David Leon Starr[1] (born October 11, 1967)[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang for MBM Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet Camaro for MBM Motorsports, the No. 14 Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing and the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro for Joey Gase Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, where he is a four-time race winner, as well as what are now the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West.
David Starr | |||||||
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Born | David Leon Starr October 11, 1967 Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
Awards | 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
18 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 66 (MBM Motorsports) | ||||||
2021 position | 54th | ||||||
Best finish | 51st (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Cook Out 400 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
267 races run over 19 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 66 (MBM Motorsports) No. 14 (SS-Green Light Racing) No. 35 (Joey Gase Motorsports) | ||||||
2023 position | 47th | ||||||
Best finish | 16th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Touchstone Energy 300 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
317 races run over 16 years | |||||||
2013 position | 24th | ||||||
Best finish | 4th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 1998 Chevy Trucks 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
First win | 2002 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
Last win | 2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 5, 2024. |
Racing career
editEarly career
editStarr began by being on a neighbor's pit crew at the age of 14. At the age of 16, he started driving in street stock racing, winning the championship at Big H Motor Speedway in his first year racing. Over the next seven years, Starr won a total of 20 late model races. In 1993, he began driving at the Team Texas driving school and eventually becoming a race instructor. During this time, he worked for Donnie Allison as a crew member on his Busch Series team. He joined the Texas International Driving Association in 1996 and became the first rookie to win a race.
NASCAR
editIn 1998, Starr made his Truck Series debut driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado for Reher-Morrison Racing in five races. His best finish was 18th at his home track at Texas Motor Speedway. The following season, he competed in the Truck Series full-time. Driving primarily for Tagsby Racing, he also competed for Team 23 Racing, Conely Racing, Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, and McGlynn Racing, and was able to finish 22nd in the standings. Sagby closed its doors at the end of the season, leaving Starr without a full-time ride. He drove most of his races for Conely part-time, as well as for Ware Racing Enterprises and TKO Motorsports, his best finish twelfth at Texas, where he also qualified on the outside pole. That season, he made his Busch Series debut at Talladega for Day Enterprise Racing, finishing 42nd. After running one race for TKO at Daytona International Speedway, he ran four races for Team Menard, finishing no lower than seventh.
Starr earned his second full-time ride in 2002, when he joined the No. 75 Spears Motorsports team. He won his first race at Las Vegas and was named the Series' Most Popular Driver after a fifth-place finish. He was 10th in the standings in 2003 when he suffered injuries and was forced to miss four races. He was still able to post 13 Top 10's that season. Starr also attempted to make his Winston Cup Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway,[3] but failed to qualify.
He won two races in 2004 and moved up to sixth in points. After a winless 2005, Starr left Spears and was rumored to drive the new Hall of Fame Racing NEXTEL Cup ride, but instead signed with the No. 11 team fielded by Red Horse Racing. He won his most recent race at Martinsville Speedway and had a career-best fourth-place points finish. It was reported that he was replaced at Red Horse by Aaron Fike, but team owner Jeff Hammond has stated that Starr was still under contract with the team and would continue to drive for them if they find sponsorship.[4] He joined Circle Bar Racing for 2007, and drove the No. 10 MaxxForce Diesel Ford with equipment purchased from ppc Racing to a 10th-place points finish with five Top 10's.
He rejoined Red Horse in 2008 and had eight Top 10's. In 2009, Starr joined HT Motorsports in the No. 24 Zachry Toyota Camry[5] Starr attempted to make his Sprint Cup debut for BlackJack Racing at Fontana in 2009, but did not qualify, and had 14 Top 10 finishes, his highest total since 2004.
For 2010, Starr moved to Randy Moss Motorsports as HT Motorsports closed its doors. Starr had seven Top 10's and was in the Top 10 in points entering the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland when the team suspended operations due to financial difficulties. Starr picked up a last-minute ride with SS-Green Light Racing in their No. 21 Chevrolet, which was intended to start and park at Chicagoland. However, Starr ran the full race and scored a Top 10 finish. Starr eventually took the No. 81 as well as the Zachry sponsorship with him to SS-Green Light and drove for the team the remainder of the season, scoring a ninth-place points finish. Starr returned to the team for the 2011 season, finishing 13th in points. He also competed in a limited number of races in the Sprint Cup Series for Leavine Family Racing in the No. 95. In his four starts out of 8 attempts, his best finish of 27th was at Bristol Motor Speedway.
