Nationality American Car no. 97 Related to Starts 39 | Debut season 2012 Name Jesse Little Current team Team Little Racing | |
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Born April 15, 1997 (age 27)
Sherrils Ford, North Carolina, U.S. ( 1997-04-15 ) Profiles |
Jesse Little (born April 15, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Son of Chad Little, he currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 97 Toyota Tundra for JJL Motorsports, and part-time in the K&N Pro Series East, driving the No. 97 Toyota Camry for JJL Motorsports.
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Racing career

A native of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina and a third-generation racer, Little began his racing career in quarter midgets at the age of 7, moving up to Bandoleros in 2007 and Legends cars in 2009. He won the 2010 USAC Eastern Focus Young Guns midget car championship, and in 2011 competed in the UARA Stars late model series.

Little made his debut in NASCAR competition at the age of 15, competing in seven K&N Pro Series East events in 2012; driving a family-owned No. 97 Chevrolet, he was the youngest driver ever to start a race in the series. He returned to the K&N Pro Series East full-time in 2013, driving for Coulter Motorsports; he finished in the top 10 eight times on his way to the series' Rookie of the Year award. He planned to return to K&N East competition in 2014. In 2015, he added a limited schedule in the Camping World Truck Series in a partnership with ThorSport Racing.
NASCAR

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

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points