David Gilliland News

Stock Car Fans:

Stock Car Fans:

April 28, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole today at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon and David Gilliland ran identical times.....to the thousandth of a second (49.857.....192.069 MPH), but since Gordon is waaaaay ahead of Gilliland in Owner Points, he gets the spot. This was

Talladega Qualifying Fast Facts

Talladega Qualifying Fast Facts

April 28, 2007
.. Jeff Gordon won the Bud Pole for the Aaron's 499, his 60th Bud Pole in 482 career Nextel Cup races. He moved into fourth on the all-time Bud Pole winners list, breaking a tie with Darrell Waltrip. .. This is his third Bud Pole this season. He also started first

Dark M&M’s paint for Gilliland at Talladega:

Dark M&M’s paint for Gilliland at Talladega:

April 26, 2007
#38-David Gilliland welcomes the return of M&M'S Dark Chocolate Candies. In fact, Gilliland made his debut for Team #38 in the M&M'S Dark Ford last August at Michigan International Speedway. The special paint scheme features the same color purple featured on the packaging

Todd Brewer Fined:

Todd Brewer Fined:

April 25, 2007
Todd Brewer, crew chief for the #25 Ford driven by David Gilliland in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined $2,000 after it was found the #25 had unapproved, hollow jacking bolts. Brewer was in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing

Rumblings – Martinsville Race Notes:

Rumblings – Martinsville Race Notes:

April 1, 2007
Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon had a ding-dong battle the final 18 laps today at Martinsville Speedway and Johnson prevailed by .065 seconds over his teammate/car owner in the Goody's Cool Orange 500. We witnessed a fine display of rubbing without wrecking the last

Jeff Burton Leads Tuesday Testing:

Jeff Burton Leads Tuesday Testing:

March 27, 2007
Jeff Burton led Tuesday's NASCAR Busch Series test session at Richmond International Raceway, topping the speed charts at 125.267 mph (21.554 seconds). Matt Kenseth was second fastest with a speed of 124.850 mph (21.626 seconds). Forty drivers turned laps for the first

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

March 11, 2007
after Las Vegas [3 of 36 races]: #6-Mark Martin 495 #24-Jeff Gordon 489 -6 #31-Jeff Burton 453 -42 #48-Jimmie Johnson 406 -89 #17-Matt Kenseth 397 -98 #29-Kevin Harvick 389 -106 #5-Kyle Busch 382 -113 #11-Denny Hamlin 374 -121 #18-J.J. Yeley 365 -130 #19-Elliott Sadler

Kyle Busch looks at ownership:

Kyle Busch looks at ownership:

March 10, 2007
#5-Kyle Busch started Kyle Busch Motorsports about three years ago near his home in Mooresville, N.C. The Las Vegas native says with a grin that the operation was started to help provide tax deductions. But it has turned into a growing business, and the beneficiary

Nine Cup drivers NOT taking the weekend off:

Nine Cup drivers NOT taking the weekend off:

February 27, 2007
Nine Nextel Cup Drivers will participate in the Busch Series event at Mexico City. The Busch Series returns to the road course in Mexico City for the third consecutive season on Sunday, and nine Nextel Cup drivers plan to participate. Defending winner Denny Hamlin,

Rumblings – Daytona:

Rumblings – Daytona:

February 18, 2007
Kevin Harvick passed Mark Martin as all heck was breaking loose behind them tonight and took the Daytona 505 by all of .02 seconds at the line. It was Harvick's first plate win and the 11th of his Nextel Cup career (he's now tied with Greg Biffle for 50th place on

Masonry and Precast Construction Joins Rensi at Daytona:

Masonry and Precast Construction Joins Rensi at Daytona:

February 15, 2007
Team Rensi Motorsports will have a new marketing partner for the season opening Busch race in Daytona Beach. Masonry and Precast Construction, a Tallahassee, FL based company will serve as an associate sponsor on the #25 freecreditreport.com Ford, driven by David Gilliland

More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007:

More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007:

February 15, 2007
Officials with Affinia Group today announced an increase in the year-end payout to Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. The driver who wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year will take home a check for $65,000, a $15,000 increase from 2006. The company

Shrek scheme for Gilliland:

Shrek scheme for Gilliland:

February 12, 2007
#38-David Gilliland is scheduled to run a M&M's/Shrek paint scheme in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May, see an image of the scheme on my #38 Team Schemes page.(2-12-2007)

Gilliland wins the pole for the Daytona 500:

Gilliland wins the pole for the Daytona 500:

February 11, 2007
#38-David Gilliland won the Budweiser Pole for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway with a speed of 186.320mph for his 2nd career pole and first pole at Daytona. Gilliland's teammate, #88-Ricky Rudd will start 2nd, on the outside pole. The rest of the

Stewart wins Bud Shootout:

Stewart wins Bud Shootout:

February 10, 2007
#20-Tony Stewart won his third Budweiser Shootout, passing #5-Kyle Busch [who led the most laps, 39 of 70] with eight laps to go and held off a hard charging #38-David Gilliland [finished 2nd]. #2-Kurt Busch was 3rd, followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson and #29-Kevin Harvick