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  Jeff Purvis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Purvis (born February 19, 1959 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is a race car driver in NASCAR's Busch Series.
On May 18, 2002, in the Stacker 2 200 at Nazareth Speedway, Purvis suffered injuries in a horrific crash, including a head injury, a fractured vertebra in his neck, and a broken leg, that put him out for the remainder of the season and into the next one.
Purvis recovered and on May 23, 2004, he returned to Nazareth, placing 17th.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeff_Purvis   (117 words)

  
 Brewco Motorsports, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Jeff Purvis would be the 45th of the 48 cars to make his qualifying run and post a best lap of 164.750 mph to earn the 33rd starting position.
Purvis was able to get back on the lead lap when the leaders made a pit stop during the next caution period on lap 87.
Purvis did not pit and was able to restart at the "tail-end" of the lead lap.
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 Section 1: Client Feature Story - An On-the-Job Fall Changed Jyl Waters' Life
Jeff Purvis and his family moved to Wisconsin to be closer to family and for the hunting, but it was an auto accident that ultimately motivated him towards his dream to farm.
Purvis grew up on his family’s hobby farm in Indiana, where he was involved in 4-H and FFA.
This is something that Purvis has demonstrated over and over as he and his wife have developed their business into what it is today.
www.agrabilityproject.org /newsletter/may_2003/1.cfm   (948 words)

  
 Jeff W. Purvis - Attorney At Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Purvis graduated from Law School in February of 1995 and passed the Bar Exam at his first opportunity, becoming a lawyer on May 5, 1995.
Purvis briefly practiced criminal defense in the Dallas area before coming to Brazoria County as an Assistant District Attorney where he prosecuted all types of offenses, including misdemeanors, felonies, and juvenile crime.
Purvis achieved the honor of becoming board certified in criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
www.jeffwpurvis.com /about.html   (208 words)

  
 Jeff Purvis
Purvis would say he was going to race in either, just, "don't be surprised at anything." Darlington is this weekend.
Purvis however, suffered a closed head injury, broken vertebrae in his neck and a broken left leg.
Purvis won three ARCA Superspeedway races in 1993 along with three poles and came back in 1994 to become the first ARCA driver to win three Superspeedway races in consecutive seasons.
www.genewasher.com /Jeff%20Purvis_3.htm   (1807 words)

  
 The Sports Network - NASCAR Busch Series
Nazareth, PA (Sports Network) - Busch Series driver Jeff Purvis is planning a comeback this week at the Nazareth Speedway, the same track where he suffered a horrific accident on May 19, 2002.
Purvis hit the outside wall under the pedestrian bridge and bounced back into the fast lane.
Purvis had to be extricated from his car and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA, in serious, but stable condition.
www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nascar-b/news/ASN3241787.htm   (195 words)

  
 Brewco Motorsports, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Purvis reported to Crew Chief Terry Shirley that he was having trouble turning in the middle of the corner and needed more adjustments.
Purvis did manage to get one of his two lost laps back when he beat the leader back to the caution flag on lap 108.
Purvis would gain two positions in the next twenty-five laps until the battery once again “shorted out” and sent him to the pits on lap 207.
www.brewco.com /jpbristol.htm   (795 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Touchstone Energy 300 Jeff Purvis Notes
Purvis will be looking for his first victory of the season in the Touchstone Energy 300.
Purvis led the field to the green flag for two straight years, 1994 and 1995.
Purvis is tied for second in the ARCA Series with 8 career superspeedway victories.
www.race2win.net /gn/00/race/tal/jp.html   (304 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Purvis hospitalized after two-car accident - May 20, 2002
Purvis, 43, of Clarksville, Tenn., sustained a contusion to the left base of the brain and a fracture of the first and second vertebrae according to Dr. K.
Purvis was knocked out in the crash and was cut from his car.
Purvis' No. 37 Timber Wolf Chevrolet apparently blew its engine, slid in its oil and hit the outside wall under the pedestrian bridge over Turn 1 of the one-mile oval on lap 169 and bounced back into the fast lane.
www4.nascar.com /2002/news/headlines/bg/05/19/purvis_wreck/index.html   (596 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Competitive fire still burns for Purvis - May 18, 2003
The year of recovery hasn't gotten Purvis back to 100 percent, and still no one can tell him when he'll be back to the Jeff Purvis he was before the wreck.
Purvis was walking to a barn on his property and remembered where Nazareth was.
Purvis said Kenny Crosswhite, the MRO chaplain, was "most definitely was someone we could not have done without." NASCAR chipped in, too, as did the Busch Series Ladies Association.
www.nascar.com /2003/news/headlines/bg/05/18/jpurvis_update   (1189 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Purvis and Road Racing, an Odd Mix
Purvis spent a day earlier this month testing the Porter-Cable Pontiac at Watkins Glen and came away with times faster than he has ever turned on the 2.45-mile road course.
Purvis was bringing too much speed into the turns, which led to problems being able to drive away from the area.
Jeff Purvis and the Porter-Cable Racing Team will take to the track on Friday for practice leading up to the Lysol 200 on Sunday afternoon.
www.race2win.net /gn/00/jp5.html   (350 words)

