David Starr
Starr atDaytona International Speedway in 2019
Born	David Leon Starr (1967-10-11)October 11, 1967 (age 58) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Awards	2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesMost Popular Driver
NASCARCup Series career
19 races run over 7 years
2025 position	56th
Best finish	51st (2020)
First race	2011Samsung Mobile 500 (Texas)
Last race	2025Quaker State 400 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
270 races run over 20 years
2025 position	47th
Best finish	16th (2015)
First race	2000Touchstone Energy 300 (Talladega)
Last race	2025United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
317 races run over 16 years
2013 position	24th
Best finish	4th (2006)
First race	1998Chevy Trucks 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2013Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
First win	2002Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last win	2006Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 117 5
Statistics up to date as of November 6, 2025.

David Leon Starr^[1] (born October 11, 1967)^[2] is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 53 and 35Chevrolet Camaro SS forJoey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen and competes part-time in theNASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66Ford Mustang Dark Horse forGarage 66. He has also previously competed in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, where he is a four-time race winner, as well as what are now theARCA Menards Series andARCA Menards Series West.

Starr began by being on a neighbor's pit crew at the age of fourteen. At the age of sixteen, he started driving in street stock racing, winning the championship atBig H Motor Speedway in his first year racing. Over the next seven years, Starr won a total of twentylate model races. In 1993, he began driving at theTeam Texas driving school and eventually becoming a race instructor. During this time, he worked forDonnie Allison as a crew member on his Busch Series team. He joined theTexas International Driving Association in 1996 and became the first rookie to win a race.

In1998, Starr made his Truck Series debut driving the No. 9Chevrolet Silverado forReher-Morrison Racing in five races. His best finish was eighteenth at his home track atTexas Motor Speedway. The following season, he competed in the Truck Series full-time. Driving primarily forTagsby Racing, he also competed forTeam 23 Racing,Conely Racing,Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, andMcGlynn 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 forWare Racing Enterprises andTKO 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 forDay Enterprise Racing, finishing 42nd. After running one race for TKO atDaytona International Speedway, he ran four races forTeam Menard, finishing no lower than seventh.

Starr earned his second full-time ride in 2002, when he joined the No. 75Spears Motorsports team. He won his first race at Las Vegas and was named the Series' Most Popular Driver after a fifth-place finish. He was 10th in the standings in2003 when he suffered injuries and was forced to miss four races. He was still able to post thirteen top-tens that season. Starr also attempted to make hisWinston Cup Series debut atTexas Motor Speedway,^[3] but failed to qualify.

Starr won two races in2004 and moved up to sixth in points. After a winless2005, Starr left Spears and was rumored to drive the newHall of Fame RacingNEXTEL Cup ride, but instead signed with the No. 11 team fielded byRed Horse Racing. He won his most recent race atMartinsville Speedway and had a career-best fourth-place points finish. It was reported that he was replaced at Red Horse byAaron Fike, but team ownerJeff Hammond has stated that Starr was still under contract with the team and would continue to drive for them if they find sponsorship.^[4] He joinedCircle Bar Racing for 2007, and drove the No. 10 MaxxForce Diesel Ford with equipment purchased fromppc Racing to a tenth place points finish with five top-tens.

Starr rejoined Red Horse in 2008 and had eight top-tens. In 2009, Starr joinedHT Motorsports in the No. 24 ZachryToyota Camry^[5] Starr attempted to make his Sprint Cup debut forBlackJack Racing at Fontana in 2009, but did not qualify, and had fourteen top-ten finishes, his highest total since 2004.

For 2010, Starr moved toRandy Moss Motorsports as HT Motorsports closed its doors. Starr had seven top-ten's and was in the top-ten in points entering theEnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland when the team suspended operations due to financial difficulties. Starr picked up a last-minute ride withSS-Green Light Racing in their No. 21 Chevrolet, which was intended to start and park at Chicagoland. However, Starr ran the full race and scored a top-ten finish. Starr eventually took the No. 81 as well as the Zachry sponsorship with him to SS-Green Light and drove for the team the remainder of the season, scoring a ninth place points finish. Starr returned to the team for the 2011 season, finishing thirteenth in points. He also competed in a limited number of races in theSprint Cup Series forLeavine Family Racing in the No. 95. In his four starts out of eight attempts, his best finish of 27th was atBristol Motor Speedway.

