John Ryan Fitzpatrick (born May 9, 1988) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet for Glenn Styres Racing with Velocity Race Cars and J.R. Motorsports. Fitzpatrick was the youngest driver to ever win the now defunct CASCAR Super Series championship, winning in the series' final season of 2006 at the age of 18.

Early career John Ryan (J. R.) Fitzpatrick was born in Cambridge, Ontario, and got his first taste of racing in karts at the age of six, moving quickly to the Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR) junior ranks and then on to Late Model stock cars by the time he was 13 years old.

Racing in the CASCAR Super Series what is now the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at the age of 16, Fitzpatrick finished 11th in the point standings and second in the Rookie of the Year standings in 2004. Then at the age of 17, he achieved three top-five and five top-ten finishes, scoring his first win. At the age of 18, he became the youngest driver to become a Canadian Tire Series National Champion with one win, five podium finishes and two pole awards.

Racing career NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Fitzpatrick remained in his fathers No. 84 Chevrolet after CASCAR was acquired by NASCAR; In 2007, Fitzpatrick earned two wins, four top-fives, seven top-tens and three pole awards in the Canadian Tire Series where sponsorship came from Milwaukee Tools. In 2008, he had one victory (Mosport), five top-fives, six top-10s and two pole awards. During 2009, he drove the No. 84 for a part-time deal winning Circuit Gilles Villeneuve leading the most laps. For 2010, he returned to the series full-time with sponsorship from Schick he picked up his first win of the season at Mosport on the road course layout on June 13 and also won the event at Edmonton, he swapped the points lead with D. J. Kennington for over five times during the year going on to finishes second in the points. He ran again in the series in 2011, finishing third in points. He returned to the Canadian Tire Series in 2012 and won the seasons first event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park he also won the Series's largest even Montreal and finished second in points.

Sprint Cup Series In early 2012 it was announced that Fitzpatrick would compete in the Sprint Cup Series' Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen race in August 2012 at Watkins Glen International for Turn One Racing. Fitzpatrick and Turn One Racing would cut ties in early 2012, and the deal never materialized.

Nationwide Series Fitzpatrick made his mainstream NASCAR debut in the Busch Series race at the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. He came in 33rd place in that raceNASCAR.COM due to an ill handling racecar. He finished 43rd in the NASCAR Busch Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec on August 4, 2007, right after the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race at the same track where he won the race: “I was very tired”, stating Fitzpatrick. He drove the No. 4 KHI Chevy at both of the road courses in 2009. He finished 19th at Watkins Glen after getting in a wreck on the last lap. In Montreal he was on pace for a top-ten finish before stalling the car after going off course leading to a poor finish one lap down. It was announced that Fitzpatrick would drive for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in all three road course in his No. 7 team for 2010, he picked up his first Nationwide top-ten finish, coming home seventh at Road America on June 19 and his second top-ten with a seventh in Montreal. Fitzpatrick returned to the Nationwide Series with Baker Curb Racing at Daytona International Speedway sponsored by Schick. However, he finished 42nd in the race. He competed in six further races during the year for Go Canada Racing.

Camping World Truck Series On February 13, 2009, Fitzpatrick finished fourth in his No. 7 Mammoet Chevrolet Silverado at Daytona International Speedway during the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Camping World Truck Series Event. Fitzpatrick led 17 laps in the event, his third race in the series and first at a restrictor plate track. After Martinsville his deal with Kevin Buckler at TRG Motorsports fell through and he was a free agent. After driving several races for Kevin Harvick, Inc. and Chase Mattioli in 2009 and 2011, he was scheduled to drive full-time in 2012, driving the No. 60 Chevrolet for Turn One Racing, although he would be released after the first two races.

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.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide 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 Pts Ref 2007 D.D.L. Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY CAL MXC33 LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV43 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 127th 98 2009 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 4 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN18 MCH BRI 98th 141 33 CGV27 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2010 JR Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA7 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN11 MCH BRI CGV7 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 74th 422 2011 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DAY42 PHO LVS BRI CAL20 TEX TAL 33rd 145 Go Canada Racing 67 Ford NSH27 RCH DAR DOV21 IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA10 DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN38 CGV5 BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 Pts Ref 2008 TRG Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR21 ATL TEX 58th 240 71 PHO30 HOM32 2009 7 DAY4 CAL22 ATL22 MAR21 KAN CLT 26th 1137 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 4 Chevy DOV11 TEX MCH21 MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH23 BRI11 CHI IOW18 GTW NHA LVS MAR Brad Keselowski Racing 29 Chevy TAL16 TEX PHO HOM 2011 Chase Mattioli Racing 99 Ford DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV34 CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM NA 01 2012 Turn One Racing 60 Chevy DAY34 MAR12 CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 55th 42

Canada Series NASCAR Canada Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1314 Pts Ref 2007 Fitzpatrick Motorsports 84 ChevyHAM13MOS2*BAR18MPS1EDM1MTL22MOS26CTR6HAM220BAR29RIS2KWA23 6th 1710 2008HAM15MOS1ASE5MPS18EDM4MTL22*CTR5*HAM212BAR26RIS2*KWA19 7th 1813 DodgeBAR12MOS213 2009 ChevyASEDELMOS3ASEMPSEDM2SASMOS2CTRMTL1*BARRISKWA16 20th 640 2010DEL2MOS1*ASE8TOR8EDM1*MPS6SAS2CTR3*MOS22MTL18BAR5RIS13KWA15 2nd 2030 2011MOS7ICAR7DEL5*MOS22*TOR19MPS8SAS9CTR16MTL6BAR9RIS6KWA3 3rd 1774 2012MOS1*ICAR2MOS23DEL14MPS4EDM17SAS3*CTR3MTL1*BAR6*RIS2KWA3* 2nd 490 2013MOS27DEL2MOS23ICAR4MPS19SAS7ASE3CTR13RIS16MOS35BAR3KWA25 6th 411 2014MOS1*ACD8ICAR6EIR4SAS7ASE10CTR5RIS7MOS21*BAR2KWA1 2nd 450 2026Glenn Styres Racing with Velocity Race Cars and J.R. Motorsports44ChevyMSPACDACDRISAMSAMSCMPEIREIRCTRMARICARMSP7DEL51st37

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CASCAR Castrol Super Series Castrol Super Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 2004 Fitzpatrick Motorsports 84 ChevyDEL11HAM20PET21MOS25HAM9TOR18PAC12RCS8MOS6PET8DEL12KWA11 11th 1645 2005DEL5ASE24MOS3BAR14TOR13RCS4MPS8MOS10PET11DEL11HAM13KWA28 9th 1872 2006BAR3MOS7BAR1MPS3EDM14CTR2MOS3MTL8HAM8ASE4KWA9 1st 1868

Parts For Trucks Prostock Tour Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2014 NOVA Racing 3 FordSSW-PIR-RIS1-SSW2-PIR2-660-IWK-OBS-SSW3-PIR3-RIS31*SSW4- 35th 210

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