American racing driver
NASCAR driver
David George Mader III (born June 30, 1955) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series , driving the No. 63 Chevrolet SS for Spraker Racing Enterprises . He is a former competitor in all three of NASCAR 's national touring series and is also the winner of the 1978 Snowball Derby .
Racing career
Mader won the 1978 Snowball Derby , beating Mark Martin .[ 1]
Mader competed in ten NASCAR Winston Cup Series races between 1988 and 1992, including leading seven laps at Martinsville Speedway in 1992. In the Busch Series , he raced in 22 events between 1986 and 1992, with nine Top 10 finishes. He raced in two Craftsman Truck Series events in 1998.[ 2]
In his career, Dave has raced Southern All Star, Sunoco, ASA , NASCAR Late Model Stock, All Pro, NASCAR All - American Challenge, ARCA , NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series , Winston Cup , and Busch Series . Mader won four consecutive championships in the All-American Challenge Series between 1985 and 1988.[ 3] He also builds and manufactures his own race cars, helps various race teams as their crew chief, and has taught at Race Car College. He has accumulated 224 feature wins. He also competed in the 1992 running of The Winston , driving the No. 9 car which was in the race as a winning team, thanks to Bill Elliott winning in 1991.
In 2012, Mader was inducted into the Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame.[ 3]
ARCA Menards Series
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Mader Finished Second in the ARCA Menards Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24, 2021, his first top 5 finish in 30 years. Mader's last top 5 also came at Talladega, finishing second to Charlie Glotzbach .[1] Mader has one career victory in ARCA, coming at Michigan in 1991. [2] After a 24-year absence from the series, Mader returned in 2018.
Personal life
Mader has five daughters, Tammy, Annette, Jennifer, Kelly, and Erica.[ 3]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key ) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )
Winston Cup Series
Daytona 500
Busch Series
Craftsman Truck Series
ARCA Menards Series
(key ) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )
ARCA Menards Series East
* Season still in progress
References
^ Traylor, Elgin (October 18, 2013). "Mader and Martin Were the Snowball Derby's First Youth Movement" . Speed51.com . Five Flags Speedway. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-03-23 .
^ "Dave Mader III Career statistics" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2008 .
^ a b c Inabinett, Mark (October 29, 2012). "Dave Mader III going into Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame" . Press-Register . Mobile, AL. Retrieved 2014-03-23 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1986 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1987 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1991 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 18, 2023 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1989 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2021 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022 .
^ "Dave Mader III – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020 .
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Years active
1981–1999 (Bahari Racing)
1999–2001 (Eel River Racing)
Personnel
Bahari Racing
Dick Bahre
Lowrance Harry
Chuck Rider
Eel River Racing
Former drivers
Bahari Racing Eel River Racing
Predecessor teams