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Spencer Davis (racing driver)

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Spencer Davis
Davis racing at Daytona in 2018
BornSpencer Scott Davis
(1998-11-29) November 29, 1998 (age 25)
Dawsonville, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements2014 World Series of Asphalt Pro Late Model Champion
2015 Red Eye PLM Winner (Inaugural race)
Awards2013 PASS National Championship Super Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Next Class of 2017
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
34 races run over 5 years
2023 position51st
Best finish24th (2020)
First race2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2023 Craftsman 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 7, 2023.

Spencer Scott Davis (born November 29, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner, who currently competes part-time in the Whelen Modified Tour. He also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, last driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing.

Racing career

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Early years

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Davis began to race in the go-kart ranks when he was six years old. From there, he progressed into late model cars and trucks.[1] He won many championships around the Southeast United States.[2] In 2014, aged 15, Davis ran the full NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour schedule with backing from Coors Light.[3] He ran a partial schedule in both the Southern Modified Tour and the main NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2015 while also driving a partial NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule.[4][5][6]

Developmental series

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After finding limited success in modifieds, Davis transitioned to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2015, driving for NTS Motorsports.[7] After a restricted schedule that year,[8] he found a ride with Ranier Racing with MDM for the 2016 season.[9] Davis found victory lane for the first time at Dominion Raceway in May of that year.[10] The deal with Ranier eventually collapsed, and Davis spent the remainder of the year driving for his family team, Jefferson Pitts Racing and Hattori Racing Enterprises.[11] He was also named to the 2016–2017 NASCAR Next class.[12]

On February 11, 2017, Davis signed with Venturini Motorsports to run seven ARCA Racing Series events in 2017 after testing with the team at Daytona International Speedway.[13] His first race was at Talladega Superspeedway.[14] After scoring a top-five in his first race, Davis found the top ten in three of his other six starts.[15] He also ran premier late model events.[16]

Balancing a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule in 2018, Davis wound up running a partial schedule in the K&N East for Danny Watts Racing, which operated in conjunction with Rette Jones Racing.[17] Expanding on that, Davis and RJR announced a full K&N East slate for 2019.[18] At World Wide Technology Raceway in August, Davis earned his first win with RJR and first in three-plus years, passing Sam Mayer on a late green-white-checkered restart.[19]

NASCAR

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On January 23, 2018, it was announced that Davis would compete for Kyle Busch Motorsports, splitting time between the team's Nos. 4 and 51 entries. as part of the announcement, he was named as the driver of the No. 51 in four races and the No. 4 for a race, including the first three races of the season between the Nos. 51 and the 4.[20][21][22] In his first race at Daytona International Speedway, Davis posted a seventh-place finish.[10]

In 2019, Davis ran a limited slate with K&N team Rette Jones Racing but also joined Niece Motorsports for the summer race at Chicagoland Speedway in the Truck Series.[23]

Davis in his No. 11 racing the No. 30 of Brennan Poole at Pocono in 2020

For 2020, Davis started his own team, Spencer Davis Motorsports. The team competed in most of the races during the first half of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, fielding the No. 11 Toyota with Davis behind the wheel. On August 6, Davis revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the Henry Ford Health System 200, scheduled for the following day.[24]

In January 2021, Spencer Davis Motorsports announced Davis would run the full Truck season in the No. 11.[25] On March 20, it was announced that Davis acquired the owner's points of NEMCO Motorsports.[26] After failing to qualify at Daytona, they were not entered into the Daytona RC. The team still wants to run a majority of the schedule, in which they did with Bubba Wallace at Bristol Dirt, Camden Murphy for COTA and Clay Greenfield for 2 races.

Spotting

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During 2019, Davis dipped his toe into spotting, helping Niece Motorsports driver Kyle Benjamin in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series.[27]

