David Green (racing driver)

David Green
Green at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born	David Allen Green (1958-01-28) January 28, 1958 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Achievements	1994 Busch Series Champion
Awards	1996 Busch Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
78 races run over 6 years
Best finish	36th (1999)
First race	1997 Goodwrench Service 400 (Rockingham)
Last race	2004 Chevy Rock and Roll 400 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
404 races run over 23 years
2013 position	87th
Best finish	1st (1994)
First race	1989 Pepsi 200 (Hickory)
Last race	2013 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis)
First win	1991 Nestle 200 (Lanier)
Last win	2005 Salute to the Troops 250 (Pikes Peak)
Wins Top tens Poles 9 144 22
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
11 races run over 4 years
Best finish	37th (2007)
First race	1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2007 Smith's Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

David Allen Green (born January 28, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who currently works as a NASCAR official. While driving, he won the 1994 NASCAR Busch Series championship. His two younger brothers, Jeff and Mark have also competed in the NASCAR circuit, and his son, Austin, currently races in the Trans-Am Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. As of 2022, he remains 1 of 2 Xfinity Series Champions to not to score a single top ten in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Early Busch career

Green, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, made his debut in 1989 at Hickory Motor Speedway for Day Enterprise Racing, starting 15th but finishing 30th after suffering an engine failure. He ran two more races the next year, suffering transmission failure in both races. In 1991, Green signed up with FILMAR Racing to drive the No. 8, and made an immediate impact, winning the pole position at the season-opening Goody's 300. Despite failing to qualify for two of the first seven races, Green won in just his 12th start at Lanier Raceway. He would finish runner-up to Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year. Surprisingly, Green was fired from the ride, and spent the 1992 season working as a member of Bobby Labonte's pit crew. When Labonte moved to Winston Cup in 1993, Green took over the team's No. 44 ride. Although he did not win, he finished in the top ten 16 times and finished third in the points. The next year, he won the Goody's 250, nine poles, as well as the Busch Series championship. Green stayed with Labonte Racing and won four more poles in 1995, but dropped to twelfth in points.

Winston Cup

After the 1995 season, Green was offered a contract from Buzz McCall, owner of the new American Equipment Racing team. Running the No. 95, Green returned to his former dominance, winning twice and finishing runner-up to Randy LaJoie in the championship chase. At the end of the season, McCall and Green elevated their operation to Winston Cup, this time as the No. 96 driver. Unfortunately, they were not able to duplicate their success, as Green failed to qualify for six races, and could only manage a best finish of 16th at the Coca-Cola 600. Despite this, he still finished runner-up to Mike Skinner for Rookie of the Year. Meanwhile, Green also served as a fill-in driver for Dale Earnhardt at Watkins Glen International in the event Earnhardt could not continue running after suffering injuries in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. However, Earnhardt ran the full distance, and Green did not need to step in. After he could not manage a higher finish than 17th at Talladega Superspeedway in 1998, Green was fired from the 96 ride. Green returned to the Busch Series to drive the No. 36 Pontiac Grand Prix for Team 34. He drove for the rest of the year, and finished in the top-five in his first six races for the team. Late in the season, he received a call from Larry Hedrick Motorsports, who had been struggling following the release of Steve Grissom from their No. 41 Chevy. Green would run four races for Hedrick for the rest of the year, and signed to drive for them in 1999. In addition, he would run the No. 41 car in the Busch Series for Hedrick on a limited schedule. Still, Green continued to struggle, but had the lowest DNQ count (2) in his career.

As the season began to close, Green signed on for the rest of the season with Tyler Jet Motorsports, and enjoyed the best performance of his career, finishing a career-best 12th at Phoenix International Raceway, then won the pole the next race at the inaugural Pennzoil 400. Green did well in the Busch Series, running seventeen races and having seven top-tens and a pole position. He ran the Bud Shootout in 2000 in a car owned by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and hoped to run the Daytona 500, but sponsorship problems forced that deal to fall through. Green would fill in for an injured Bill Elliott for two races later on that season, with a best finish of twenty-fifth.

