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Professional Team Owner and Driver,
Jennifer Jo Cobb
bring you a lot of good things and pos- itive attention and a lot of negative at- tention and unfairness. Consider it a wash and take the good with the bad.” - Andy Hillenburg
Jennifer does not remember playing with dolls as a kid, but she does remember well her Barbie Corvette.
Jennifer binge watches several of her favorite shows during the win- ter on DVR, like Power, Scandal, and RHOC.
Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday - the delicious food and family without the expectation of pressure or presents and it kicks off the wonderful Christmas season of lights and giving and love.
Something most people don’t know about her is that she is not rich and never came from money. People assume a NASCAR team owner must be rich or using “daddy’s money” - her dad was an auto mechanic. Her mom worked on an assembly line.
“It is my greatest accomplish- ment to be able to make them proud and take them with me on my travels for racing because they were never able to travel or fly.” she said.
Jennifer’s long term career plans is to continue to be a team owner and race as long as she wishes - no matter her age.
When Jennifer is not racing she likes to travel, sightsee, shop, hang out with friends and... nap!
If they made a movie of her life, she thinks Julia Roberts would play her, and I think that would make a great movie!
She does not have a favorite race car driver, because she knows them all too well.
When Jennifer was 18 years old she began racing Pony Stock division at Lakeside Speedway. Her dad inspired her to start racing. Three years later she began racing at I-70 Speedway. For 10-years she raced locally and when the Kansas Speedway was built she worked
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner and driver, Jennifer Jo Cobb, was born in Kansas City, KS. Her dad started racing when she was 3 years old and she grew up admiring him.
“When I was 8 years old, I said I wanted to be a race car driver but nobody took me seriously. My mom instilled a good sense of the value of education and I used that to learn mar- keting, sales and the business side of racing. I attended college on cheerlead- ing scholarships while I was racing at the local level.” she shared.
Jennifer’s favorite restaurant is
Gibson’s in Chicago. “I can go there every year before the race and the bar- tenders know me. I bring the leaders of my team and we have the most ex- quisite meal and my favorite dessert in the world - their chocolate mousse pie. I love to travel and I am so grateful and fortunate that my racing career has tak- en me all over the world.” she told us. I have to agree. One of the best in Chica- go.
Jennifer’s favorite quote is “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible,” - Walt Disney
The best advice she has received is: “Being a woman in this sport will
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