SS-Green Light Racing

Owner(s)	Bobby Dotter Randy Knighton Beth Knighton
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race drivers	07.Patrick Emerling,Nick Leitz,Alex Labbé 14.Garrett Smithley
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2000
Career
Debut	Xfinity Series: 2014VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 (Darlington) Camping World Truck Series: 2000Sears DieHard 200 (Milwaukee) ARCA Menards Series: 2024Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona)
Latest race	Xfinity Series: 2025NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) Camping World Truck Series: 2016Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) ARCA Menards Series: 2024Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona)
Races competed	Total: 737 Xfinity Series: 354 Camping World Truck Series: 382 ARCA Menards Series: 1
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 1 Xfinity Series: 1 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Pole positions	Total: 1 Xfinity Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 1 ARCA Menards Series: 0

SS-Green Light Racing is an American professionalstock car racing team that competes in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 07Chevrolet Camaro SS for multiple drivers and the No. 14Chevrolet Camaro SS primarily forGarrett Smithley. The team has a technical alliance withRichard Childress Racing.

The team is owned by former driverBobby Dotter, who also drove for the team in numerous races when he was still driving. Dotter is currently the team's sole owner, although at various points in the team's history, businessman Ken Smith (who left the team in July 2017^[1]) and Steve Urvan (in 2010 only) as well as Texas politician Gene Christensen (who unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary forTexas's 4th congressional district in2008) were co-owners of the team with Dotter.

Green Light began competing in the Truck Series in2000 and merged with SS Racing in2008 during the economic downturn, as teams merging was a common thing at the time, resulting in financial success and stability. SS Racing was a team that was competing in theASA and had previously partnered with Green Light's Truck team on various occasions, but fully merged with GLR beginning that year. The team competed in the Truck Series each year until2017 when they decided to focus on their Xfinity program.

In 2016, the team announced that they would field the No. 07 full-time forRay Black Jr. with sponsorship from ScubaLife.com in all the races. He picked up nine top-twenty finishes, with a best finish of fourteenth at Bristol in August. He finished nineteenth in the driver standings. Black returned to the No. 07 for 2017 but was replaced byTodd Bodine for Charlotte. It was later announced thatSpencer Boyd andAndy Lally would drive at Pocono and Mid-Ohio respectively.

In 2019, Black Jr. returned to the team from a part-time ride withB. J. McLeod Motorsports to replace Boyd and would compete full-time again in the No. 07. He was announced to return to the team for the 2020 season as well.

On May 23, 2020, Black Jr. announced that he would no longer be driving the No. 07 in order to concentrate on helping his family business, the CDA Technical Institute, recover after it experienced financial problems due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. After Black's departure, it was announced thatRick Ware Racing had cut a deal with SS-Green Light to field some of their drivers in the No. 07 for the remainder of the season. This began withGarrett Smithley in the car forCharlotte^[2] andCarson Ware, Rick's son, making his series debut atBristol.^[3]The team's highlight of the year was whenGray Gaulding wheeled the 07 car to a 2nd-place finish atDaytona International Speedway when the top 4 wrecked on the final corner.Garrett Smithley scored a top 10 at Talladega, andJade Buford scored a top-10 at Charlotte.

In 2021,Joe Graf Jr. ran most of the races in the No. 07 withRoss Chastain,J. J. Yeley andJosh Bilicki making appearances in the No. 07 throughout the season. Graf scored a top-ten finish in theSparks 300.

SS Green-Light Racing switched from runningChevrolets toFords in 2022, with Graf as the primary driver in the No. 07 once again.

On February 26, 2022, Cup Series driverCole Custer claimed the team's first victory, which came atAuto Club Speedway. The entry was a collaborative effort between the team andStewart–Haas Racing.^[4] On October 4, Truck Series driverHailie Deegan announced she would make her Xfinity Series debut in the No. 07 atLas Vegas.^[5]Chase Briscoe andBrett Moffitt also each make a start, with Briscoe scoring a top ten atIndianapolis and Moffitt scoring a top-ten atKansas.

For 2023, SS Green-Light Racing switched back to Chevrolet from Ford and revealedBlaine Perkins would drive the No. 07 full-time. However, he would only run the first five races of the season, and other drivers would drive the car throughout the rest of the year, withCarson Hocevar,Stefan Parsons,Dawson Cram,David Starr,Daniel Suárez,Spencer Pumpelly,Mason Maggio,Katherine Legge,Colin Garrett,Josh Bilicki,J. J. Yeley,Gray Gaulding,Natalie Decker, andDevin Jones making starts in the car.

In 2024, the No. 07 would continue to see a rotation of drivers, withPatrick Emerling running more than half of the season in the car, scoring a best finish of seventeenth.Daniil Kvyat,Myatt Snider,Logan Bearden,Alex Labbé,Greg Van Alst,C. J. McLaughlin,Jade Buford,Sage Karam, andBrad Perez all drove the No. 07 during the season, with McLaughlin tying Emerling's best of seventeenth.

In 2018, it was announced thatGray Gaulding would drive the No. 08 full-time in 2019. In April'sMoneyLion 300 atTalladega Superspeedway, Gaulding finished a career-best second.

On January 16, 2020, it was announced thatJoe Graf Jr. would drive the No. 08 car for the2020 season, replacing Gaulding. He moved up from theARCA Menards Series, where he drove the No. 77 forChad Bryant Racing full-time for two years. Graf started out the season with Core Development Group sponsorship but signed a multi-year deal with Bucked Up Energy before Homestead-Miami. He posted a best finish of thirteenth in three races, and wound up 22nd in points.^[10]

The No. 08 returned in 2022, with the team signingDavid Starr for 28 races.^[11] Graf would also drive the No. 08 in select races, beginning in theProduction Alliance Group 300. On March 29,DGM Racing sold the No. 92's owners points to the SS-Green Light Racing's No. 08 so it would be more likely to qualify.^[12]

The No. 08 returned again in 2023, with a rotating cast of drivers running the entry. Gaulding scored the best finish for the car, finishing eighth atTalladega. Other drivers who drove the No. 08 includedAric Almirola,Joey Gase, andAlex Labbé.

In2024, SS-Green Light collaborated withKaulig Racing to jointly field the No. 14 car.Daniel Suárez drove the car atDaytona withWendy's as the sponsor. On February 27, 2024, crew chief Jason Miller was suspended for two races following a physical altercation withDGM Racing No. 91 driverKyle Weatherman atAtlanta.^[15] A variety of drivers would drive the No. 14 in 2024, includingJ. J. Yeley,R. C. Enerson, andAustin Green.

On December 19, 2024, it was announced thatGarrett Smithley would drive the No. 14 full-time during the2025 season.^[16] On January 24, 2025, it was announced that BRK Racing would form a sponsorship and ownership deal with the No. 14 car.

In 2015, SSGLR partnered with the No. 15 team ofRick Ware Racing to have Ray Black Jr. drive that car atTexas in November. In that race, which was his Xfinity Series debut, Black Jr. finished 27th.Jimmy Weller III andB. J. McLeod also ran one race each in No. 15.

In 2018, SS-Green Light formed a partnership withGo Green Racing to field the No. 35 forJoey Gase. Gase would score a best finish of fifteenth three times and finished twentieth in points.

In April 2014, the team announced a partnership withViva Motorsports to field the No. 55 car usually ran byJamie Dick in select races. The team was fielded in the races that Viva wasn't using the No. 55 car. SS-Green Light'sNationwide Series program debuted on April 11 atDarlington Raceway with veteranTodd Bodine.^[18][19]Jimmy Weller III made his series debut the next week atRichmond, finishing 40th after a mechanical failure.^[20] Bodine ran a second race at Dover.Timmy Hill,Andy Lally,Caleb Roark andDavid Starr all ran single races for the team.

In July,Brennan Newberry made his Nationwide Series debut atLoudon in a partnership withNTS Motorsports and sponsorQore-24.^[21] Newberry ran three races in the No. 55 with a best finish of nineteenth atWatkins Glen.

On October 19, 2017, it was announced thatSpencer Boyd would drive the No. 76 Chevrolet Camaro full-time in 2018 for SSGLR.^[22] This would end up being the No. 07 team renumbered. The No. 76 came from sponsor Grunt Style's slogan/logo, which has the year 1776 on it because they sell Americana-themed products. Boyd would finish the year 26th in the final point standings, with a best race result of seventeenth. Boyd left for a Truck Series ride withYoung's Motorsports for 2019.

In 2014,Brennan Newberry made his fourth Xfinity career start with SS-Green Light/NTS Motorsports at Phoenix in the fall, now driving the No. 77 Qore24 Chevrolet, sinceViva Motorsports was running the 55 car that race. Newberry finished 36th after an early crash.^[24]

For 2015, the team allied withKing Autosport to field the No. 90. It ran on weeks King Autosport wasn't using the No. 90 car. The team partnered withRick Ware Racing to field the car in a few races, similar to the No. 15. Jimmy Weller III and Todd Bodine drove the No. 90 in four races each.Andy Lally drove two races,B. J. McLeod,Tyler Young andKorbin Forrister all ran single races for the team. In 2016, the team helped King Autosport to field the car in two races, one with Bodine at Watkins Glen and Lally at Mid-Ohio.