Current run

In 2000, Green returned to Team 34. That year, he had eleven top-ten finishes, and then six more the following year. At the end of that season, Green was left without a permanent ride. After a few part-time rides, Green finished out the season with Hendrick Motorsports, replacing Ricky Hendrick in the No. 5. That performance gave Green a brief return to Cup, running two races in Hendrick's R&D car. During the season, he also worked in Winston Cup as a spotter for Dale Jarrett.

In 2003, Green signed with Brewco Motorsports, and returned to his winning form, as he visited victory lane three times (his win at Kansas that year would be Pontiac's last win in the top two divisions of NASCAR), and finishing second in points. He would not win in 2004, but he did run another Cup race at Richmond for Brewco, finishing 31st. In 2005, Green won at Pikes Peak and had an eighth-place finish in points. After failing to finish in the top-five during the 2006, Green was released from Brewco in the closing part of the season. He drove for Riley D'Hondt Motorsports in a part-time schedule in 2007, making three starts with a best finish of eleventh. He also drove seven races in the 2007 season for Red Horse Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, finishing fifth at Kentucky Speedway. He spent 2008 as a test driver for JR Motorsports, and ran the final race of the season in the No. 0 JD Motorsports Chevy. He signed up to drive the new No. 07 SK Motorsports team in 2009 full-time, but was released after several races. Green made one start in 2010 driving the No. 49 Chevy at Phoenix. In 2011, Green became the spotter for Bobby Labonte. He is also the spotter for Johanna Long in the Nationwide Series. Green now works for NASCAR as an official.

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.)

Nextel Cup Series

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	NNCC	Pts	Ref
1997	American Equipment Racing	96	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 38	RCH 33	ATL 24	DAR 41	TEX DNQ	BRI 22	MAR DNQ	SON DNQ	TAL 38	CLT 16	DOV 18	POC 28	MCH 28	CAL 25	DAY 19	NHA 24	POC 39	IND 35	GLN 22	MCH 20	BRI 39	DAR	RCH 37	NHA 40	DOV 25	MAR 20	CLT 31	TAL 16	CAR 27	PHO 29	ATL DNQ					37th	2038
1998				DAY DNQ	CAR 42	LVS 34	ATL 30	DAR 26	BRI 21	TEX 18	MAR 43	TAL 17	CAL 18	CLT 43	DOV 38	RCH QL†	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV											44th	1014
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																											MAR DNQ	CLT 43	TAL	DAY	PHO 37	CAR 26	ATL 41
1999				DAY DNQ	CAR 18	LVS 27	ATL 21	DAR 42	TEX 26	BRI 33	MAR 26	TAL 33	CAL 25	RCH 43	CLT 27	DOV 18	MCH 35	POC 38	SON 36	DAY 33	NHA DNQ	POC 41	IND 20	GLN 37	MCH 32	BRI 25	DAR 42	RCH 33												36th	2320
	Tyler Jet Motorsports	45	Pontiac																										NHA 40	DOV 42	MAR 36	CLT 42	TAL 17	CAR 24	PHO 12	HOM 22	ATL 21
2000	JKR Motorsports	34	Chevy	DAY Wth	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH															59th	143
	Bill Elliott Racing	94	Ford																							BRI 36	DAR 25	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL
2002	BH Motorsports	54	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ	NA	-
2003	Hendrick Motorsports	60	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL DNQ	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 32	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL 35	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	60th	125
2004	Brewco Motorsports	27	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH 31	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	82nd	70
† - Replaced by Kevin Lepage

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1997	American Equipment Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1998			DNQ
1999	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ
2000	JKR Motorsports	Chevrolet	Wth
2003	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ

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	NNSC	Pts	Ref
1989	Day Enterprise Racing	16	Olds	DAY	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY 30	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR							98th	-
1990				DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY 29	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH 33	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					81st	140
1991	FILMAR Racing	8	Olds	DAY 30	RCH DNQ	CAR 13	MAR DNQ	VOL 5	HCY DNQ	DAR 23	BRI 2	LAN 1*	SBO 17	NZH 4	CLT 37	DOV 14	ROU 3	HCY 14	MYB 9	GLN 10	OXF 17	NHA 8	SBO 12	DUB 4	IRP 23	ROU 12	BRI 13	DAR 30	RCH 26	DOV 11	CLT 27	NHA 29	CAR 22	MAR 25					13th	3389
	Linville Racing	62	Chevy				MAR 30
1993	Labonte Motorsports	44	Chevy	DAY 8	CAR 5	RCH 4	DAR 6	BRI 8	HCY 6	ROU 14	MAR 6	NZH 4	CLT 16	DOV 11	MYB 8	GLN 35	MLW 4	TAL 24	IRP 2	MCH 18	NHA 9	BRI 29	DAR 12	RCH 7	DOV 5	ROU 6	CLT 17	MAR 6	CAR 38	HCY 17	ATL 33								3rd	3584
1994				DAY 38	CAR 19	RCH 16	ATL 19	MAR 2	DAR 12	HCY 3	BRI 1	ROU 26	NHA 6	NZH 4	CLT 24	DOV 15	MYB 6	GLN 4	MLW 2	SBO 4	TAL 13	HCY 3	IRP 7	MCH 27	BRI 3	DAR 14	RCH 8	DOV 16	CLT 19	MAR 2	CAR 12								1st	3725
1995				DAY 14	CAR 33	RCH 12	ATL 40	NSV 1*	DAR 31	BRI 36	HCY 18	NHA 11	NZH 5	CLT 38	DOV 19	MYB 34	GLN 32	MLW 17	TAL 19	SBO 3	IRP 28	MCH 24	BRI 6	DAR 32	RCH 7	DOV 14	CLT 19	CAR 5	HOM 28										12th	2714
1996	American Equipment Racing	95	Chevy	DAY 12	CAR 6	RCH 3	ATL 2	NSV 2	DAR 14	BRI 7	HCY 1*	NZH 2*	CLT 19	DOV 4	SBO 20	MYB 1*	GLN 5	MLW 32	NHA 3	TAL 10	IRP 3	MCH 7	BRI 11	DAR 4	RCH 2	DOV 18	CLT 40	CAR 5	HOM 9										2nd	3685
1998	Martin Racing	92	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV 43	DAR 39	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL 42	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR																					26th	2180
	Team 34	36	Pontiac																GLN 4	MLW 4	MYB 2	CAL 5	SBO 4	IRP 5	MCH 23	BRI 10	DAR 11	RCH 11	DOV 40	CLT 21	GTY 19	CAR 21	ATL 19	HOM 5
1999	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy	DAY	CAR DNQ	LVS 22	ATL	DAR 7	TEX 22	NSV	BRI 33	TAL 10	CAL 14	NHA	RCH 16	NZH	CLT 14	DOV 4	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH 14	BRI 19	DAR 40	RCH 7		CLT 18	CAR 9	MEM	PHO	HOM 7				27th	2010
		46																												DOV 7
2000	Cicci-Welliver Racing	34	Chevy	DAY 11	CAR 36	LVS 19	ATL 6	DAR 7	BRI 6	TEX 3	NSV 8	TAL 40	CAL 40	RCH 18	NHA 8	CLT 13	DOV 24	SBO 22	MYB 25	GLN 44	MLW 30	NZH 18	PPR 2	GTY 26	IRP 9	MCH 33	BRI 10	DAR 24	RCH 10	DOV 37	CLT 37	CAR 27	MEM 41	PHO 9	HOM 17				9th	3316
2001				DAY 23	CAR 28	LVS 40	ATL 18	DAR 31	BRI 15	TEX 6	NSH 24	TAL 32	CAL 13	RCH 13	NHA 23	NZH 16	CLT 9	DOV 8	KEN 23	MLW 15	GLN 35	CHI 15	GTY 7	PPR 6	IRP 18	MCH 37	BRI 15	DAR 22	RCH 12	DOV 15	KAN 13	CLT 21	MEM 33	PHO 15	CAR 6	HOM 11			13th	3554
2002	Tommy Baldwin Racing	6	Dodge	DAY 18	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH																										40th	1257
	Marsh Racing	31	Chevy											NHA 33	NZH		DOV 38		KEN 42	MLW	DAY
	Hispanic Racing Team	09	Chevy													CLT 14						CHI 19
	ST Motorsports	59	Chevy															NSH QL†					GTY QL†	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN
	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Chevy																													CLT 5	MEM 9	ATL 14	CAR 4	PHO 5	HOM 42
2003	Brewco Motorsports	37	Pontiac	DAY 18	CAR 2	LVS 6	DAR 31	BRI 4	TEX 29	TAL 16	NSH 1	CAL 9	RCH 9	GTY 2	NZH 4	CLT 37	DOV 3	NSH 2	KEN 8	MLW 6	DAY 20	CHI 11	NHA 1	PPR 12	IRP 6	MCH 4	BRI 17	DAR 14	RCH 5	DOV 31	KAN 1	CLT 6	MEM 19	ATL 8	PHO 16	CAR 10	HOM 9		2nd	4623
