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David Gilliland

b. 1976

American racing driver

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Born 1976. David Gilliland is an American racing automobile driver.

David Leonard Gilliland (born April 1, 1976) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and team owner. Since 2017, he has operated Tricon Garage, a team that races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series West, ARCA Menards Series East, and CARS Tour.

Formerly a full-time competitor for a decade in the NASCAR Cup Series, Gilliland is now semi-retired and has competed part-time in the Truck Series, in the No. 1 Toyota Tundra and the ARCA Menards Series East and West, driving for his team. Born in Riverside, California, he is the son of former NASCAR Cup and West Series driver Butch Gilliland, and the father of current full-time Cup Series driver Todd Gilliland.

After competing full-time in the West Series like his father, Gilliland ran part-time in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2006, and scored an unexpected win at Kentucky Speedway. In his first full season in the Cup Series, Gilliland would win the pole for the 2007 Daytona 500.

Racing career NASCAR Regional series

In 1996, he began working on his father's Winston West Series team. By 1999, Gilliland won the track championship at Perris Auto Speedway (a dirt track). Then, the following year he began a limited season in the AutoZone West Series. In 2003, Gilliland won five races in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series, in the No. 11 Centrifugal Technologies-sponsored Chevrolet. He finished the season with five top-fives and eight top-tens and a sixth-place finish in points.

In 2004, Gilliland announced plans to run the full schedule in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series, in the No. 88 Chevrolet for MRG Motorsports and all non-conflicting NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series (now AutoZone West), races. He got his first AutoZone West win at Mesa Marin Raceway. He was then named NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series Rookie of the Year. He also had two victories in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series.

National series Gilliland made his first attempt at a major NASCAR race in 2003, at the Las Vegas 350 in the Craftsman Truck Series, but failed to qualify. He announced that Clay Andrews Racing would form in mid-2005. Gilliland made his Busch Series debut at Phoenix, qualifying 28th. However, he was involved with an early crash and finished 43rd. Gilliland made the other Phoenix race later in the year but had the same result. He was 43rd after ignition troubles. Also, he ran the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Craftsman Truck Series with a 22nd-place finish.

Meanwhile, Gilliland raced in the Grand National Division in 2005 and won the Toyota All-Star Showdown in 2005 when apparent winner Mike Olsen was disqualified for light wheels wider than regulation. The win brought Gilliland to the attention of Busch and Cup series team owners.

Gilliland began running the No. 84 Clay Andrews Chevy part-time in 2006, during which time he was mentored by former Sprint Cup race winner Jerry Nadeau. Gilliland, however, struggled to finish races, earning a best result of 29th in his first four starts of the year. However, in his next outing, Gilliland scored his first career Busch Series win at Kentucky on June 17. Gilliland drove the No. 84 Hype Manufacturing Chevrolet to victory, becoming the first driver of 2006 to win a Busch race who was not also running a full-time Nextel Cup schedule. FX television announcer Hermie Sadler called the victory "the biggest upset in Busch Series history".

Cup Series

Gilliland made his first attempt to make a Cup race in June 2006 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, in the No. 72 Dutch Quality Stone Chevy for CJM Racing, qualifying 31st, and finishing 32nd. In August 2006, Gilliland replaced Elliott Sadler as the driver of the No. 38 M&Ms/Mars Ford in the NEXTEL Cup Series for Yates Racing. On October 7, he qualified on the pole for the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the first pole of his career in the Cup Series.

Gilliland went full-time in the No. 38 car in 2007 with M&M's and Mars returning as sponsors. However, Mars decided before the 2007 season to move its 2008 sponsorship to teammate Ricky Rudd’s 2007 ride at Yates, in preparation for moving to Kyle Busch in 2008. This meant Gilliland needed to impress in 2007 to attract a sponsor for the No. 38.

Gilliland started the season with a bang, winning his second career pole at the 2007 Daytona 500, his first points-paying race at the track. In the race itself, Gilliland finished 8th. Gilliland also drove part-time in the Busch Series for Team Rensi Motorsports with sponsorship from FreeCreditReport.com in 2007, splitting the driving duties at Rensi with rookie Richard Johns. His best finish in Busch was a tenth at Daytona.

In qualifying for the 2007 Aaron's 499 at Talladega on April 28, Gilliland recorded a speed of , which was identical to Jeff Gordon for the pole position. As Gordon had the points lead at the time of the race, Gilliland started the race in second, giving the pole to Gordon. Gilliland finished 28th in the Cup standings in 2007, recording two top-tens in his rookie season.

In 2008, Gilliland’s Busch Series sponsor FreeCreditReport.com, and Yates’ Busch Series sponsor Citi Financial became the new sponsors of the No. 38 Cup car. He also ran three Nationwide Series races, one for Travis Carter and Carl Haas, and two for Mike Curb and Gary Baker. Gilliland recorded a career-best second place finish in Cup at Sonoma Raceway. Kyle Busch won the race with Gilliland's old sponsor, M&M's, as Gilliland finished runner-up in his FreeCreditReport.com-sponsored Ford. At Texas in the fall, Gilliland was penalized by NASCAR for wrecking Juan Pablo Montoya. Gilliland again had two top-ten finishes in 2008, improving slightly to 27th in points.

In January 2009, his No. 38 Sprint Cup team was closed due to a lack of sponsorship, and his points from 2008 were moved to the Hall of Fame Racing team of Bobby Labonte.

After sitting out the 2009 Daytona 500 without a ride, he was hired by TRG Motorsports for the rest of the 2009 season to drive the No. 71 Chevrolet, with sponsorships from TaxSlayer, Capital Window, and American Monster. However, the season proved tough as TRG was short on funding by May, forcing Gilliland to start and park on several occasions. In August, Gilliland failed to qualify a second TRG car, the No. 70, at Watkins Glen. By September, Labonte was now part-time at Hall of Fame and it was announced he would bring much-needed funding to TRG in seven of the final twelve races, replacing Gilliland who would not have been able to run full races. Gilliland did run the other five races for TRG in the No. 71 with limited funding.

Gilliland then landed a three-race deal to drive a new part-time fourth Joe Gibbs Racing car, the No. 02 Farm Bureau Insurance Toyota.

In addition to his part-time rides at the No. 02 and the No. 71, in the second half of 2009 Gilliland also ran one race each in Cup for the Wood Brothers, in the iconic No. 21 Ford, for Robby Gordon in his No. 7 Toyota, and for Phoenix Racing in the No. 09 Chevy, also running several Nationwide Series races for Phoenix. Gilliland also failed to qualify a Gordon-owned No. 04 Toyota at Kansas. At California in October, Gilliland relieved a sick Kyle Busch after parking the TRG car.

Gilliland managed to attempt all but two races in 2009 (the 500 and the fall Loudon race), salvaging 37th in points despite running for so many different teams. His best finish was a fourteenth at Las Vegas in the No. 71, with a nineteenth place at Atlanta in the Wood Brothers No. 21 being his second-best run of 2009.

In 2010, Gilliland began the season with BAM Racing in the No. 49 after the team took the 2009 season off. However, the team failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 and shut down for good. Left without a ride, Gilliland ended up attempting every remaining race in one of Front Row Motorsports’ three Fords, either the No. 34, the No. 37, or the No. 38; missing the show at Indy in the No. 38. He was sponsored by Taco Bell in most races. Gilliland's best finishes in 2010 came at Martinsville and Sonoma, a nineteenth at both tracks. After having his initial ride shut down for the second straight season, Gilliland again scrambled to finish 32nd in points.

In 2011, Gilliland began driving FRM's No. 34 Taco Bell Ford full-time. He finished third in the 2011 Daytona 500, the team's best finish in a race to that point, and Gilliland's second-best finish in Cup. Gilliland recorded two top-ten finishes in 2011 and ended up thirtieth in Cup points.

