40 Facts About David Stremme

David Andrew Stremme was born on June 19,1977 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

David Stremme's racing roots can be traced back to Midwestern short track racing, where he followed in the footsteps originally cast by his Great Uncle in the 1950s.

Once he reached legal driving age, David Stremme moved to the Midwestern short tracks scene.

David Stremme is an avid race car builder and has a great understanding of the cars he races.

The new car was completely built by David Stremme with help from friends.

David Stremme led the majority of the race and was passed on the last lap coming out of turn three by Scott Hansen.

David Stremme finished 14th in both of his next two starts, before coming to 6th at Nazareth Speedway.

David Stremme led 32 laps in that race, which were the first in his career.

David Stremme had a 10th at Kentucky and a 9th at Memphis.

David Stremme's worst finish that year was a 31st at Dover.

David Stremme led 48 laps at Rockingham, finishing 5th, and additionally drove the No 30 Sport Clips Dodge home in 14th.

David Stremme raced in the No 32 TrimSpa Dodge Intrepid in 2004.

David Stremme started 4th and finished 6th in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

In 2005, David Stremme posted five top-five finishes and finishing 13th in points, when it was announced he would run full-time in the Nextel Cup Series.

David Stremme started 31st and would finish 16th in his debut.

David Stremme had finishes of 42nd at Richmond and Miami, and a 36th at Charlotte.

Ganassi announced David Stremme would go to the Cup series, driving the No 40 Coors Light Dodge in 2006.

In 2006, David Stremme had a best finish of 11th at New Hampshire International Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

David Stremme finished 33rd in points after missing both road course races that season.

David Stremme followed up his disastrous rookie season with another poor season in 2007.

David Stremme started 2007 starting 6th in the 49th annual Daytona 500 and went on to finish 11th.

David Stremme was able to get his second career Busch pole at Nashville but ended up 11th in the race.

David Stremme was replaced in the No 40 Dodge by Dario Franchitti in 2008 after the 2007 Indy 500 Champion was signed to drive in Sprint Cup.

David Stremme was scheduled to run a handful of races, with Chase Austin and Max Papis driving the rest of the year, but after starting the season in the top-15 in points, the schedule was modified to allow him to run every race except the road course events.

David Stremme had five top-fives and sixteen top-tens, on his way to an eleventh-place points finish.

David Stremme drove the No 15 Hyprene Ergon Toyota Tundra in two Truck races that season as well, in addition to returning to the No 40 Sprint Cup team, filling for the injured Franchitti at Talladega.

In 2009, David Stremme signed to drive the No 12 car for Penske Racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Ryan Newman who moved to the No 39 car for Stewart Haas Racing.

David Stremme nearly won the 2009 AMP Energy 500 running near the front for the lead, but a green-white checkered ruined his day, causing him to run out of gas.

David Stremme was released from the contract with Penske on November 3, because their new driver for 2010, Brad Keselowski, was finished with his prior contract agreements with Hendrick Motorsports.

David Stremme missed the Texas and Phoenix races and failed to qualify for the Homestead race driving for James Finch in the No 09 car.

David Stremme attempted sixteen races with Latitude 43 Motorsports in 2010, failing to make five.

David Stremme attempted a select number of races with newly formed Inception Motorsports in the No 30 Chevrolet in 2011, along with a limited Nationwide Series schedule with ML Motorsports.

David Stremme ran in the Sprint Cup Series for 2012 with Inception Motorsports, switching to Toyotas.

For 2013, David Stremme returned to the No 30, now Swan Racing Company, with the exception of the Daytona 500 where Michael Waltrip drove the car, renumbered for the event with No 26.

Unlike Inception Motorsports, where David Stremme was a start and park driver, Swan Racing has full sponsorship.

David Stremme was signed by Circle Sport to run the No 33 beginning at the STP 500 at Martinsville.

David Stremme attempted 12 races before being released, and has not raced in NASCAR since then.

In 2014, David Stremme founded Lethal Chassis, a dirt modified builder.

David Stremme is married to Ashley David Stremme, a model whose career in that included being Mrs North Carolina and then Mrs United States in 2016.

David Stremme has competed in the Better Half Dash, winning the 2013 race.