A NASCAR truck driver has been ordered to pay $850,000 for an affair she had with a married man \u2014 that ended up ending his 17-year marriage.<\/p>\n
Race driver Jennifer Jo Cobb, 53, has been ordered to pay Tracey Hughes the damages for her alleged months-long dalliance with Hughes\u2019 husband, Clayton Odie Hughes after the scorned wife sued under North Carolina\u2019s \u201chomewrecker law.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Tracey Hughes claimed in the 2024 lawsuit that the secret tryst her hubby had with Cobb caused the previously \u201chappily married\u201d couple to split in 2021, according to a report by WBTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASCAR truck driver Jennifer Jo Cobb was ordered to pay $850,000 to a woman who claims the racer broke up her marriage. Getty Images<\/p>\n Jennifer Jo Cobb and Clayton Odie Hughes are shown in a photo posted to Instagram on Jan. 1, 2026. Instagram\/@jenjocobb<\/p>\n Tracey Hughes and her ex-husband Clayton Odie Hughes seen in a photo posted to Facebook on Jan. 22, 2017. Facebook\/Tracey Myers Hughes<\/p>\n The 53-year-old veteran racer \u201cwillfully, intentionally, and deliberately seduced, enticed, and alienated the affections\u201d of Clayton Hughes, the ex-wife alleged in the suit.<\/p>\n Cobb \u2014 who raced in NASCAR\u2019s O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series and Truck Series from 2001 through 2024 \u2013would call and text Clayton Hughes while she was traveling for races and would set up \u201cregular trysts\u201d with him, the complaint claimed.<\/p>\n Tracey Hughes \u201csuffered the loss of support, injury to [her] feelings and reputation, and had her marital relationship destroyed,\u201d the filing claimed.<\/p>\n Tracey Hughes filed suit against Cobb (pictured) in 2024 claiming she seduced her husband Clayton Hughes, leading to their divorce. Instagram\/@jenjocobb<\/p>\n Jennifer Jo Cobb and Clayton Odie Hughes are seen in a photo posted to Instagram on Feb. 20, 2024. Instagram\/@jenjocobb<\/p>\n Cobb denied the allegations in court papers and unsuccessfully sought to get the suit tossed, according to a report by WFMY News<\/a>.<\/p>\n A jury Thursday sided with Tracey Hughes and awarded her $50,000 on the claim of alienation of affection and another $800,000 on the claim of criminal conversation.<\/p>\n Clayton Hughes was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n Jennifer Jo Cobb, driver of the #10 Fastener Supply Company Ford, walks on stage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series United Rentals 200 at Martinsville Speedway, Saturday, October 30, 2021, in Martinsville, Virginia. Getty Images<\/p>\n In a handful of states, including North Carolina<\/a>, a person can be sued if it can be proved that they intentionally wrecked a marriage.<\/a><\/p>\n Cobb has the option to appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n Cobb\u2019s lawyer didn\u2019t immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NASCAR truck driver has been ordered to pay $850,000 for an affair she had with a married…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[12726,49,48,316003,7741,634,22865,82,886],"class_list":["post-916494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-affairs","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jurors","tag-lawsuits","tag-nascar","tag-north-carolina","tag-sports","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}