Cody Cambensy

Cody Cambensy (born September 6, 1989) is an American stock car racing driver that drove for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing, Cambensy currently has a 15 point lead in the Thunder Trucks division at Tucson Speedway – a NASCAR-sanctioned 0.38-mile paved oval track in Tucson, Arizona. He’s never won a track championship in three years racing at the track where he grew up going to races, and he’d like to go out on top.

Biography
Cambensy ran sprint cars and dirt modifieds when he was younger before making the transition to pavement. In 2010, he ran a NASCAR West Series race at Phoenix Raceway and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway, and moved to North Carolina to pursue racing before moving back home and getting back in a dirt car.

Three years ago, car owners Brad and JoAnn Corneliusen reached out and asked if Cambensy would be interested in racing pavement again for them in the truck series at Tucson. The group came up with a good deal that made sense for the driver and his young and growing family.

“For me the biggest thing was, with me racing sprint cars I didn’t really have the time to travel as much as anymore,” Cambensy said. “Family meant a lot to me and what they were able to offer as far as me being able to keep racing and keep my family with me at all times pretty much made sense so that’s why we decided to stick around Tucson and race for them.”

Cambensy’s dad was a big race fan and “kind of a gear head,” he said. When Cambensy was four years old his dad put him in a go-kart for the first time.

Now with a 4-year-old son himself, Cambensy was again passing down the love of the sport. Easton Cambensy, who turned 5 in December, has been practicing racing quarter midgets and will run a full season next year.

Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing career
The 21-year old promising west coast talent is making his way to a dream on his own terms. Cambensy, who made cold calls last season to earn the funding to run in the NCWTS will use his same determination to race in 2011. With his wide knowledge of marketing Cody will look to take to the track in many racing series across the United States in 2011.

Cambensy will be piloting a Ford F-150 for JJCR in select Camping World Truck series events adding to his impressive resume. Cambensy is pleased to announce his continued partnership with Motor Whiskey, MasterCraft Safety, and Crime Guard Security Screens.

The young driver focused on gaining respect from veteran drivers in the truck series and his main focus is to gain experience and needed approvals from NASCAR for the bigger tracks. In order to further his racing knowledge, he was attending the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races with Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing when he is not in the driver’s seat. “It is impressive that, at such a young age, Cody works so hard to cultivate his racing dream,” said Jennifer Jo Cobb, NASCAR driver and owner of Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. “He gets it. He understands that in order to race in the big leagues he needs to be a great driver as well as a great spokesperson for his sponsors. I am honored to be a part of his growing career.”

NASCAR
(key) ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )