Danny Efland

Thomas Daniel Efland (born October 4, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, engineer and crew chief who works for Viking Motorsports as the crew chief of their No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro SS driven by Parker Retzlaff in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Efland formerly competed as a driver in USAR Pro Cup, what is now the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and the NASCAR Truck Series. He previously worked as an engineer and interim crew chief for Richard Childress Racing and Petty GMS Motorsports / Legacy Motor Club.

Racing career From 1999 to 2002, Efland won seven state championships as well as five National World Karting Association championships. Moving on to the Pro 4 Mod class at Florence Motor Speedway in 2002, he won the track championship as well as rookie of the year honors. He won his first late model race in 2005, and went on to win eight more races in 2006.

In 2007, Efland made his Busch Series debut at New Hampshire International Speedway. Driving the No. 01 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports, he started 36th and finished 40th after retiring due to handling problems. He ran two more races that season and failed to finish either of them. In 2008, he returned to JD and competed in 18 races. Success was hard to find and he only managed a best finish of 23rd at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Efland made two start and park efforts for Corrie Stott Racing in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009, finishing 33rd and 31st. Efland returned to the Nationwide Series to run a limited schedule in 2010 and 2011, scoring a best career finish of 16th at Darlington Raceway.

Efland ran a partial Nationwide Series schedule in 2012 in the No. 4 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports. His best finishes came both Daytona races in 13th position. He also picked up a strong finish at Talladega in 16th and a 14th-place finish at Kansas in October.

It was announced on January 21, 2013 that Efland would return to the No. 4 JD Motorsports Chevrolet in 27 of the 33 races for the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, but he was released from the team in late March. He would run part-time for Mike Harmon Racing and later MAKE Motorsports for the rest of the year. Efland also returned to the Truck Series at Kansas Speedway, driving the No. 6 for Eddie Sharp Racing. This ended up being his last year driving in NASCAR.

In March 2014, Efland joined Richard Childress Racing, working as an engineer for the team's No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series. In 2016, he would get to serve as interim crew chief for the No. 3 car driven by Ty Dillon in two races.

In 2022, Efland worked for Petty GMS Motorsports as the engineer for the No. 43 car driven by Erik Jones. In the race at Pocono, Efland served as the interim crew chief for the team after crew chief Dave Elenz was suspended for the race due to a rocker box assembly violation. Efland would continue with the team, now Legacy Motor Club after Jimmie Johnson became a co-owner of the team, in 2023 as the engineer for Jones and the No. 43 car in 2023 and would serve as the car's interim crew chief at the Chicago Street Course when Dave Elenz served the second race of a two-race suspension.

On October 2, 2024, it was announced that Efland would be the crew chief of the No. 15 (renumbered in January 2025 to the No. 25) AM Racing car in the Xfinity Series in 2025 driven by Harrison Burton. This would be his first permanent crew chief job after having previously served as an interim crew chief with RCR and Petty GMS/LMC.

Personal life

Efland graduated with honors from Dutch Fork High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in engineering.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2007 D.D.L. Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLWDNQ NHA40 DAY CHI GTW43 IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV36 KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 122nd 132 2008 JD Motorsports 0 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH37 TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH41 DAR35 CLT43 DOV NSH39 KEN42 MLW NHA DAY PHODNQ 43rd 1152 01 CHI33 GTW38 IRP31 CGV GLN MCH28 BRI30 CAL27 RCH37 DOV26 KAN26 CLT23 MEM TEX33 HOM25 2010 Corrie Stott Racing 02 Chevy DAY21 63rd 628 Danny Efland Racing 07 Chevy CAL41 LVS23 BRI NSH PHO TEX38 TAL RCH DAR26 DOV CLT31 NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY33 CHI GTW IRP IOW GLN MCH41 BRI CGV ATL RCHDNQ DOV KAN CAL39 CLT GTY TEX41 PHO HOM 2011 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL21 NSH RCH 34th 144 Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAR16 DOV23 IOW CLT19 CHI MCH33 ROA NSH26 IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM Danny Efland Racing 07 Chevy DAY30 Key Motorsports 47 Chevy KENDNQ Go Green Racing 04 Ford NHA40 2012 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY13 PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX31 RCH TAL16 DAR20 IOW CLT35 DOV MCH27 ROA KEN34 DAY13 NHA29 CHI32 IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL19 RCH CHI27 KEN30 CLT31 KAN14 TEX28 PHO HOM31 21st 327 Randy Hill Racing 08 Ford DOV35 2013 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY25 PHO LVS BRIDNQ CAL TEX RCH TAL 50th 78 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAR27 CLT DOV27 IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy IOW34 GLN MOH BRI ATL35 RCHDNQ CHI KENDNQ DOV39 KAN CLTDNQ TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2009 Corrie Stott Racing 02 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH33 BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS31 MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 115th 0 2013 MAKE Motorsports 6 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN28 102nd 01 50 CLT20 DOV33 MCH33 BRI MSP IOW CHI33 LVS TALDNQ MAR TEX PHO HOM 84 TEX31 KEN33 IOW33 ELD POC

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