In 2017, SS-Green Light collaborated withB. J. McLeod Motorsports to jointly field McLeod's No. 99 car, withDavid Starr driving it for the full season. For thesummer Daytona race only,Korbin Forrister was scheduled to replace Starr in the No. 99, but got the flu, and Starr ended up driving his normal car. In that race, Starr ended up getting a fifth-place finish, the only one of the season for both him and the team. The partnership ended in 2018, with Starr moving to theJimmy Means Racing No. 52, and McLeod fielding the No. 99 by themselves in 2018.

In 2007, the team fielded the No. 0 withSharon Rice listed as the owner. Brandon Knupp drove it first atTexas Motor Speedway, and finished 34th after suffering overheating. Three weeks later, Wayne Edwards drove the truck and finished last with a braking malfunction. In2008, the No. 0 ran a part-time schedule with Christensen as the owner. Butch Miller drove most of the races, with two 32nd-place finish, along withWayne Edwards,Chris Jones,Mike Olsen,Norm Benning,Johnny Chapman andKevin Lepage.

In 2006, Green Light Racing fielding the No. 03 truck when the expected field was short.Wayne Edwards drove the 03 truck first, finishing 36th and 35th respectively.Johnny Chapman then drove atTexas Motor Speedway, finishing 35th.

In 2007, Greenlight Racing Fielded the No. 06 truck part-time. The drivers wereMorgan Shepherd,Blake Mallory,Randy MacDonald,Bobby Dotter,Wayne Edwards, andBrandon Knupp.

The No. 07 truck began racing in2001 with the former ownerGene Christensen driving theRacing For KidsChevrolet. He failed to finish higher than 30th that season and completed just 63 laps total.Aaron Daniel andMike Olsen drove the No. 07 for a total of three races that season in addition.Jason Small began racing the No. 07 full-time the following season withSunbelt Rentals sponsoring. He had two top-tens and finished 22nd in the points standings.Rich Bickle drove the No. 07 at the season opener in 2003, beforeBobby Dotter drove for several races in the truck.Jeremy Mayfield had a sixth-place finish the following race at Lowe's, withStan Boyd andBlake Mallory driving in select races afterward.Johnny Chapman would then drive for six races, withRyan Hanson andMark McFarland driving in between. Dotter andShane Sieg would finish out the year in the truck. Ricky Moxley drove the No. 07 truck for the Lucas Oil Camping world truck series in INDY.

In2004, Sieg was hired as the full-time driver withAuto Air Colors sponsoring. Despite an eighth-place finish at Milwaukee, he was released before the final quarter of the season, andSean Murphy andAndy Houston would end the season in the truck. Murphy would be hired to drive the No. 07 for the first five races of the season, and after one thirteenth-place finish,Butch Miller took over at Mansfield, and finished tenth.Rich Bickle,Chris Wimmer andEric Norris also raced the No. 07, beforeJack Bailey drove a total of six races, with a best finish of 26th.Chase Pistone,José Luis Ramírez and Wimmer finished out the season in the truck. Murphy returned at the beginning of the 2006 season but did not last long, withClint Bowyer finishing seventh at Martinsville in theJack Daniel's truck.Justin Martz,Robert Turner,Johnny Chapman and Butch Miller drove one race apiece, withKevin Lepage driving a pair of races withRoadloans.com sponsorship. Chad McCumbee drove the No. 07 for a pair of races, whenU.S. Restoration became the team's new primary sponsor.Travis Kittleson then became the team's new driver for three races, his best a sixteenth atNashville Superspeedway.T. J. Bell would drive for one race, andJohn Mickel brought sponsorship fromTorquespeed and leased out the No. 07 for the rest of the season, his best finish twentieth.

After the 2006 season,Tim Sauter andLester Buildings joined the team for 2007. Despite only one top-ten finish, Sauter finished sixteenth in the points but was runner up toWillie Allen for Rookie of the Year. Both Sauter andLester Buildings departed at the season's end, possibly due to the struggles of the housing market.^{[citation needed]} Shane Seig, Sean Murphy, and Ryan Lawler shared the ride in 2008 with ASI Limited.

In 2009,Chad McCumbee returned to SS Green Light Racing to drive the No. 07 in 21 races. With part-time sponsorship fromTiwi andValvoline, he had five top-ten finishes and finished 19th in points. Jason Young andBurt Myers filled in the rest of the schedule. Sean Murphy opened the 2010 season by finishing 13th at Daytona withDietz & Watson sponsoring. For the rest of the season, Donny Lia and Tony Jackson split the driving duties, with Jackson scheduled to run seven races. After a long string of bad luck, Lia departed the No. 07 team after the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol.