  
 Purvis Stories
Jeff is truly a class act and it is not the same watching a season start in Daytona without him behind the wheel.
Jeff if you read these my son was also hurt seriously in a wreck in 1998.
In his heat, Jeff was hauling a**, I mean he was flying - his front right wheel was actually glowing red until it finally disintegrated and Jeff DNF'd - I don't remember what the eventual outcome of Jeff's racing that night, but obviously he went on to bigger and better venues.
genewasher.com /purvis_stories.htm   (2264 words)

  
 Multi-Car Crash Sends Teams To Backups For Talladega Nascar Race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Jeff Purvis bobbled up the track and Ward Burton ran into him, starting a chain reaction crash that also involved Rusty Wallace, Terry Labonte, Kevin Harvick, Ken Schrader, John Andretti, Buckshot Jones and Jeff Burton.
Purvis was going to start 13th but will have to start at the back after switching to a backup car.
Jeff Gordon, the current NASCAR Winston Cup point’s leader who enters Sunday’s race with a 334-point lead over Ricky Rudd, was able to narrowly avert the crash without any damage.
www.stockcarracing.com /eventcoverage/46839   (890 words)

  
 Purvis to race Sunday - theleafchronicle.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Ironically, Purvis' first race since being seriously injured at the Nazareth Speedway will also be the last time a Busch Series race will be held at the one-mile, oval-shaped track.
Purvis suffered two fractured vertebrae, a broken leg and a brain contusion after his car blew its engine, hit the outside retaining wall and slid back down the track.
Purvis is familiar with Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and it gave him a sense of running short-track racing, similar to what he'll see at Nazareth.
www.theleafchronicle.com /news/stories/20040520/localnews/461197.html   (585 words)

  
 The News Herald: Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Purvis was running in the Top 5 when on lap 142 Mark Green - already a lap down - put him into the wall.
Purvis is currently 14th in the Busch Series point standings, thanks to two Top-10 finishes in the last five races.
Purvis thought that his Lance Snacks-sponsored car was capable of winning, something that he hasn't achieved for more than a year.
www.newsherald.com /archive/sports/km073198.htm   (542 words)

  
 Brewco Motorsports, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Last year, Purvis drove for Joe Gibbs Racing and was seventh in the overall points when financial issues forced the team to close midway through the season.
In July, Purvis drove the #21 car for Richard Childress Racing and won the NAPA 250 at the Pikes Peak Int'l Speedway.
Purvis has won six Bud Pole Awards in the Busch Series, the last at Pikes Peak in 2000.
www.brewco.com /purvisbio.html   (462 words)

  
 NASCAR
Jeff Purvis, who with car owner James Finch was once a threat to win virtually everywhere they showed up to race, will campaign a No. 51 Ford in a limited schedule of races for the Florida panhandle car owner in 2001.
Purvis was once one of the country's most successful dirt track drivers.
Purvis gained much of his experience under the direction of Alabama racing legends Bobby Allison and the late Neil Bonnett.
premium.nascar.com /DRIVERS/winston/JPurvis00/index.html   (358 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Purvis cleared to race at Nazareth - May 21, 2004
Two years ago on May 19, Purvis suffered critical injuries including a closed head injury, fractured vertebrae in his neck and a broken leg when his stationary car was struck broadside by Greg Biffle's car.
Purvis drove for Finch early in his career, including winning more than 350 dirt Late Model races, before moving on to other rides.
Purvis downplayed what he said was a coincidence that his return to competition occurs at the track that almost ended his career, as well as his life.
www.nascar.com /2004/news/headlines/bg/05/21/purvis_cleared/index.html   (644 words)

  
 BrantMotorsports.com - Busch Grand National Series - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Purvis had mentioned that the car was a little tight in the middle of the corners, so crew chief Gil Martin made the call for an air pressure adjustment to go with four tires and fuel.
Purvis took the lead on lap 127 and, other than a green flag pit stop on lap 171, maintained that lead through the rest of the race.
Jeff Purvis, coming off his first win since Michigan in 1996, will be in the red and white racing machine again this weekend.
www.brantmotorsports.com /busch/news.php?newsView=46   (1241 words)

  
 BrantMotorsports.com - Busch Grand National Series - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
NASCAR veteran Jeff Purvis was in control of the No. 21 RCR Chevy, participating in the first of two stand-alone events with the Rockwell Automation Racing team.
Purvis radioed that the car was now loose, so Martin made the decision to go with two right side tires and gas to try and gain some position.
Purvis, now 18th, and was able to gain a few spots on restarts in the last 35 laps to put him in 15th place when the checkered flag flew.
www.brantmotorsports.com /busch/news.php?newsView=45   (1186 words)