For 2012, Starr moved to newly formed Arrington Racing, bringing his sponsor and truck number, the No. 81, with him for the full season.[6] However he was forced to miss races after the midpoint of the season due to a lack of sponsorship.[7]
In 2013 Starr returned to SS-Green Light Racing to attempt the full season,[8] but again had his season truncated due to a lack of sponsorship.
For the 2014 season, Starr joined TriStar Motorsports, driving in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in a partial schedule,[9] before switching to a full-time schedule with the team in 2015.[10]
In 2015, Starr took over the No. 44 Zachry Toyota full-time. Starr finished a career best finish sixth in the season opener at Daytona. Before the Richmond race, Starr was sick and could not race, being replaced by J. J. Yeley. With Yeley finishing 13th at Richmond, he eventually replaced Starr full-time in the No. 44.[11]
On June 24, 2016, after his release from the No. 44 it was announced that Starr joined RSS Racing to drive the No. 93 Massimo Motors Chevrolet Camaro for the remainder of the 2016 season. Starr finished 27th in his debut with RSS Racing at Daytona, after being involved in a late crash.
In 2017, Starr left RSS to drive the No. 99 full-time for B. J. McLeod Motorsports, fielded jointly with SS-Green Light. Starr ended up getting his first career Xfinity Series Top 5 in the July race at Daytona, a race he was not even supposed to run. SS-Green Light had planned on replacing Starr with Korbin Forrister for this one race, but when he became ill, Starr got back in the ride, and went on to finish the season in the No. 99.[12] In November, Starr made his return to the Cup Series at the 2017 AAA Texas 500, in which he drove the No. 66 Chevrolet for MBM Motorsports.[13]
In 2018, Starr joined Jimmy Means Racing for a full season, replacing Joey Gase. He returned to the Cup Series to drive the Rick Ware Racing No. 51 car at the 2018 Brickyard 400, where he finished 39th. Starr drove the No. 97 Toyota Camry in Obaika Racing's Cup debut at the 2018 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega. When Starr and Obaika failed to qualify, they attempted the race at Starr's home track of Texas a few weeks later, where they did make the race.[14] He returned to Means in 2019 for another full season in the No. 52.
In 2020, Starr moved to JD Motorsports to drive their No. 6 car, renumbered from the No. 01.[15] He lost his ride with the team on May 18 due to sponsorship problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] On June 9, he made his return to the Cup Series in the spring Martinsville race in the No. 53 for Rick Ware Racing.[17] Starr returned to the Xfinity Series with SS-Green Light Racing at Texas in July, driving the No. 07, which was fielded in an alliance with RWR.[18]
Starr joined MBM Motorsports to run the entire Xfinity Series schedule in 2021 except for the season-opener at Daytona in the team's No. 13 car.[19] However, Starr ended up driving MBM's No. 61 for two races (at Phoenix in March and Charlotte in May) when Loris Hezemans drove the No. 13.[20] He also participated at the 2021 Coca-Cola 600 for MBM in their No. 66 car, finishing 38 laps down at 36th place. Following the season finale weekend at Phoenix, Starr, along with team owner Carl Long and seven team members, tested positive for COVID-19.[21]
In 2022, Starr would return to SS-Green Light Racing in the Xfinity Series for multiple races in the No. 08 Ford, and would have a best finish of 11th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he had originally finished 13th before Landon Cassill and Noah Gragson were both disqualified.
In 2023, it was announced that Starr would run the No. 02 Chevrolet for Our Motorsports on a part-time basis, starting at Daytona, although he was released after the race at California Speedway.[22] He then attempted only four races for the remainder of the year, running two racing apiece for SS-Green Light Racing and Emerling-Gase Motorsports.
