About J. J. Yeley
Christopher Beltram Hernandez "J. J." Yeley is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for NY Racing Team, and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Young's Motorsports. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, what is now the ARCA Menards Series, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, as well as the IndyCar Series. Yeley holds the record for the most starts across all three of the top divisions of NASCAR without winning a race. Yeley won the 1997 edition of Indiana Sprintweek and captured the Rookie of the Year Award in the USAC National Sprint Car Series despite starting relatively few races. Yeley scored 24 USAC wins in his 2003 season, breaking the previous record of nineteen set by A. Exactly three weeks later, at Michigan, Yeley took his first career pole at the Nextel Cup level, beating Jimmie Johnson by one-thousandth of a second (.001).
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