Profile On: Jarrod Schneiderman!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Profile On: Jarrod Schneiderman
by Joanne Cram
In only his third season in a sprint car, West Burlington’s Jarrod Schneiderman is making his debut at Knoxville’s weekly competition this season. His brother, Josh, has raced Knoxville, as well as Sprint Invaders for the past several seasons- and Jarrod was ready to add one more car to the Deuce Motorsports team. This is car number 3 in the Deuce Motorsports racing venture, as his uncle, John Schulz also races Sprint Invaders.
With Jarrod’s father, Bart, being deeply involved in sprint car racing over the years, it should come as no surprise that Jarrod should be the next racer in the family to join in the racing action. Jarrod’s brother, dad, and uncle all have inspired him over the years to continue moving forward with his racing dreams.
Jarrod began racing only 2 seasons ago in a 305 at 34 Raceway in his hometown of West Burlington, with a family pieced together car- Jarrod’s car, dad’s parts, and uncle Gary’s motor. His biggest accomplishment that season was starting 18th and running 5th at a World of Outlaws weekend at 34 Raceway. After running only six races, Jarrod hit the road with Jesse Hockett, where they crisscrossed the country hitting USAC and any 360 or 410 races they could fit in the schedule. Jarrod was able to pick up a lot of racing knowledge while on the road for most of the 2008 season and is able to work that knowledge into his own car.
In 2009, Schneiderman ran again weekly at 34 Raceway, where his uncle, John Schulz, served as crew chief for him, in addition to running his own Sprint Invaders 360 schedule. Jarrod had an impressive first full season in the 305- with six top 5 finishes; 13 top 10 finishes in 16 starts; and a highest finish of 3rd place. This placed him in 5th place for overall points at 34 Raceway.
Jarrod plans to move to 410 competition down the road, so he cites the natural progression to a 360 as being his motivation to move up a class. With his dad and brother already making the weekly trek to Knoxville, it made sense that Jarrod would run most Saturday nights at Knoxville, in addition to his Sprint Invaders competition. Jarrod hopes for a few top 10 and top 5 finishes, but mainly looks forward to gaining confidence and becoming comfortable in the 360. With the Sprint Invader’s traveling schedule, Jarrod also hopes to become a consistent driver across many tracks.
The 20-year old Southeastern Community College student also works concrete when he’s not busy with the sprint car. In any spare time Jarrod might have, he enjoys time fishing. In addition to his dad, Bart, and brother, Josh- Jarrod’s mom, Suzie and sister, Janelle are also big fans and watch his racing whenever possible.
Crew for the #88 J & J, Bobby Jack’s Racing Engine Sprint are Rich Roark, Cale Riley, and John Schulz.
Sponsors of the Deuce Motorsports #88 include i-Wireless, Shottenkirk’s Parts Express, Blackbird Motorsports, J & J Steel, Zaiser’s Landscaping, and Midland Performance. Jarrod has shirts for sale and this happens to be Deuce Motorsport’s 25th season of racing- so there are a few surprises for fans that stop by this season!
Also, the Des Moines Register carried a story of Josh and Bart Schneiderman written by Rob Gray:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100608/SPORTS1401/100608036/1003/SPORTS/Motorin--Schneiderman-glad-dad-s-back-with-team
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