American racing driver
NASCAR driver
Spencer Scott Davis (born November 29, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner, who currently competes part-time in the Whelen Modified Tour . He also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series , last driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing .
Racing career
Early years
Davis began to race in the go-kart ranks when he was six years old. From there, he progressed into late model cars and trucks.[ 1] He won many championships around the Southeast United States .[ 2] In 2014, aged 15, Davis ran the full NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour schedule with backing from Coors Light .[ 3] He ran a partial schedule in both the Southern Modified Tour and the main NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2015 while also driving a partial NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Developmental series
After finding limited success in modifieds, Davis transitioned to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2015, driving for NTS Motorsports .[ 7] After a restricted schedule that year,[ 8] he found a ride with Ranier Racing with MDM for the 2016 season.[ 9] Davis found victory lane for the first time at Dominion Raceway in May of that year.[ 10] The deal with Ranier eventually collapsed, and Davis spent the remainder of the year driving for his family team, Jefferson Pitts Racing and Hattori Racing Enterprises .[ 11] He was also named to the 2016–2017 NASCAR Next class.[ 12]
On February 11, 2017, Davis signed with Venturini Motorsports to run seven ARCA Racing Series events in 2017 after testing with the team at Daytona International Speedway .[ 13] His first race was at Talladega Superspeedway .[ 14] After scoring a top-five in his first race, Davis found the top ten in three of his other six starts.[ 15] He also ran premier late model events.[ 16]
Balancing a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule in 2018, Davis wound up running a partial schedule in the K&N East for Danny Watts Racing, which operated in conjunction with Rette Jones Racing.[ 17] Expanding on that, Davis and RJR announced a full K&N East slate for 2019.[ 18] At World Wide Technology Raceway in August, Davis earned his first win with RJR and first in three-plus years, passing Sam Mayer on a late green-white-checkered restart.[ 19]
NASCAR
On January 23, 2018, it was announced that Davis would compete for Kyle Busch Motorsports , splitting time between the team's Nos. 4 and 51 entries. as part of the announcement, he was named as the driver of the No. 51 in four races and the No. 4 for a race, including the first three races of the season between the Nos. 51 and the 4.[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] In his first race at Daytona International Speedway , Davis posted a seventh-place finish.[ 10]
In 2019, Davis ran a limited slate with K&N team Rette Jones Racing but also joined Niece Motorsports for the summer race at Chicagoland Speedway in the Truck Series.[ 23]
Davis in his No. 11 racing the No. 30 of Brennan Poole at Pocono in 2020
For 2020, Davis started his own team, Spencer Davis Motorsports. The team competed in most of the races during the first half of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, fielding the No. 11 Toyota with Davis behind the wheel. On August 6, Davis revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the Henry Ford Health System 200 , scheduled for the following day.[ 24]
In January 2021, Spencer Davis Motorsports announced Davis would run the full Truck season in the No. 11.[ 25] On March 20, it was announced that Davis acquired the owner's points of NEMCO Motorsports .[ 26] After failing to qualify at Daytona, they were not entered into the Daytona RC. The team still wants to run a majority of the schedule, in which they did with Bubba Wallace at Bristol Dirt, Camden Murphy for COTA and Clay Greenfield for 2 races.
Spotting
During 2019, Davis dipped his toe into spotting, helping Niece Motorsports driver Kyle Benjamin in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series .[ 27]
Personal life
Davis was homeschooled in order to maintain a flexible racing schedule.[ 28] Spencer Davis grew up in Dawsonville, Georgia, the son of Scott Davis and Cynthia Davis. His father, Scott Davis, runs a poultry equipment business in Dahlonega. [ 29]
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. )
Craftsman Truck Series
K&N Pro Series East
Whelen Modified Tour
Whelen Southern Modified Tour
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
ARCA Menards Series West
References
^ "Spencer Davis | NASCAR Home Tracks" . localracing.nascar.com . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Running, Scott (2016-05-19). "Spencer Davis Looking Forward to Stafford Speedway Return in NASCAR 150 K&N Pro Series Event and WEEI 105.5FM Fan Experience" . Stafford Motor Speedway . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Weaver, Matt (2015-08-01). "Spencer Davis Building Confidence After First K&N Podium at Iowa" . Popular Speed . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Crandall, Kelly (2016-05-19). "NASCAR Next: Spencer Davis Was 'Built for Speed' " . Popular Speed . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ a b Massie, Michael (2018-02-16). "Spencer Davis Surprises with a Top 10 in Truck Debut" . Frontstretch . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Spencer Davis signs with Venturini Motorsports" . ARCA Racing . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Spencer Davis Signs with Venturini for Limited 2017 ARCA Schedule" . ARCA Racing Press Releases . 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Spencer Davis Ready for ARCA Debut at Talladega with Venturini Motorsports" . Motorsports Tribune . 4 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info" . racing-reference.info . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-12-02). "Kyle Busch to start 15th in Sunday's 50th Snowball Derby" . NASCAR Talk . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Soquet, William. "K&N WEST: Spencer Davis leads laps, then falls out late at Memphis" . LASTCAR . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ "Spencer Davis joins Rette Jones Racing for 2019 K&N East season" . Rette Jones Racing . 7 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Segal, Davey. "Spencer Davis Earns First Win In Over Three Years With Late Gateway Restart" . NASCAR Home Tracks . Retrieved 26 August 2019 .
^ "Brandon Jones, Spencer Davis, Riley Herbst added to KBM driver lineup" . ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ "Brandon Jones, Spencer Davis and Riley Herbst Added to 2018 Driver Lineup" . Official Home of Kyle Busch Motorsports . 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Utter, Jim. "Kyle Busch Motorsports completes 2018 Truck lineup" . Motorsport.com . Retrieved 2018-02-21 .
^ Coburn, Wesley (25 June 2019). "Entry List: Camping World 225" . Frontstretch . Retrieved 26 June 2019 .
^ Kristl, Mark (August 6, 2020). "Spencer Davis Tests Positive for COVID-19, Withdraws from Michigan" . Frontstretch . Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
^ "Spencer Davis announces full Truck Series season" . Jayski's Silly Season Site . January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021 .
^ "Spencer Davis acquires points from NEMCO Motorsports, plans to run remainder of the season" . Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2021 .
^ Kristl, Mark (7 June 2019). "NASCAR Truck Series: Kyle Benjamin talks first race with Niece Motorsports" . Beyond the Flag . Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
^ French, Amy (October 19, 2016). "Dawsonville's next up-and-coming driver" . Dawson County News . Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
^ "Spencer Davis' Family and Partner: Age, Parents, and Girlfriend of the NASCAR Racer" . 24 September 2021.
^ "Spencer Davis – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved November 6, 2020 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 30, 2021 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved September 8, 2023 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "Driver Spencer Davis 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results" . Racing Reference . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2024 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2024 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 5, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
^ "Spencer Davis – 2024 ARCA MenardsnSeries West Results" . Racing-Reference . Retrieved October 22, 2024 .
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1967–1987 (Ranier–Lundy)
1996 (Ranier–Walsh Racing)
2016 (Ranier Racing with MDM)
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Tom Walsh
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