For 2012, Starr moved to newly formedArrington Racing, bringing his sponsor and truck number, the No. 81, with him for the full season.^[6] However he was forced to miss races after the midpoint of the season due to a lack of sponsorship.^[7]

In 2013 Starr returned toSS-Green Light Racing to attempt the full season,^[8] but again had his season truncated due to a lack of sponsorship.

For the 2014 season, Starr joinedTriStar Motorsports, driving in theNASCAR Nationwide Series in a partial schedule,^[9] before switching to a full-time schedule with the team in 2015.^[10]

In 2015, Starr took over the No. 44 Zachry Toyota full-time. Starr finished a career best finish sixth in the season opener at Daytona. Before the Richmond race, Starr was sick and could not race, being replaced byJ. J. Yeley. With Yeley finishing thirteenth at Richmond, he eventually replaced Starr full-time in the No. 44.^[11]

On June 24, 2016, after his release from the No. 44 it was announced that Starr joinedRSS Racing to drive the No. 93 Massimo MotorsChevrolet Camaro for the remainder of the 2016 season. Starr finished 27th in his debut with RSS Racing at Daytona, after being involved in a late crash.

In 2017, Starr left RSS to drive the No. 99 full-time forB. J. McLeod Motorsports, fielded jointly with SS-Green Light. Starr ended up getting his first career Xfinity Series top-five in the July race at Daytona, a race he was not even supposed to run. SS-Green Light had planned on replacing Starr withKorbin Forrister for this one race, but when he became ill, Starr got back in the ride, and went on to finish the season in the No. 99.^[12] In November, Starr made his return to the Cup Series at the2017 AAA Texas 500, in which he drove the No. 66 Chevrolet forMBM Motorsports.^[13]

In 2018, Starr joinedJimmy Means Racing for a full season, replacingJoey Gase. He returned to the Cup Series to drive theRick Ware Racing No. 51 car at the2018 Brickyard 400, where he finished 39th. Starr drove the No. 97 Toyota Camry inObaika Racing's Cup debut at the2018 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega. When Starr and Obaika failed to qualify, they attempted the race at Starr's home track of Texas a few weeks later, where they did make the race.^[14] He returned to Means in2019 for another full season in the No. 52.

In 2020, Starr moved toJD Motorsports to drive their No. 6 car, renumbered from the No. 01.^[15] He lost his ride with the team on May 18 due to sponsorship problems caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[16] On June 9, he made his return to the Cup Series inthe spring Martinsville race in the No. 53 for Rick Ware Racing.^[17] Starr returned to the Xfinity Series with SS-Green Light Racing at Texas in July, driving the No. 07, which was fielded in an alliance with RWR.^[18]

Starr joinedMBM Motorsports to run the entire Xfinity Series schedule in2021 except for the season-opener at Daytona in the team's No. 13 car.^[19] However, Starr ended up driving MBM's No. 61 for two races (at Phoenix in March and Charlotte in May) whenLoris Hezemans drove the No. 13.^[20] He also participated at the2021 Coca-Cola 600 for MBM in their No. 66 car, finishing 38 laps down at 36th place. Following the season finale weekend at Phoenix, Starr, along with team ownerCarl Long and seven team members, tested positive forCOVID-19.^[21]

In 2022, Starr would return toSS-Green Light Racing in the Xfinity Series for multiple races in the No. 08Ford, and would have a best finish of eleventh atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he had originally finished thirteenth beforeLandon Cassill andNoah Gragson were both disqualified.

In 2023, it was announced that Starr would run the No. 02Chevrolet forOur Motorsports on a part-time basis, starting at Daytona, although he was released after the race atCalifornia Speedway.^[22] He then attempted only four races for the remainder of the year, running two racing apiece forSS-Green Light Racing andEmerling-Gase Motorsports.

In 2024, Starr rejoinedMBM Motorsports for the season opening race at Daytona, driving the No. 66Chevrolet,^[23][24] where he had originally qualified for the race, but had his time disallowed due to an issue in tech after qualifying.^[25] It was later announced that Starr will return to theNASCAR Cup Series atMartinsville Speedway &Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving the No. 66Ford.^[26]

In December 2020, Starr launched the podcastLet's Go Racing with David Starr; Starr is joined by news anchor Tyler Jones and TheRacingExperts.com founder Dominic Aragon.^[27] Starr barely participates, let alone is visible in most episodes, leading most to wonder if the other two are just hacks trying to tag along to a semi-established name.

Starr has mentioned on his podcast he is Catholic. He and his wife Kim have two sons; David Jr. "DJ" and Vance.^{[citation needed]}

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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