Jeff Fuller

Competitor
CLASS OF 2017

Hailing from Auburn, MA, Jeff Fuller was a star at Westboro Speedway, winning Modified championships in 1979 & 1981 driving Tom Dunn‘s #T-5.

Fuller was one of the early stars of NASCAR Modified Tour, starting all but 3 races in the series first 10 seasons (1985-1994). He visited victory lane 31 times, including a career best 7 in 1991 when he finished runner-up to the championship to Mike Stefanik. The following season he won 6 times to earn the title. He was voted Most Popular Driver in 3 straight seasons (1992-1994).

He scored 26 wins at Thompson Speedway during his career including 2 Ice Breakers (1992-1993) and 3 World Series (1990-1991, 1993). He won the Thompson 300 as a NASCAR Modified race (1994) and a NASCAR Busch North Series race (1996). His 7 career wins at Stafford Speedway include the 1991 Spring Sizzler. Fuller also has 11 wins at Seekonk Speedway.

Other New England tracks where he visited victory lane include Star Speedway, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He also won modified races at Martinsville Speedway (VA), Holland Speedway (NY), Nazareth Speedway (PA) and New Smyrna Speedway (FL).

In 1995, Jeff started competing full-time on the NASCAR Busch Grand National (now Xfinity) Series, where he would capture Rookie of the Year honors after finishing 10th in championship points. The following season, he captured his a win at Bristol Motor Speedway.

He also ran some Busch North Series events during this time. In 1996, Thompson Speedway changed their marquee Thompson 300 event from a modified race to a Busch North Series race, which Fuller won by leading all 213 laps of the rain-shortened event.

Fuller made numerous starts on several NASCAR levels (including Cup Series) into the early 2010’s before retiring.