Jerry Nadeau is a former professional racecar driver who competed from 1992-2003. Making starts in several different forms of racing throughout his relatively short career. Spending time in the Nascar Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Craftsman Truck Series, Sports Cars and Formula Ford. Transitioning into exclusively NASCAR starting in 1997.

Once in NASCAR, Nadeau made starts for some notable race teams such as Melling Racing, Hendrick Motorsports and Petty Enterprises. He was very talented behind the wheel, but as soon as Nadeau would put himself in a position to be successful, something would always go wrong. In 2000 in Atlanta he won his only career Nascar Cup Series race. By the 2003 season, MB2 Motorsports signed him to drive there #01 U.S. Army Pontiac full-time for the season. Getting off to a reasonable start to the 2003 Cup Series season, sadly during practice for race 11 in Richmond, Nadeau suffered career ending injuries.

NASCAR'S Almost Superstar: Jerry Nadeau

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