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STANTON BARRETT
Stanton Barrett is a Director, Hollywood Stuntman, Writer and NASCAR driver. A diverse
hybrid talent with over 280 film and television credits, and over 230 racing starts,
his esteemed career spans both the Entertainment and Professional Racing
industries. His passion for being creative has given him opportunity to write feature films, commercial creative and a collaborative creative effort with children books, with long time friend Tamara Dietrich.
Stanton was born in Bishop, California - and is the grandson of Dave McCoy,
founder of Mammoth Mountain. His mother Penny McCoy, an accomplished skier,
medalled at 16 in women's slalom at the 1966 World Championships and
numerous wins on the World Cup Circuit. Stanton is the son of
legendary stuntman Stan Barrett - who in 1979, was the first man in history to
break the speed of sound on land in a Rocket Car.
Stanton’s godfather, mentor and close friend Paul Newman, was a strong and
steady influence throughout his life until his passing in 2008. Hal Nedham
owned the Rocket Car which his father piloted, has been a mentor and
close friend to Stanton. Stanton regards Hal as an influential pillar in his movie
career; along with Mickey Gilbert and his father Stan.
Stanton is known for his spectacular work as a stunt performer. With experience
that spans his 30 year career. His participation in professional sports from race
driving, extreme skiing, snowmobile racing, mountain biking, bobsled driver and
motocross has given him the versatility required for stunt work on high demand
sets. Stanton has a very successful professional race car driving career of equal
length and credentials. For the last 28 years, he has been a professional NASCAR
driver with 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts, and over 200 NASCAR
Nationwide Series starts to his credit; and he raced 5 IZOD Indy Car Series events
in 2009; along with numerous races in IMSA, 24 Hours of Daytona and ARCA.
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