30 Facts About Chad Little

Chad Little holds a degree in marketing from Washington State University and a JD degree from Gonzaga University.

Chad Little had previously been director of the Camping World Truck Series, as well as the director of racing development for Mexico and the Whelen Modified Tour.

Chad Little keeps regular office hours in the sanctioning body's research and development center in Concord, North Carolina.

Chad Little was a part-time studio analyst for Speed Channel.

Chad Little began racing the short tracks in Washington in the mid-1980s.

Chad Little soon began racing in the American Speed Association West late model series, the NASCAR Northwest Tour Series and the NASCAR Winston West Series.

One year after being named the NASCAR Winston West Rookie of the Year, Chad Little clinched that series' championship in 1987.

Chad Little made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1986 at Riverside International Raceway, driving the No 28 Ford owned by George Jefferson.

Chad Little ran the other Riverside race that year but finished 35th after suffering engine failure.

Chad Little ran both the Riverside races the next year, finishing 15th both times in the No 95 Coors Ford.

Chad Little ran eighteen races and had seven top-twenty finishes, garnering a 33rd-place points finish.

In 1992, Chad Little signed to drive the No 66 TropArctic-sponsored Ford for Cale Yarborough but was released six races into the season.

Chad Little made his Busch Series debut that year, starting and finishing 29th in the No 37 Maxx Race Cards-sponsored Oldsmobile at Watkins Glen International.

The next year, the team went full time and Chad Little had 10 top-five finishes, finishing third in points.

Chad Little drove the No 97 Ford at the Daytona 500 that season, finishing 29th.

In 1995, Chad Little broke through and won six races during the course of the season, including the first two races of the season, at Daytona and Rockingham, and finished second in points, behind Johnny Benson.

Chad Little did not win a race the following season and slipped to sixth in points.

Chad Little ran nine Winston Cup Series races, five in Pollex's No 97 Sterling Cowboy-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix, and another four for Diamond Ridge Motorsports, posting a 20th-place finish at Darlington Raceway,.

In 1997, Chad Little returned to the Winston Cup Series, running the No 97 Pontiac for Pollex with a sponsorship from John Deere.

Chad Little finished seventh at the Food City 500, but the team struggled to make races.

In 1998, Chad Little drove for Roush full time with Jeff Hammond as crew chief.

Chad Little was unable to duplicate that performance in 1999, posting just five top-tens and finishing 23rd in points.

Late in the year, Chad Little was pulled out of the car and replaced by his successor, Kurt Busch, with Hammond still as crew chief.

In 2001, Chad Little signed to drive the No 74 Staff America-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo for BACE Motorsports in the Busch Series.

Chad Little had six Top 10's and finished ninth in points.

Chad Little started off 2002 running for BACE, but the team closed after three races due to sponsor issues.

Chad Little made his final Cup start in a BACE car at Dover that year, finishing 33rd.

In 2004, Chad Little called several Truck and Xfinity races from the booth.

Chad Little later provided competition support for the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series, and became the tour director for the Whelen Modified Tour.

On February 2,2015, NASCAR announced that Chad Little would be moving into a new role, as a managing director of technical inspection and officiating.