For 2011, the team swapped betweenToyota andChevrolet.Donnie Neuenberger drove at Daytona andB. J. McLeod drove at Phoenix withBoggy Creek Airboat Rides.Johnny Chapman drove a few races in the truck, mostly as a start and park. In 2012, the No. 07's lineup added on former Pro Cup driverJeff Agnew, as well asT. J. Duke.

For 2015,Ray Black Jr. piloted the car full-time with the sponsorshipScubaLife.com. He finished 12th in the points standings in 2015, including a fifth-place finish at Daytona.

For 2016, Black Jr. moved to theXfinity Series, and the team had multiple drivers throughout the season, starting with French driverMichel Disdier at Daytona withPray For Paris as his sponsor. He finished 11th after avoiding twobig ones.

In 2017, SS-Green Light decided to close down their Truck team to focus on competing in the Xfinity Series, and they sold their equipment and owner points toRick Ware Racing, which fielded the No. 12 truck that year.

For the 2001 season,Bobby Dotter would drive the No. 08 full-time while campaigning for Rookie of the Year. He had a tenth-place finish atIRP and finished fifteenth in points. He continued to drive the No. 08 truck in 2002, posting four top-ten finishes and finishing a career-best fourteenth in points. In 2003, rookieJody Lavender was hired as the team's driver for most of the season, bringing sponsorship fromLavender's Discount Carpets andHartsville Community Bank. He finished seventeenth in points that year despite missing four races. He was replaced in those races by Dotter and Shane Sieg, who ran two races apiece.

Ken Weaver was hired as the next driver of the 08 truck in 2004, bringing1-800-4-A-Phone as sponsorship, and he raced a total of fifteen times, with a best finish of 18th atTexas Motor Speedway. Various other drivers raced the No. 08 truck that season, including Dotter,Tony Raines,A. J. Fike,Butch Miller,Bill Manfull andSean Murphy. Weaver started driving the No. 08 truck for the first three races in 2005, and had a sixth-place finish atDaytona International Speedway before he left the team. Without a primary sponsor, the team began racing with the driver-by committee schedule, andTam Topham drove for the team atMartinsville Speedway, beforeRich Bickle drove the next two races, and finished fifth atMansfield. Butch Miller andKevin Lepage drove one race apiece, beforeJohnny Chapman drove in four of the next five races. Miller and Topham raced another time in the 08 that year, along withJarit Johnson,Chris Wimmer,Mark McFarland andJack Bailey.

In 2006,Bobby Hamilton Jr. raced in the first three races of the season withCorky's BBQ and Ribs sponsoring the team's Dodge, before he left to drive full-time for his father's team.Butch Miller drove the next week at Martinsville, andBoris Jurkovic followed at the following race, when the team returned to Chevrolet.Mike Greenwell made his debut at Mansfield, finishing 26th, and after Johnny Chapman drove at Dover,Chad McCumbee was hired as Green Light Racing's first full-time driver in two years. Except for two races whereChris Wimmer andMike Greenwell raced, McCumbee drove the 08 for the rest of the season, posting two seventh-place finishes, and was runner-up for Rookie of the Year despite missing the season opener at Daytona. He was hired to race the No. 08 for the 2007 season, skipping theSam's Town 400 due to making his NEXTEL Cup debut atPocono Raceway, being replaced byEric Norris. He left forMRD Motorsports late in the season, andShane Sieg took his place, for a couple of races, withDennis Setzer driving at New Hampshire. Chris Jones took over the ride starting atMartinsville. For 2008,Jason White brought sponsorship fromGunBroker.com, along with the team's manufacturer change toDodge. They did not have any top-ten finishes and ended the season nineteenth in points. Butch Miller became the team's primary driver in 2009, with Johnny Chapman, Lepage, Murphy, and Brandon Knupp filling in. The team ran completed races withTim Brown,Chrissy Wallace,Jamie Dick andBrett Butler.

In 2012, the No. 08 returned and was driven by Florida nativeRoss Chastain. He scored a third place finish at Bristol, as well as three top-tens. Sometimes in the season, he had to start and park, due to lack of funding. he would end his season seventeenth in points. Chastain would later depart forBrad Keselowski Racing.

For 2014, the team reverted to No. 08Chevrolet Silverado.Jimmy Weller III opened the season with a ninth place finish atDaytona. In 2015,Korbin Forrister took over the driving duty of the No. 08Chevrolet Silverado in a partnership withB. J. McLeod Motorsports.

In 2016, the No. 08 team shut down, and Forrister moved toLira Motorsports No. 59 truck. SS-Green Light would only field the No. 07 that year, which was their last one in the Truck Series.