For 2012, Gilliland moved to the team's No. 38 car. Gilliland's primary sponsor was Long John Silver's, and his team later received a multi-race sponsorship from Modspace for the 2012 season. Gilliland nearly finished third in the Daytona 500 for the second straight year, but a late red flag was lifted and Gilliland was shuffled back to 23rd. Gilliland had a best finish of thirteenth and wound up thirtieth in the standing for a second consecutive year.

In 2013, Gilliland returned to the No. 38 Ford, with Love's Travel Stops coming on board to join Long John Silvers on the car. At the spring Talladega race, Gilliland pushed FRM teammate David Ragan to victory in a green-white-checkered finish that saw Gilliland tie his career-best finish of second, giving FRM a one-two finish in the race, the first in team history Gilliland recorded two Top 10 finishes in 2013, finishing 26th in points, the best Cup points finish of Gilliland's career.

Gilliland returned once again to the No. 38 in 2014, with Love's now as the primary sponsor on his Ford. Gilliland won the pole for the 2014 Coke Zero 400, with a lap speed of his first pole since 2007 after he won the first round of qualifying and rain prevented further rounds. It was the first pole for the Front Row Motorsports team. However, Gilliland did retreat to thirtieth in points once again.

Gilliland was back in the No.38 Love's-sponsored Ford in 2015. He also returned to the Truck Series for a part-time schedule in the No.92 Ricky Benton Racing Ford, where he recorded two top-tens. In the Cup Series, Gilliland finished 11th at the season-opening Daytona 500. His second-best finish was an eighteenth place at Bristol, and Gilliland finished 32nd in driver points. 2015 would turn out to be Gilliland's final full season in NASCAR.

Gilliland was replaced by Landon Cassill in 2016, but returned to FRM for the Daytona 500 in the No. 35. However, he failed to qualify for the race. Though the 500 was only supposed to be a one race deal, Gilliland and Front Row announced plans to run at Talladega in April. Gilliland qualified the race beating Josh Wise, and finished seventeenth after running in the top-three in the final two laps. The two starts in the No. 35 were Gilliland's only appearances in the 2016 Cup season.

In 2017, Gilliland did not race in Cup or any other NASCAR series.

On January 17, 2018, it was announced that Gilliland joined Ricky Benton Racing to attempt the Daytona 500 in the No. 92 CarQuest Auto Parts-sponsored Ford Fusion. Gilliland, who had run for RBR in the Truck Series in 2015, had to go to a backup car for the 500 after wrecking out of the Duel race. However, Gilliland's attention in 2018 mostly went to the Camping World Truck Series, where Gilliland is an owner and driver.

Post-Cup career Gilliland returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2018, participating in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona as a substitute driver for his son Todd. Under NASCAR regulations, Todd Gilliland was ineligible to participate at any track larger than 1.25 miles until May 15, 2018 (his eighteenth birthday), and team owner Kyle Busch asked David to drive for his son in one of the four races where he was ineligible in 2018. Gilliland also became a team owner in the Truck Series, partnering with Bo LeMastus to buy the assets of Red Horse Racing, with which the team DGR-Crosley was formed. Gilliland ran a partial schedule in the team's No. 54 entry, running near the front of the field. In 2019, he drove DGR-Crosley's No. 17 at Daytona and again at Martinsville Speedway in March. He drove the DGR-Crosley No. 54 in the K&N Pro Series West race at Gateway, finishing third. He ran the ARCA Menards Series East race at Dover in 2020, finishing second. He would also run the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West finale at Phoenix, which he would win.