Personal life

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Davis was homeschooled in order to maintain a flexible racing schedule.[28] Spencer Davis grew up in Dawsonville, Georgia, the son of Scott Davis and Cynthia Davis. His father, Scott Davis, runs a poultry equipment business in Dahlonega. [29]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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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 NCTC Pts Ref
2018 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY
7
ATL
13
TEX
9
IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH
22
BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 30th 141 [30]
4 LVS
13
MAR DOV KAN CLT
2019 Rette Jones Racing 82 Ford DAY
DNQ
ATL LVS 38th 81 [31]
11 MAR
20
TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy CHI
27
Rette Jones Racing 11 Toyota KEN
8
POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS
18
TAL MAR PHO HOM
DNQ
2020 Spencer Davis Motorsports DAY LVS
12
CLT
40
ATL
25
HOM
13
POC
18
KEN
14
TEX
21
KAN
29
KAN
14
MCH DAY
34
DOV
16
GTW
Wth
DAR RCH BRI LVS
19
TAL KAN TEX MAR
33
PHO
23
24th 225 [32]
2021 DAY
DNQ
DAY LVS ATL
20
BRI RCH
16
KAN
29
DAR
29
COA CLT TEX NSH
25
POC KNX GLN GTW
Wth
DAR
22
BRI LVS
15
TAL MAR
29
PHO 33rd 111 [33]
2023 Roper Racing 04 Ford DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN
36
BRI TAL HOM
32
51st 26 [34]
Chevy PHO
17

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2015 NTS Motorsports 20 Chevy NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA
6
IOW
2
GLN MOT VIR RCH
5
DOV
4
24th 159 [35]
2016 Ranier Racing with MDM 41 Chevy NSM
2
MOB
2
GRE
4
BRI
14
VIR
23
DOM
1
STA
3
8th 440 [36]
Davis Racing 92 Toyota COL
17
NHA
16
Jefferson Pitts Racing 55 Ford IOW
9
GLN
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota GRE
10
NJM
12
DOV
25
2017 Ben Kennedy Racing 96 Toyota NSM
10
GRE BRI
3
SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP 21st 104 [37]
Martin-McClure Racing 13 Toyota NHA
15
IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV
2018 Danny Watts Racing 82 Chevy NSM
6
BRI
7
LGY SBO
8
SBO
5
MEM
19
NJE NHA
7
IOW
4
GTW
24
NHA
3
9th 426 [38]
13 TMP
4
82 Ford GLN
4
DOV
15
2019 Rette Jones Racing 82 Ford NSM
7
4th 458 [39]
30 BRI
5
SBO
4
SBO
5
MEM
14
NHA
7
IOW
9
GLN
8
BRI
5*
GTW
1
NHA
4
DOV
7

Whelen Modified Tour

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NWMTC Pts Ref
2014 David Hill 79 Pontiac TMP STA STA WAT
26
RIV NHA
28
MON STA TMP
10
BRI NHA STA TMP
7
26th 105 [40]
2015 Susan Hill TMP
12
STA
30
WAT
9
STA
31
TMP
24
RIV NHA MON STA TMP BRI RIV NHA STA TMP 35th 114 [41]
2017 Danny Watts Racing 82 Chevy MYR TMP STA LGY
23
TMP RIV NHA STA TMP BRI SEE OSW RIV NHA STA 51st 48 [42]
88 TMP
17
2018 82 MYR TMP STA SEE TMP LGY
20
RIV NHA STA TMP BRI OSW RIV NHA STA TMP 57th 24 [43]
2022 Spencer Davis Motorsports 29 Ford NSM
16
RCH
26
RIV LEE JEN
22
MND RIV WAL NHA CLM TMP
10
LGY OSW RIV TMP MAR
21
33rd 125 [44]
2023 NSM
13
RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS THO MAR 70th 31 [45]
2024 Cook Racing Technologies 42 Chevy NSM
24
RCH THO MON RIV SEE NHA MON LMP THO OSW RIV MON THO NWS MAR 65th 20 [46]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWSMTC Pts Ref
2014 David Hill 79 Pontiac CRW
11
SNM
9
SBO
13
LGY
11
CRW
9
BGS
5
BRI
5
LGY
14
CRW
15
SBO
7
SNM
10
CRW
13
CRW
6
CLT
14
9th 475 [47]
2015 CRW
18
CRW
12
SBO
12
LGY
14
CRW BGS BRI LGY SBO CLT 19th 120 [48]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2017 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL
3
TOL ELK POC
11
20th 1280 [49]
25 MCH
9
MAD IOW
7
IRP
14
POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
15
55 KAN
7

ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 AMSWC Pts Ref
2015 NTS Motorsports 20 Chevy KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
27
70th 17 [50]
2024 Cook Racing Technologies 42 Chevy PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER
11
PHO 52nd 33 [51]

References

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