David Leonard Gilliland was born on April 1,1976 and is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.
59 Facts About David Gilliland
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Since 2017, he has operated David Gilliland Racing, a team that races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, and CARS Tour.
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In 2003, David Gilliland won five races in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series, in the No 11 Centrifugal Technologies-sponsored Chevrolet.
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David Gilliland finished the season with five Top 5's and eight Top 10's and a sixth-place finish in points.
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In 2004, David 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, races.
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David Gilliland got his first AutoZone West win at Mesa Marin Raceway.
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David Gilliland was then named NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series Rookie of the Year.
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David Gilliland had two victories in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series.
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David 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.
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David Gilliland announced that Clay Andrews Racing would form in mid-2005.
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David Gilliland made his Busch Series debut at Phoenix, qualifying 28th.
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David Gilliland made the other Phoenix race later in the year but had the same result.
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Meanwhile, David 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.
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David 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.
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David Gilliland struggled to finish races, earning a best result of 29th in his first four starts of the year.
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David Gilliland drove the No 84 Hype Manufacturing Chevrolet to victory, becoming the first driver of 2006 to win a Busch race who was not running a full-time Nextel Cup schedule.
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David 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-sponsored Chevy for CJM Racing, qualifying 31st, and finishing 32nd.
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David 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.
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David Gilliland drove part-time in the Busch Series for Team Rensi Motorsports with sponsorship from FreeCreditReport.
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David Gilliland's best finish in Busch was a tenth at Daytona.
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In qualifying for the 2007 Aaron's 499 at Talladega on April 28, David Gilliland recorded a speed of 192.069 miles per hour, which was identical to Jeff Gordon for the pole position.
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David Gilliland finished 28th in the Cup standings in 2007, recording two top-10s in his rookie season.
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David Gilliland ran three Nationwide Series races, one for Travis Carter and Carl Haas, and two for Mike Curb and Gary Baker.
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David Gilliland recorded a career-best second-place finish in Cup at Sonoma Raceway.
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At Texas in the fall, David Gilliland was penalized by NASCAR for wrecking Juan Pablo Montoya.
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David Gilliland again had two Top 10 finishes in 2008, improving slightly to 27th in points.
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David Gilliland did run the other five races for TRG in the No 71 with limited funding.
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David Gilliland then landed a 3-race deal to drive a new part-time fourth Joe Gibbs Racing car, the No 02 Farm Bureau Insurance-sponsored Toyota.
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David Gilliland failed to qualify a Gordon-owned No 04 Toyota at Kansas.
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David Gilliland managed to attempt all but two races in 2009, salvaging 37th in points despite running for so many different teams.
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David Gilliland's best finish was a 14th at Las Vegas in the No 71, with a 19th place at Atlanta in the Wood Brothers No 21 being his second-best run of 2009.
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In 2010, David Gilliland began the season with BAM Racing in the No 49 after the team took the 2009 season off.
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David Gilliland was sponsored by Taco Bell in most races.
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In 2011, David Gilliland began driving FRM's No 34 Taco Bell-sponsored Ford full-time.
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David Gilliland 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.
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David Gilliland recorded two Top 10 finishes in 2011 and ended up 30th in Cup points.
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David Gilliland nearly finished 3rd in the Daytona 500 for the second straight year, but a late red flag was lifted and David Gilliland was shuffled back to 23rd.
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David Gilliland had a best finish of 13th and wound up 30th in the standing for a second consecutive year.
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In 2013, David Gilliland returned to the No 38 Ford, with Love's Travel Stops coming on board to join Long John Silvers on the car.
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David Gilliland returned to the No 38 in 2014, with Love's now as the primary sponsor on his Ford.
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David Gilliland won the pole for the 2014 Coke Zero 400, with a lap speed of 199.322 miles per hour his first pole since 2007 after he won the first round of qualifying and rain prevented further rounds.
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However, David Gilliland did retreat to 30th in points .
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David Gilliland was back in the No 38 Love's-sponsored Ford in 2015.
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David Gilliland returned to the Truck Series for a part-time schedule in the No 92 Ricky Benton Racing Ford, where he recorded two Top 10s.
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David Gilliland's second-best finish was an 18th place at Bristol, and Gilliland finished 32nd in driver points.
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David Gilliland was replaced by Landon Cassill in 2016, but returned to FRM for the Daytona 500 in the No 35.
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In 2017, David Gilliland did not race in Cup or any NASCAR series for that matter.
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On January 17,2018, it was announced that David Gilliland joined Ricky Benton Racing to attempt the Daytona 500 in the No 92 CarQuest Auto Parts-sponsored Ford Fusion.
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David 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.
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However, David Gilliland's attention in 2018 mostly went to the Camping World Truck Series, where David Gilliland is an owner and driver.
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David 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.
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Under NASCAR regulations, Todd Gilliland was ineligible to participate at any track larger than 1.25 miles until May 15,2018, and team owner Kyle Busch asked David to drive for his son in one of the four races where he was ineligible in 2018.
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David Gilliland 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.
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David Gilliland ran a partial schedule in the team's No 54 entry, running near the front of the field.
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DGR-Crosley reverted to the David Gilliland Racing name in 2021 as Johnny Gray took over as co-owner.
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David Gilliland attempted to qualify for the race in the team's part-time No 17 truck.
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On September 21, David 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.
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David Gilliland was a high school golf teammate of Tiger Woods at Western High School in Anaheim.
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David Gilliland is married to his wife Michelle and the couple has two children, Todd and Taylor.