lap time in the Animal Junior class as well as winning the championship for this class.
After winning about 80% of the races he entered and 100 feature wins during his kart career he made the jump to a 305 wingless sprint car in the fall of 2006, where he spent the remaining weeks of the race season at Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas in preparation for the upcoming season.
In Spring 2007 race season began at Riverside International Speedway. Justin, age 15, started his new venture in 305 Wingless Sprint Car racing. On May 5, 2007, Justin brings home a First Place Win in his first feature race of the season. The following weekend his sixteenth birthday, he brought home a 2nd Place win. During
this race season Justin finished 2nd in points in the wingless 305 sprint car division at Riverside International Speedway.
Last season (2008) Justin, now seventeen years old, stepped up into another class. The 360 Sprint Car Division. Justin raced in the USCS Mid-South Thunder Sprint Car Division. He ranked 7th regionally and 8th nationally.
Watch for this rising star in Sprint Car racing.
Justin Carver garners Parts Plus USCS National Rookie of the Year
Atanta, GA - Eighteen year-old rookie sensation, Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee has captured the Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National “Rookie of the Year” Championship for the 2009 season. Carver is one of the most accomplished rookie drivers to ever race in the Parts Plus USCS. Carver used a number of outstanding performances
throughout the season on dirt and paved surfaces including a feature win to propel him to the coveted Parts Plus USCS National “Rookie of the Year” title. In addition to scoring his first feature win during his rookie season, Carver was
competitive in each of the Parts Plus USCS divisions. He finished in the runner-up spot in the National title chase. He had 13 top five and 26 top ten finishes in 38 starts in the National title contest. He also finished in the runner-up position twice and in third place three times. Carver garnered his first winged sprint car feature win in the
Parts Plus USCS at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama on August 7th.
In the highly competitive Parts Plus USCS Mid-South Thunder regional series Carver finished in the runner-up spot in the point standings and was only thirty-seven points from winning that regional series title. Carver also did well enough while traveling away from his region participating in the Parts Plus USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series
to also finish in the runner-up position in that series. He was just seventy-one points back in that division.
He had three top ten and one top five finishes in the Parts Plus USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour mini-series and finished in fourth place in the standings in that series.
For a complete listing of the final 2009 Parts Plus USCS season point standings in every sprint car division please visit www.uscsracing.com
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