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Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is a NASCAR race car driver. After considerable success on the late model and modified circuits of the Northeast in the 1970s and 1980s, Spencer moved to the Busch Series in 1989, and Winston Cup in 1990.

Spencer won two Winston Cup races while driving for Junior Johnson in 1994. These two victories, both scored in July 1994, remain his only Cup wins.

Spencer is one of the few drivers to have won a race in all three of NASCAR's top series: Nextel Cup, the Busch Series , and the Craftsman Truck Series.

Jimmy Spencer followed his father, Ed Spencer Sr., in racing. Jimmy started in Late Models at New Evergreen Raceway. He moved to NASCAR Modifieds at Shangri-La Speedway, then branched out to bigger events throughout the Northeast. When NASCAR changed the National Modified Championship into a smaller-schedule Tour, Spencer chased it, and won the title in 1986 and 1987.

Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" since his Modified years for his aggressive driving style, Spencer is probably best known in recent years for a on-going feud with Kurt Busch, including a 2003 post-race incident at Michigan International Speedway brought on when Busch rammed Spencer's car on the track, trying to wreck him. After Busch stopped at Spencer's hauler and made threats, Spencer then punched Busch. Spencer was suspended for the next week's race at Bristol. Busch won the race, but was loudly booed by the fans, many carrying "Free Jimmy Spencer" signs.

During the 2005 Craftsman Truck Series season, Jimmy Spencer had a full-time ride in the Ultra Motorsports' #2 truck owned by Jim Smith. That ended with the closure of Ultra Motorsports in early January, 2006.

He is currently a co-host with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace on the Speed Channel's prerace and postrace NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane. Spencer was recently hired to advertise for Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts.

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