Driver: Anthony Joseph Jackson
Nick
name: Skip
Hometown: Sydney, Australia & Knoxville , Iowa
Birthdate: 7/1/1968
Wife: Lori
Children: A.J. , Abbey, Andrew
Hobbies: Reading racing
magazines and watching Formula 1 races
Favorite Food: Baked Dinner (roast and vegetables)
Favorite TV Show: Racing Shows
Favorite Movie: Tommy Boy
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Favorite
Race Track: Anyone I win on, especially home tracks
in Sydney , and Knoxville
Favorite Moments in Racing: First
win at Parramatta in Sydney -1990, Knoxville Track Championships
and World Series Sprintcars Championships
First Year Racing: 1985
Career Wins: 80+
(23 Wins at Knoxville , 9th Overall) |
Championships:
1993 Parramatta City Raceway
in Australia
1996 Parramatta City Raceway
in Australia
1997 Knoxville Raceway
Champion in the U.S.
1997 World Series Sprint Car Champion in Australia
1998 Knoxville Raceway
Champion in the U.S.
1999 World Series Sprint Car Champion in Australia
2000 - 2001 Australian Champion
Awards and Highlights:
1991-1995 3 rd in Knoxville Points Championship
Australian Track Champion at PCR Raceway - Australia
Commenced Racing in the USA (1991)
Qualified 7 th for first Knoxville Nationals
1996 2
Feature wins at Knoxville Raceway
3rd in Knoxville Raceway Points Championship
Winner of 11 features in Australia
Voted Australian Driver of the Year
Won Racer's Racer Award - Most respected racer among
race rivals in Australia
1997 Winner
of Kele American /Australian Race at the Knoxville Nationals
Voted Australian Driver and team of the year 10 Features
wins
1998 Voted
Motorsports News Australian Competitor of the year
Voted Australian Driver of the year
Warrnambool Classis Champion in Australia
Kings Challenge Champion - Mt. Gambier in Australia
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Driver of the Year
1st Australian to be ranked among the top 30 driver
in the world by U.S. Sprint Car
Poll (28th)
Winner of the Kele Associates American/Australian race
at Knoxville Nationals
Finished 2nd to Jeff Swindle at the Knoxville Nationals
preliminary feature
1999 Voted
Motorsports News Australian Competitor of the year
Voted Australian Driver of the year (4th year in a row)
11 Feature wins
2000 Gained
valuable experience racing with the toughest circuit in the United
States in
Pennsylvania
Finished in the Top 10 in points race at all three tracks
(Williams Grove, Selinsgrove & Port Royal
2001 Finished
5th in points at Knoxville Raceway with (1) feature win and several
top
5's, won Australia
's most prestigious race "The Australian Title"
2002 Finished
2nd in points at the Knoxville Raceway with (2) feature win, (7)
top 5's,
(12)
top 10's
2003 Finished
5th in points at the Knoxville Raceway with (1) feature win,(4)
top 5's,
(12) top 10's
2004 Finished
3rd in points at the Knoxville Raceway. (1) feature win, (8) top
5's, (15)
top 10's
Finished 3rd in World of Outlaw race in June coming
from 13th in the B Main
2005 Finished
5th in points at the Knoxville Raceway. (1) Feature win, (5) Top
5's, (16) Top 10's
Qualified for the A-Main at the Knoxville Nationals.
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