NASCAR Early career Barrett first started racing when he was sixteen 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 at
Road America in 2015 During the 1992 season,
Busch Series driver
Clifford Allison was killed in a crash at
Michigan International Speedway, leaving a ride open for Barrett. 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. scoring his only top ten of the season at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway. and ran some races for
Stanton Barrett Motorsports in 2007. Barrett had an average start of 29.3, an average finish of 25.7, five DNFs and two 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 No. 30 for SKI and had to race in his own No. 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 for race 35. Stanton finished the 2008 season 22nd in points and would only make 31 more
NASCAR Nationwide Series starts from 2009-2023. During the 2008 season, Barrett still ran his own No. 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 No. 31. Stanton Barrett fielded a second car for his dad Stan at the
2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the No. 61, he completed only seven 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. 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 Later in the year, he helped
Means-Jenkins Motorsports to drive the No. 92 for the race at
Dover, but failed to qualify. 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. 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. 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, 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. 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==