DGR-Crosley reverted to the David Gilliland Racing name in 2021 as Johnny Gray took over as co-owner. On February 5, 2021, it was announced that Gilliland would return to the Truck Series to drive for his team again in the season-opener at Daytona. He attempted to qualify for the race in the team's part-time No. 17 truck. Gilliland finished the race in fourteenth. He would return to the truck at Las Vegas and Darlington, finishing 39th and 28th respectively. He would also return to the ARCA Menards Series East, finishing third at Dover. On September 21, Gilliland was suspended for one race, fined 1,500 and placed on probation by ARCA for the remainder of the 2021 season for non-compliant activities on pit road at the Bristol race. During the race, Drew Dollar spun DGR driver Thad Moffitt, resulting in a fight between Gilliland and Dollar on pit road. Gilliland returned to his team in 2023, racing at Charlotte and Talladega. He would finish fourteenth at Charlotte and crashed out at Talladega, leading to a 35th place finish.

Crew chiefing career Gilliland was the crew chief for his father Butch Gilliland's 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series championship season, in which they won four races. He was also the crew chief for Butch in the NASCAR Thunder Suzuka Special that year. He returned as the crew chief in 1998, and the pair won three more races. Gilliland returned to the crew chief role in 2020, where he guided Taylor Gray to a fourth place finish in an ARCA race at Springfield. He was the crew chief for his son Todd in a Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, where he finished 2nd.

Personal life Gilliland was a high school golf teammate of Tiger Woods at Western High School in Anaheim.

He is married to his wife Michelle and the couple has two children, Todd and Taylor. Todd, a two-time consecutive champion in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West, currently competes full-time in the Cup Series in the No. 34 Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports, which has an alliance with Tricon Garage, his family team.