2004				DAY 10	CAR 5	LVS 11	DAR 3	BRI 5	TEX 8				GTY 11	RCH 6	NZH 3	CLT 23		NSH 34		MLW 8			NHA 21			MCH 32		CAL 15	RCH 14				MEM 24		PHO 16				7th	4082
			Chevy							NSH 10	TAL 9	CAL 25					DOV 3		KEN 13		DAY 34	CHI 8		PPR 8	IRP 10		BRI 5			DOV 10	KAN 35	CLT 13		ATL 16		DAR 29	HOM 42
2005		27	Ford	DAY 22	CAL 14	MXC 39	LVS 10	ATL 33	NSH 18	BRI 15	TEX 11	PHO 14	TAL 13	DAR 15	RCH 14	CLT 31	DOV 11	NSH 33	KEN 12	MLW 11	DAY 12	CHI 30	NHA 20	PPR 1	GTY 4	IRP 8	GLN 22	MCH 21	BRI 27	CAL 18	RCH 18	DOV 32	KAN 15	CLT 38	MEM 4	TEX 15	PHO 12	HOM 9	8th	3908
2006				DAY 37	CAL 20	MXC 35	LVS 29	ATL 36	BRI 25	TEX 16	NSH 29	PHO 9	TAL 24	RCH 12	DAR 24	CLT 14	DOV 17	NSH 21	KEN 21	MLW 17	DAY 23	CHI 22	NHA 22	MAR 31	GTY 7	IRP 28	GLN 15	MCH 32	BRI 21	CAL 26	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	23rd	2573
2007	Riley D'Hondt Motorsports	91	Toyota	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT 28	DOV	NSH 11	KEN 26	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	92nd	294
2008	JR Motorsports	5	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC QL‡	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO		126th	76
	JD Motorsports	0	Chevy																																			HOM 29
2009	SK Motorsports	07	Toyota	DAY 30	CAL 18	LVS 31	BRI 17	TEX 30	NSH 38	PHO 18	TAL 24	RCH 14	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	55th	807
2010	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO 36	HOM	138th	55
2011				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR 42	DOV	IOW	CLT 41	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN																		78th	14
		23																				NHA 33	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2012	Robinson-Blakeney Racing	28	Dodge	DAY	PHO 35	LVS	BRI																																75th	27
		70						CAL 31	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy																													CLT 39	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2013	SR² Motorsports	00	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND 38	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			87th	6
† - Qualified for Stacy Compton · ‡ - Qualified for Adrián Fernández

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	26	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1995	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	76	Chevy	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	RCH	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO 9							74th	138
1996	Roehrig Motorsports	18	Chevy	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP 34	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS			127th	61
1997	Brewco Motorsports	37	Chevy	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH 8	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR 12	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS	68th	266
2007	Red Horse Racing	1	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN 5	IRP 15	NSH 14	BRI 16	GTW 20	NHA 19	LVS 18	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM		37th	832

ARCA SuperCar Series

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

ARCA SuperCar 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	ASCC	Pts	Ref
1992	Roulo Brothers Racing	39	Chevy	DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	TOL	KIL	POC	MCH	FRS	KIL	NSH 1*	DEL	POC	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS	SLM	ATL	128th	-

External links

• David Green driver statistics at Racing-Reference