Stanton Barrett

Racing career

NASCAR

Early career

Barrett first started racing when he was sixteen in karts, winning 21 races in 28 starts. In 1992, Barrett started racing in NASCAR's Busch North Series, his debut coming at the Big Apple Food Stores 200 at Oxford Plains Speedway at the age of nineteen; Barrett finished 21st, eleven laps behind race winner Joe Bessey. He also ran in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series, funding the car with money earned as a stuntman for the movie Freejack. Despite running as high as second in points while leading many races, crashes resulting in other hard racing drivers resulted in his final finish in the standings to sixth.

Xfinity Series

During the 1992 season, Busch Series driver Clifford Allison was killed in a crash at Michigan International Speedway, leaving a ride open for Barrett. He made a few limited starts with his own team in the series for several years, and in his sixth career start, finished fifth at the spring race at Atlanta in 1996.

For the following two years, Barrett drove for Pro-Tech Motorsports and NorthStar Motorsports, recording an eighth-place finish at Bristol with the latter. In 1999, Barrett ran a partial Busch slate with Galaxy Motorsports, but left the team in the middle of the season when management suggested he would be replaced for an upcoming race at Watkins Glen International. Later Galaxy Motorsports would fail to qualify for many races and go out of business.

In 2003, Barrett signed with Roush Racing and finished in the top-ten four times, but Odoban ended its sponsorship after fifteen races due to financial trouble, forcing the team to close down. He returned to driving his own car for the remainder of the season, on a partial bases. Barrett continued driving for his team in 2004, and joined DCT Motorsports for the 2005 season, scoring his only top ten of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In 2006, Barrett ran a variety of Busch events for MacDonald Motorsports and McGill Motorsports, and ran some races for Stanton Barrett Motorsports in 2007.

In 2008, Barrett became the primary driver for SKI Motorsports in the #30 and qualified for 26 of 29 attempted races for the team. Barrett had an average start of 29.3, an average finish of 25.7, 5 DNFs and 2 laps lead in his 2008 campaign, which included a start for his own team for race 32 at Memphis International Raceway. Barrett failed to qualify the #30 for SKI and had to race in his own #31 that was qualified by Kenny Hendrick to make the field, resulting in a DNF on lap 155 due to transmission issues. Barrett also failed to qualify at Homestead Miami Speedway for race 35. Stanton finished the 2008 season 22nd in points and would only make 31 more NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series starts from 2009-2023.

During the 2008 season, Barrett still ran his own #31 as an owner with 18 total starts for the car. Kenny Hendrick ran 14 of them, with Stanton, Jeff Fuller, and Shane Huffman each running one race in the #31. Stanton Barrett fielded a second car for his dad Stan at the 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the #61, he completed only 7 laps before pulling off citing brake issues and finished in 39th.

The following year, Barrett joined Rick Ware Racing. He raced for them on a part-time schedule with some respectable finishes and top ten qualifying and from 2009 to 2016 until he joined MBM Motorsports and B. J. McLeod Motorsports.

In 2019, Barrett returned to the Xfinity Series after a three year hiatus. He raced for MBM Motorsports in the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen. He would finish 23rd.

In 2022, Barrett was driving the No. 47 for Mike Harmon Racing in 2022. However, he failed to qualify for the Sunoco Go Rewards 200 at Watkins Glen.

Barrett raced in the Xfinity Series in 2023, driving the No. 35 car for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the race at Road America and the Shriners Children's 200 at Watkins Glen.

Cup Series

In 1999, Barrett announced his intention to compete part-time in the Winston Cup Series, running for Rookie of the Year honors with PBH Motorsports, with plans to run full-time in 2000. During testing for General Motors at Daytona International Speedway, Barrett was the sixth-fastest driver with a speed of 185.624 mph. However, he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500. Barrett worked out a late-season deal with Donlavey Racing to make eight race attempts in 1999. in 2000, he attempted the Budweiser Shootout qualifier for drivers who ran the fastest in second-round-qualifying in 1999, but crashed on the first lap when Jimmy Spencer collected Rick Mast and Kenny Wallace. He joined the Tri-Star Motorsports team for the 2000 Daytona 500.

In 2004, Barrett returned to Nextel Cup driving the No. 94 Chevrolet for W.W. Motorsports where Barrett helped the team prepare and field the car from Stanton Barrett Motorsports shop. He failed to finish a race for the team and parted ways when driving duties were taken by Derrike Cope. Later in the year, he helped Means-Jenkins Motorsports to drive the No. 92 for the race at Dover, but failed to qualify.

