Justin Ashburn

Justin Ashburn
Born	(1981-12-23) December 23, 1981 Joelton, Tennessee
Awards	1997 Highland Rim Speedway Rookie of the Year 1999 Highland Rim Speedway Most Improved Driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
30 races run over 8 years
2009 position	147th
Best finish	58th (2003)
First race	2003 darlingtonraceway.com 200 (Darlington)
Last race	2009 Stater Brothers 300 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 18, 2020.

Justin Ashburn (born December 23, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competed in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the ARCA Re/Max Series from 2002 to 2009, driving for the Day Enterprises team in nearly all of his starts in both series.

Racing career

In 1997, Ashburn won the Rookie of the Year award at Highland Rim Speedway and finished fifth in points in the pro-modified series. Two years later, he won the Most Improved Driver award after winning ten races and finishing fourth in points. He then moved on to race at Nashville Fairgrounds in the Winston Racing Series, posting four top-tens in 2001.

Busch Series

Ashburn made his Busch Series debut in 2003, running a second Day Enterprises car. Driving the No. 61 Chevrolet, Ashburn started and finished 42nd at Darlington Raceway. Ashburn failed to finish 11 of 13 starts for the team. His best finish was a 20th-place finish at Nashville Superspeedway in June 2003. Ashburn also made a one-off start for Bost Motorsports, finishing 41st at Michigan Speedway after his Day Enterprises car failed to qualify.

Ashburn moved to the team's primary car, the No. 16, for 2004. However, the team struggled to qualify for races early and had to scale back to a limited schedule. As a result, Ashburn only qualified for eight races in 2004, failing to finish six of them. His best finish was a 29th at Talladega Superspeedway. He also led his first career lap under caution in the July race at Daytona International Speedway.

Ashburn made only one start in 2006, at Talladega. Avoiding a wreck early, Ashburn hung on to the back of the draft and earned his career-best finish of 14th, his first career lead lap finish. In 2007, he ran two races, earning a best finish of 22nd at Talladega. Ashburn made three start and park appearances in 2008, including his debut with the No. 57 Chevrolet owned by Chad Beahr. For 2009, Ashburn made only one appearance, parking after five laps in the Stater Brothers 300 at Auto Club Speedway.

Motorsports career results

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 owner	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	ARMC	Pts	Ref
2002	Day Enterprises	58	Chevy	DAY	ATL	NSH 38	SLM																				86th	350
			Pontiac					KEN 16	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH 15	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT
2003				DAY 31	ATL	NSH 30	SLM	TOL	KEN	CLT	BLN	KAN	MCH	LER	POC	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT	SBO		138th	145
2004			Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN	KEN	GTW	POC	LER	NSH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 37		185th	45
2006	Bobby Jones Racing	50	Ford	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC 41	GTW	NSH 41	MCH	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL		137th	110
	Wayne Peterson Racing	0	Ford																							IOW DNQ
2007	Day Enterprises	90	Chevy	DAY DNQ	USA																						114th	190
		14				NSH DNQ	SLM 18	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL

External links

• Driver DB Profile
• Justin Ashburn driver statistics at Racing-Reference