  
 Pointed Magazine- NASCAR Busch Series, Stories ,News and Notes--Purvis Wins Soggy O'Reilly 300   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The speed were some of the quickest recorded and for drivers like Green the rain, the track surface and the strategy for this race was just not going to be a winning situation for any driver.
As for Jeff Purvis he used a very different strategy to win this race by only taking two tires on what would be the final pit stop of the race before the rain began to fall again.
Purvis, who got out of the pits first with his quick stop used that to his advantage as the race never went back to green after the rain began to fall and officials called the race with 116 laps complete.
www.eastcoastattractions.com /020406texasbusch.htm   (473 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Rain put early end to O'Reilly 300
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Jeff Purvis won the NASCAR Busch O'Reilly 300, leading only the last six laps under caution Saturday after he took just two tires on his final pit stop and was in front when rain ended the race.
Purvis was running 10th when the caution flag came out on lap 108 after Kasey Kahne spun out of control at the entrance to pit row.
Purvis' fiancee had a birthday Friday and said her wish was to get the race trophy.
espn.go.com /rpm/bgn/2002/0406/1364174.html   (731 words)

  
 The Auto Channel - Search Results
Jeff Purvis Goody's 300 Pole Quotes Daytona Beach, Fl Jeff Purvis continues is strong presence at Daytona during Speedweeks '96.
Jeff Purvis wins first Busch Series race Richmond, Va Sheer determination, patience and some untimely luck for his competitors combined this afternoon to see Jeff Purvis go to victory lane for the first time in his Busch career.
Richmond, Va Jeff Purvis is determined to prove that he is a Championship contender on Busch Grand National Division circuit, despite the fact that he is sponsorless and he is working with only 6 team/crew members.
www.theautochannel.com /search/search.html?words=Jeff+Purvis   (598 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Purvis wins in new ride
FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Jeff Purvis ran away with the NAPA AutoCare 250 on Saturday, beating Jeff Green by 15.782 seconds in the Busch Series race at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
Purvis, 42, who also won at Richmond in 1996, led 121 of the last 124 laps on the mile oval.
"The way Purvis passed me early in the race I knew he'd be the one to beat," said Green, the 2000 winner at Pikes Peak en route to the season championship.
espn.go.com /rpm/bgn/2001/0728/1232301.html   (346 words)

  
 SPONSOR-POOR PURVIS WINS ANOTHER GN POLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Jeff Purvis is emerging as one of the early-season standouts in the Busch Grand National series after winning the pole for today's Hardee's 250 - his second in three weeks.
Purvis was one of the late qualifiers on a cold, partly sunny morning, and ``there's a good chance we might have been a little quicker'' because of a late qualifying time, he said.
Purvis is now 2 for 3 in poles this season even though his team is 0 for '96 in sponsorship.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960002/03020386.htm   (685 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - Purvis set to be released from hospital - May 24, 2002
CONCORD, N.C. -- Jeff Purvis, who has been in intensive care at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. since being injured last Sunday in the NASCAR Busch Series race at Nazareth Speedway, will be released Friday afternoon.
Team spokesman Dennis Punch said Purvis will be flown to an undisclosed rehabilitation center where he will begin treatment for head, neck and leg injuries suffered in the accident.
Purvis was injured after his motor failed and Greg Biffle got into the fluid dropped on the track.
digitalcity.nascar.com /2002/news/headlines/bg/05/24/purvis_release/index.html   (215 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - No replacement named yet for Purvis - May 21, 2002
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Jeff Purvis continued to rebound from serious injuries suffered Sunday in a two-car crash in the NASCAR Busch Series Stacker 2 200 at Nazareth Speedway.
Purvis, 43, remained in serious but stable condition in the Trauma Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital; but doctors had concluded a battery of tests and removed the Clarksville, Tenn., veteran from a ventilator that had assisted his breathing while he was heavily sedated to facilitate his test program.
Purvis will remain at Lehigh Valley, the hospital where former Winston Cup champion Bobby Allison began his initial recovery from career-ending injuries suffered in 1988 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.; until a rehabilitation facility is selected.
ww.nascar.com /2002/news/headlines/bg/05/21/purvis_update/index.html   (227 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Purvis and Team Continue to Build Consistency
INDIANAPOLIS - Jeff Purvis and The Porter-Cable Racing Team head to The Indianapolis Raceway Park this Friday night looking to continue their recent string of top finishes.
After two second place finishes in the last four races, Purvis believes his Joe Gibbs owned racing team is ready to take the final step into victory lane at the Kroger 200.
Over the last 25 laps of the race, Purvis was the fastest car on the track, cutting the lead of race winner Kevin Harvick from eight seconds to 1.338 seconds at the checkered flag.
www.race2win.net /gn/00/jp8.html   (284 words)

  
 Leader News *Muhlenberg County Paper* News Paper * Muhlenberg County * Leader News
In his first season driving for Brewco Motorsports of Central City, Jeff Purvis won the NASCAR Bush Grand National O’Reilly 300 on Saturday, April 6, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
Purvis was running 10th when the caution flag came out on the 108th lap.
When the pits opened, Purvis’ crew chief, Terry Shirley, decided to take just two tires instead of four, and Purvis got out of the pits in first place as rain began to fall for the second time.
www.ky-leadernews.com /archive/41002sports.html   (210 words)

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