In 2005, Barrett began the season helping Front Row Motorsports start out of Stanton Barrett Motorsports shop but later owner of Front Row Motorsports and Stanton Barrett decided to take different paths; he then ran Cup races under his own Stanton Barrett Motorsports team. The following year, he ran a partial schedule between SBM and Rick Ware Racing, failing to qualify for a number of races. He reunited with Ware for an attempt at the 2007 Daytona 500. Barrett attempted a limited schedule of 2008 races with in a partnership with Stanton Barrett Motorsports/SKI Motorsports.

Barrett was initially scheduled to make his Cup Series return in 2017 with Rick Ware Racing, but did not make a start. A year later, he rejoined Ware for the 2018 Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte. In 2019, he returned to the series for his first superspeedway Cup start in the 2019 GEICO 500 at Talladega.

In August 2020, Barrett joined Spire Motorsports for the Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course.

Truck Series

In 2015, Barrett made his Camping World Truck Series debut for his team at Talladega Superspeedway, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Silverado. The race marked his first at Talladega since 2005. After qualifying 21st, Barrett was collected in The Big One on lap 86, hitting the wall and Matt Crafton. Barrett was credited with a 29th-place finish.

IndyCar Series

In 2009, Barrett expressed an interest in running IndyCar Series races after the series merged with Champ Car. At the Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway, he officially announced that he had joined Team 3G full-time to drive the No. 98, while also running 19–21 races in the Nationwide Series. In his IndyCar debut at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Barrett qualified 21st and finished twelfth, four laps behind race winner Ryan Briscoe. Barrett struggled during the season, including failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and missing the ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 due to a crash in practice, and was eventually sponsorship difficulties that allowed Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Jaques Lazier. Barrett returned to the series later in the year at Twin Ring Motegi, where he finished 19th after a broken hub caused the loss of several laps in the race. Barrett still remained as the driver with the teams best finishing result that season.

Other racing

In 1996, Barrett made an IMSA GT Championship start at Road Atlanta in the Grand Prix of Atlanta, driving a Chevrolet Camaro for Shaver Motorsports with Jack Willes as a co-driver. After qualifying fourteenth, the team finished thirteenth overall and fifth in the GTS-1 class. Barrett finished fourth at Road Atlanta. He returned to sports car racing in 2017, competing in the Trans-Am Series's TA class in the No. 33 Chevrolet qualifying with the track record and pole position in Homestead-Miami Speedway, Fl.

In 2006, Barrett and nine other NASCAR drivers competed in the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, a charity race for the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project; Barrett finished third overall, the only driver to finish in the top three in the event's two races. Later Barrett went on to help USA athletes with resources, funding and Bobsleds, while at the same time competing in some North America Cup races and the US National Championships with best result of sixth in the two man Bobsled Americas Cup race in Calgary, Canada.

In July 2021, Barrett tested with the Stadium Super Trucks ahead of his series debut the following month at the Music City Grand Prix.

Film career

Barrett has performed as a stuntman in skiing, motocross and snowmobile racing. He has worked in over 300 motion pictures and television series and commercials. He has worked additionally in stunt doubling, stunt coordinating, 2nd Unit Director for many Hollywood actors in films such as The Dukes of Hazzard, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, Jurassic Park 2 and 3, Rat Race, Blade, Batman, The Nutty Professor, Volcano, Jumanji, Fastlane, Mr. & Mrs. Smith , Meeting Evil and 127 Hours.

In 2015, Barrett directed his first movie, a direct-to-video film titled Navy Seals vs. Zombies. Navy Seals vs. Zombies was a Starz #1 movie for several weeks in 2024 and remained in Starz Top Ten movies for several months.

Barrett has received numerous achievement awards winning Red Bull Taurus Stunt Award for best motion picture water work in the movie The Lost World: Jurassic Park, where Barrett stunt doubled for William H. Macy.

Personal life

His father, Stan Barrett who was also a Hollywood stuntman, raced in 19 Winston Cup Series races between 1980 and 1990, posting two top-ten finishes, along with running in the Nationwide Series in 2008. He is the godson of Paul Newman, and the grandson of Dave and Roma McCoy, the founders of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.

In 2008, Barrett and his father had the opportunity competed against each other in the Nationwide Series road course races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Watkins Glen with Stanton driving the No. 30 car for his own team and Stan driving the No. 61 car for Specialty Racing. The younger Barrett thought it would be a great experience to have the opportunity to race with his father and fielded a car for his legendary father Stan Barrett under the Stanton Barrett Motorsports banner.

His mother is Penny McCoy, a former World Cup alpine ski racer. At the age of sixteen, she won the bronze medal in the women's slalom at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile. His brother David Barrett is a television director, producer and himself a former stuntman.

He currently owns and operates Stanton Barrett Family Wines, which sponsored him in the Xfinity Series race at Road America in 2023. Stanton Barrett Family Wines is a California based wine company making award winning 100% Variety fine wine.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Cup Series

Daytona 500

Xfinity Series