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Stacey David | |
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| Born | Stacey David |
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| Years active | 1990 (1990)s–present |
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| Website | staceydavid |
Stacey David is the host of theTV seriesGearZ onMavTV andVelocity. He has worked on numerous vehicle modification and repair projects. Many of these projects are unique in terms of the final results.
The types of vehicles David works on range from off-roadfour wheel drives tohot rod street trucks to around the woodsall-terrain vehicles—or just about anything else that has an engine and some way to steer it.
Stacey David was born and raised in Idaho. He earned his reputation in thehot rod club driving a1930 5 Window Coupe to school every day. David has had a fascination for motor vehicles for as long as he can remember.
By installing 440ccsnowmobile engines, he was able to make hisgo-karts lightning fast even before he was a teenager. At the age of twelve, he did his first restoration: his sister's 1963Volkswagen Beetle. His father's flat fenderWillysJeep started his passion forFour Wheel Drive andoff-roading.
During his college days atBoise State University, he spent the time that would have otherwise been spent in a "boring" Biology class learning how torace at the local tracks. While there, he absorbed everything he could about racing legends such asRichard Petty,Don Garlits, andCarroll Shelby.David's desire to own and drive a unique vehicle led him to the best way (in his opinion) to achieve this goal - to build it himself. To fulfill that goal, he became a student of legendary hot-rodders (custom car builders)George Barris,John Buttera and Darryl Starbird.
With those skills now in hand, David went to Nashville and opened his owncustom car shop named "Rattletrap." He continued to build his reputation by working on whatever was pushed, pulled, or dragged into his shop. The services that "Rattletrap" offered included engine building, custom paint, fabrication, and more.
David's career took a turn to "TV land" when, in the late 1990s, he was offered a position to host theTV seriesTrucks!. Eager to seize the opportunity, David joined Mel Fair to host the show beginning in its 1999 season. In 2000, however, Fair left the show and David remained the only host.
During the eight years he hostedTrucks!, the show became one of the highest rated onSpike TV's weekend lineup partially because David both designed and built his own projects, unlike many other shows during the same period. "Trucks!" maintained the highest viewership of any automotive how-to television show throughout the years David hosted it.
David continued to host and produce the show until the end of the 2005 season, when he chose to pursue, in his own words, "other opportunities". On March 31, 2007—and a bit before that for his loyal fan base—the meaning of "other opportunities" was revealed as a new show calledStacey David’s GearZ, airing onESPN2.
Season two ofGearZ moved to theSpeed Channel, with the first episode premiering February 23, 2008.[1] GearZ remained on SPEED channel for six seasons.
Season eight ofGearZ moved toMavTV, with the first episode premiering March 7, 2014. Season nine was also syndicated onVelocity (TV network) with Season 11 premiering in January 2017.[2]
Stacey David has now been on the air for 20 years sharing his custom hot rods all over the world in places including Canada, Russia, Mexico, England, France, and more.[3]