He also works as a skydiver, driving instructor, and stunt driver.
Racing career
Jaskol began his career in motorcycle racing, driving in the World Mini Motorcycle series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 1994.[1] After moving into karts, he won the Superkarts! USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals 80cc Shifter Class and a World Karting Association championship in 1998.[2][3] In 2000, he was recruited by CART driver Paul Tracy to drive for his factory karting team.[4] Two years later, Jaskol won a racing scholarship at the Skip Barber Scholarship Runoffs, which was followed by finishing third in the 2003 Skip Barber National Championship.[3]
For 2005, Jaskol raced in the Star Mazda Championship and the American Speed Association's Speed Truck Challenge. In the former, he scored podium finishes in the first two races for Hearn Motorsports before departing the team to focus on the Speed Truck Challenge as he was leading the points in that series at the time. The move was also spurred by a lack of financial support in open-wheel racing and the desire to race in NASCAR.[9] Driving for United Nissan Auto Team,[10] Jaskol would become the first rookie to win the championship in Speed Truck Challenge history.[3] In July, he tested a NASCAR Truck for Roush Racing at Martinsville Speedway as part of the team's "Gong Show".[11] He and his Red Bull peers were also test drivers for A1 Grand Prix team A1 Team USA.[12]
In May 2015, Jaskol competed in the Best in the Desert's Silver State 300, finishing third in the UTV Pro 1900 alongside Scott Yancey, Derryke Rich, and Robert Casey Wiesel.[16] His driving career would be halted that year as he concentrated on his family business.[17] In 2016, he was the spotter for Alexander Rossi in practice for the Indianapolis 500, a race that Rossi went on to win;[18] Jaskol previously tutored Rossi in karting.[19] The two also entered the SKUSA SuperNationals later in the year.[20] For the 2019 Indianapolis 500, Jaskol served as the spotter for Rossi's Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti.[18]
On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Jaskol would run full-time for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2022 for the new G2G Racing team owned by Tim Viens, driving his No. 46 Toyota Tundra.[22] Jaskol would fail to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona. Jaskol would fail to qualify again at Las Vegas, this time in Las Vegas and with the No. 47, but Brennan Poole gave him his No. 46. On April 7, Jaskol revealed in a tweet that he had parted ways with G2G Racing. Prior to the Martinsville race, G2G suspended Jaskol's contract due to a disagreement between the team and Jaskol's sponsor AutoParts4Less.com.[23]
Jaskol did not make any NASCAR starts in 2023. On March 11, 2024, Jaskol tweeted that he would be making his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the race at Circuit of the Americas in the No. 66 car for MBM Motorsports, who he previously drove part-time for in the Xfinity Series in 2021 and 2022.[24] Two days later, Jaskol posted that he had failed to secure sponsorship in time for the race (the No. 66 would be driven by Timmy Hill), but that he still plans on making a start with MBM later this season.[25]
In 2018, Jaskol participated in the ABC reality television series Castaways.[17] He was one of five contestants who survived all 41 days.[26]
Personal life
Born in Thousand Oaks, California, Jaskol lives in Las Vegas, where he works as a driving instructor and skydiver.[15][17] He was the head presenter for Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program from 2011 to 2015.[15][27][28] From 2011 to 2016, he was the track manager and lead teacher at Dream Racing in Las Vegas. Jaskol also provides drifting and driving demonstrations at SEMA and meetings for car manufacturers like Kia, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota.[15]
His family operates Mountain West Floors, a woodworking business in Las Vegas. In 2015, Jaskol took over the company, which was facing bankruptcy, after his father suffered a heart attack.[17]
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