His son Todd has a racing career and on May 17, 2015, became the youngest winner in the history of ARCA at age 15 and 2 days with a win at Toledo Speedway. Todd followed it up with a win at the K&N Pro Series West race at Phoenix International Raceway, making three generations of the Gilliland family to have won in the series.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 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 36 Pts Ref 2006 CJM Racing 72 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON32 DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN 42nd 1178 Robert Yates Racing 38 Ford MCH38 BRI40 CAL32 RCH36 NHA36 DOV27 KAN22 TAL15 CLT33 MAR28 ATL15 TEX21 PHO16 HOM33 2007 DAY8 CAL25 LVS21 ATL30 BRI41 MAR39 TEX19 PHO35 TAL4 RCH42 DAR30 CLT35 DOV29 POC34 MCH17 SON25 NHA28 DAY11 CHI16 IND17 POC39 GLN33 MCH28 BRI30 CAL25 RCH22 NHA39 DOV24 KAN34 TAL27 CLT25 MAR25 ATL42 TEX28 PHO28 HOM32 28th 2924 2008 Yates Racing DAY28 CAL17 LVS23 ATL32 BRI9 MAR24 TEX15 PHO15 TAL15 RCH41 DAR20 CLT40 DOV16 POC16 MCH27 SON2 NHA28 DAY40 CHI42 IND20 POC34 GLN40 MCH26 BRI22 CAL23 RCH18 NHA41 DOV19 KAN22 TAL40 CLT25 MAR32 ATL27 TEX42 PHO35 HOM27 27th 3064 2009 TRG Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY CAL33 LVS14 ATL24 BRI36 MAR36 TEX29 PHO33 TAL40 RCH39 DAR43 CLT27 DOV43 POC42 MCH32 SON32 NHA40 DAY40 CHI42 IND30 POC41 MCH40 BRI39 DOV39 CAL MAR39 TAL 37th 1928 70 GLNDNQ Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford ATL19 Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Toyota RCH24 NHA 04 KANDNQ Joe Gibbs Racing 02 Toyota CLT25 TEX28 HOM29 Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy PHO30 2010 BAM Racing 49 Toyota DAYDNQ 32nd 2445 Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford CAL26 LVS30 ATL26 BRI23 DAR35 DOV25 SON19 INDDNQ GLN27 BRI26 DOV30 CAL20 CLT28 TEX29 37 MAR19 PHO32 TEX29 TAL RCH31 CLT26 POC33 MCH35 NHA35 DAY CHI32 POC30 MCH36 ATL20 RCH37 NHA33 KAN32 MAR37 TAL33 PHO38 HOM25 2011 34 DAY3 PHO22 LVS37 BRI27 CAL31 MAR33 TEX42 TAL9 RCH25 DAR32 DOV22 CLT33 KAN33 POC29 MCH29 SON12 DAY16 KEN31 NHA25 IND33 POC23 GLN33 MCH32 BRI24 ATL37 RCH27 CHI36 NHA32 DOV28 KAN32 CLT36 TAL22 MAR34 TEX32 PHO31 HOM33 30th 572 2012 38 DAY23 PHO28 LVS33 BRI26 CAL30 MAR28 TEX31 KAN27 RCH36 TAL13 DAR25 CLT26 DOV40 POC23 MCH27 SON26 KEN28 DAY31 NHA27 IND27 POC21 GLN20 MCH18 BRI20 ATL31 RCH31 CHI28 NHA32 DOV32 TAL15 CLT23 KAN23 MAR30 TEX35 PHO36 HOM33 30th 605 2013 DAY38 PHO37 LVS28 BRI24 CAL29 MAR28 TEX32 KAN23 RCH27 TAL2 DAR29 CLT20 DOV37 POC24 MCH22 SON24 KEN28 DAY15 NHA18 IND35 POC39 GLN25 MCH37 BRI25 ATL17 RCH23 CHI28 NHA39 DOV30 KAN24 CLT29 TAL7 MAR23 TEX26 PHO24 HOM27 26th 648 2014 DAY36 PHO39 LVS30 BRI22 CAL38 MAR26 TEX22 DAR28 RCH20 TAL40 KAN37 CLT43 DOV29 POC28 MCH26 SON21 KEN30 DAY35 NHA24 IND36 POC17 GLN22 MCH21 BRI25 ATL28 RCH29 CHI34 NHA27 DOV33 KAN30 CLT32 TAL29 MAR22 TEX34 PHO24 HOM31 30th 554 2015 DAY11 ATL22 LVS23 PHO29 CAL35 MAR25 TEX28 BRI18 RCH31 TAL20 KAN32 CLT33 DOV25 POC27 MCH42 SON43 DAY40 KEN29 NHA21 IND29 POC33 GLN33 MCH32 BRI36 DAR27 RCH33 CHI32 NHA28 DOV30 CLT27 KAN36 TAL32 MAR24 TEX29 PHO30 HOM32 32nd 533 2016 35 DAYDNQ ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL17 KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY19 KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TALDNQ MAR TEX PHO HOM 44th 46 2018 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY14 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 01

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2007 Robert Yates Racing Ford 1 8 2008 Yates Racing 32 28 2010 BAM Racing Toyota DNQ 2011 Front Row Motorsports Ford 39 3 2012 33 23 2013 25 38 2014 17 36 2015 26 11 2016 DNQ 2018 RBR Enterprises Ford 39 14

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 2004 Robby Gordon Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOMQL† N/A N/A 2005 Golembeski Racing 54 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO43 TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX 127th 68 Clay Andrews Racing 03 Chevy PHO43 HOM 2006 84 DAY CALDNQ MXC LVS39 ATL BRI TEX29 NSH PHO33 TAL RCH30 DAR CLTDNQ DOV NSH KEN1 MLW DAY CHI26 NHA MAR36 GTY 56th 733 Robert Yates Racing 90 Ford IRP29 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH30 DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2007 Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Ford DAY20 CAL MXC36 LVS32 ATL31 BRI35 NSH TEX26 PHO16 TAL37 RCH20 DAR33 CLT27 DOV29 NSH KEN MLW NHA19 DAY10 CHI27 GTY IRP CGV GLN16 MCH29 BRI41 CAL18 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 39th 1597 2008 Richardson-Haas Motorsports 14 Ford DAY40 CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN 95th 191 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford MCH20 BRI CAL31 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2009 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT15 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY27 CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL15 RCH DOV 63rd 672 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy KAN19 CAL8 CLT19 MEM TEX PHO HOM 2010 D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports 91 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI42 NSH PHO41 TEX41 TAL RCH39 DAR41 DOV43 CLT41 NSH KEN ROA NHA38 DAY CHI39 GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI41 CGV DOV38 KAN41 CAL36 CLT GTY TEX40 PHO39 HOM40 48th 800 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge ATL17 RCH† - Qualified for Robby Gordon.

