David Starr | |||||||
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Starr at Road America in 2015
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Born |
Houston, Texas |
October 11, 1967 ||||||
Awards | 2002 Craftsman Truck Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 63rd (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 AdvoCare 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
97 races run over 11 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 93 (RSS Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 22nd | ||||||
Best finish | 16th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Touchstone Energy 300 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World 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 November 5, 2016. |
David Starr (born October 11, 1967) is an American professional driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 93 Chevrolet Camaro for RSS Racing.
Starr 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.
In 1998, Starr made his Truck Series debut driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Silverado for Buddy Morrison in five races. His best finish was an eighteenth 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 Enterprises, finishing 42nd. After running one race for TKO at Daytona International Speedway, he ran four races for Team Menard, finishing no lower than seventh.