In 2024, Starr rejoined MBM Motorsports for the season opening race at Daytona, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet,[23][24] where he had originally qualified for the race, but had his time disallowed due to an issue in tech after qualifying.[25] It was later announced that Starr will return to the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway & Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving the No. 66 Ford.[26]
Personal life
editIn December 2020, Starr launched the podcast Let's Go Racing with David Starr; Starr is joined by news anchor Tyler Jones and TheRacingExperts.com founder Dominic Aragon.[27]
Starr has mentioned on his podcast he is Catholic. He and his wife Kim have two sons; David Jr. "DJ" and Vance.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Cup Series
editXfinity Series
editCamping World Truck Series
editWinston West Series
editNASCAR Winston West Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NWWSC | Pts | Ref | ||
1998 | Mike Starr Racing | 35 | Chevy | TUS | LVS | PHO | CAL | HPT | MMR | AMP | POR | CAL | PPR | EVG | SON | MMR | LVS 7 |
65th | 146 | [71] | ||
1999 | TUS | LVS 32 |
PHO | CAL 35 |
PPR | MMR | IRW | EVG | POR | IRW | RMR | LVS 16 |
MMR | MOT | 47th | 240 | [72] | |||||
2000 | PHO | MMR | LVS 1 |
CAL 7 |
LAG | IRW | POR | EVG | IRW | RMR | MMR | IRW | 31st | 326 | [73] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA SuperCar Series
edit(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ASSC | Pts | Ref |
1992 | Info not available | DAY | FIF | TWS | TAL | TOL | KIL | POC | MCH | FRS | KIL | NSH | DEL | POC | HPT | FRS | ISF | TOL | DSF | TWS DNQ |
SLM | ATL | N/A | 0 | [74] |
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- ^ FOX Sports on MSN - NASCAR - Hitching sponsor to Starr's wagon; Busch push Archived 2007-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Starr Named Driver of No. 24 HT Motorsports Toyota". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. January 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Starr To Run For Joey Arrington". National Speed Sport News. February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ "David Starr No. 81 Arrington Racing Toyota Tundra Ready To Tackle Bristol Challenges". Arrington Racing via Speedway Media. August 21, 2002. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "David Starr Set to Return to SS Green Light Racing for 2013". Catchfence.com. February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ "David Starr: Signs Nationwide Deal with TriStar Motorsports". RotoWire. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ TriStar Motorsports and Zachry Group Sign a Multi-Year Deal to Build Presence in NASCAR with David Starr Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, TriStar Motorsports, Mooresville, North Carolina, February 2, 2015
- ^ "TriStar Motorsports Announces Driver Change". TriStar Motorsports. April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Spencer, Lee (July 3, 2017). "The feel-good story from Daytona no one is talking about". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ "David Starr pulling double-duty in Texas". ESPN. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Steven B. (October 11, 2018). "David Starr Will Drive for Obaika Racing at Talladega Superspeedway". Speedway Digest. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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- ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 14, 2020). "David Starr Returning to NASCAR Xfinity Series Competition with SS Greenlight Racing at Texas Motor Speedway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr Wil Run 32 Xfinity Races for MBM Motorsports". Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Loris Hezemans Running 2 Xfinity Races for Reaume Brothers Racing UPDATE". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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- ^ Christie, Toby (February 12, 2023). "David Starr Moves to Our Motorsports for Select Races in 2023 Xfinity Series". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ "David Starr driving for MBM Motorsports at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. February 7, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ Leffew, Steve (February 7, 2024). "David Starr Driving for MBM in Xfinity at Daytona". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ Watson, Wyatt (February 17, 2024). "David Starr Qualifying Time Disallowed, Replaced by Dawson Cram". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Christie, Toby (March 25, 2024). "MBM Motorsports Confirms Pair of Additional Cup Runs at North Wilkesboro, Coca-Cola 600". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "NASCAR veteran David Starr is launching motorsports' newest racing podcast, set to debut next month". David Starr (Press release). Frontstretch. November 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "David Starr – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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- ^ "David Starr – 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "David Starr – 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "David Starr – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "David Starr – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "David Starr – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "David Starr – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "David Starr – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 2000 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "David Starr – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- David Starr driver statistics at Racing-Reference