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 2003 Midgley Racing 09 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVSDNQ SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM N/A 0 2005 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS22 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 79th 97 2009 TRG Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT6 DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO 65th 208 ThorSport Racing 98 Chevy HOM35 2015 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY6 ATL MAR30 KAN CLT27 DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN7 ELD POC MCH BRI13 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR23 TEX PHO HOM16 92nd 01 2018 Kyle Busch Motorsports 4 Toyota DAY21 ATL LVS MAR 29th 152 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota DOV4 KAN CLT TEX IOW4 GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota TAL3 MAR DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota TEX30 PHO HOM 2019 DAY13 ATL LVS 47th 56 54 MAR12 TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY14 DAY LVS39 ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR28 COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 51st 43 2023 TRICON Garage 1 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT14 GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL35 HOM PHO 43rd 32

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

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

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2019 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota NSM BRI SBO SBO MEM NHA IOW GLN BRI GTW NHA DOV 30th 41 2020 Ford NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI FIF 31st 42 2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI 34th 41

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 1997 Stroppe Motorsports 1 Ford TUS 21 AMP SON TUS MMR 26th 500 8 LVS 22 AMP 15 SON MMR LVS 88 CAL 23 EVG POR PPR 24 1999 Hilton Racing 11 Ford TUS 22 LVS PHO CAL PPR MMR 24 IRW EVG POR IRW RMR LVS 26 MMR 7 MOT 35th 419 2000 Quick Pick Motorsports 43 Chevy PHO MMR LVS CAL LAG IRW POR EVG IRW RMR MMR IRW 21 65th 100 2001 PHO LVS TUS MMR CAL 8 IRW LAG KAN EVG CNS IRW 24 RMR LVS IRW 41st 233 2002 Eshleman Racing 24 Chevy PHO LVS CAL 5 KAN 16 EVG 21st 506 11 IRW 12 S99 RMR DCS LVS 18 2004 Golembeski Racing 88 Chevy PHO 11 MMR 1 CAL 6 S99 3 EVG 6 IRW 20 S99 15 RMR 5 DCS 2 PHO 5 CNS 5 MMR 18 IRW 4 3rd 1915 2005 PHO 1 MMR 2 PHO 29 S99 5 IRW 5 EVG 2 S99 3 PPR 8 CAL 16* DCS 4 CTS 2 MMR 4 4th 1858 2007 Sunrise Ford Racing 82 Ford PHO AMP ELK IOW CNS SON 1* DCS IRW MMP EVG CSR AMP 41st 190 2009 Speed Wong Racing 89 Toyota CTS AAS PHO 32 MAD IOW DCS 54th 139 45 Dodge SON 32 IRW PIR MMP CNS IOW AAS 2010 AAS PHO IOW DCS SON 28* IRW POR MON COL MMP AAS PHO 73rd 89 2011 Sunrise Ford Racing9 Ford PHO AAS MMP IOW LVS SON 2 IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP SPO AAS PHO 65th 175 2012 PHO 9 LHC MMP S99 IOW BIR LVS 33rd 82 Naake-Klauer Motorsports 25 Chevy SON 1 EVG CNS IOW PIR SMP AAS PHO 2019 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW 3 MER AAS KCR ISM N/A – 2020 4 Ford LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO 18th 98

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