Jeff Smith (born August 20, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 01 Ford for Fast Track Racing in collaboration with Brad Smith Motorsports. He is the older brother of current ARCA Menards Series driver Brad Smith.
Racing career Smith ran one ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series race at Flat Rock Speedway driving for his brother's team in the No. 67 Chrysler, where he would finish 28th and last due to engine issues.
Since 1988, Smith has worked as a crew member and crew chief for his brother and his team. In 2022, he gained attention at the Milwaukee Mile where he served as the only pit crew member for Brad, who was making his four-hundredth start in the now ARCA Menards Series, and had performed a pit stop for him during the race, which was filmed and uploaded onto Facebook by Dan Margetta, who was in attendance at the event; Brad would finish 21st after running 136 of the 150 laps.
In 2023, it was revealed on the entry list for the ARCA Menards Series East race at Flat Rock Speedway that Smith would run the No. 49 Ford for Brad Smith Motorsports, which would be his first professional start in any stock car series since 1987. Smith would finish sixteenth and last after one lap due to clutch issues. He would later make his return to the main ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 49 Chevrolet at Berlin Raceway, where he would finish seventeenth after spinning out two laps into the race. He would return at Michigan International Speedway, where he would finish 23rd due to mechanical issues at the start of the race.
In 2025, Smith returned to driving at Flat Rock Speedway, driving the No. 01 Ford for Fast Track Racing in collaboration with Brad Smith Motorsports, where he finished in fifteenth due to mechanical issues. He then returned to the main ARCA series at Berlin Raceway, once again driving the No. 01, where he finished in 24th after running only two laps, once again due to mechanical issues.
Motorsports career results ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 1987 Smith Brothers Racing 67 Chrysler DAY ATL TAL DEL ACS TOL ROC POC FRS KIL TAL FRS ISF INF DSF SLM ATL N/A 0 2023 Brad Smith Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 66th 48 2025 Brad Smith Motorsports 01 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 130th 20
ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2023 Brad Smith Motorsports 49 Ford FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 48th 28 2025 Brad Smith Motorsports 01 Ford FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 60th 29
Season still in progress
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