David Gilliland
David Gilliland ( born April 1, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an American race car driver. He drives the Ford Fusion with the start number 38 for Yates Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and the merger with the start number 14 for Richardson -Haas Motorsports.
Career
Local NASCAR career
1996 Gilliland began at the AutoZone West Series team his father's work. In 1999, he won an event at the Perris Auto Speedway, a dirt track. In 2000 he started to ride a shortened season of NASCAR AutoZone West Series.
In 2005 he won five races in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series. He drove a Chevrolet with the number 11 for Centrifugal Technologies. Overall, he finished the season with five top - five results, as well as eight in the top 10 in the championship he was in at the end of the season in sixth place.
The 2004 season, he went full-time with the number 88 Chevrolet for MRG Motorsports. The new date, unless racing overlapped he also drove the race in the then NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series. In the latter series he first won on the Mesa Marin Raceway in his hometown. After the season to him the title of Rookie of the Year was awarded. In the AutoZone Elite Division he was two victories in the same season.
National NASCAR career
To start his first attempt in a national race of the NASCAR he made in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2003 season at the Las Vegas 350, but he could not qualify. His first start in the then Busch Series, he completed in mid-2005 at Phoenix International Raceway. Gilliland started from position 28, due to an early accident he dropped back to 43 from 43. Later in the season he drove the second race in Phoenix - with the same result. In the Craftsman Truck Series, he drove for Billy Ballew Motorsports with the number 15 on place 22 The race took place in Las Vegas.
In 2005 he drove in the Grand National Division and won the Toyota All-Star Showdown, as the regular first place winner was disqualified for breaking a rule. The victory he attracted attention especially in the Busch Series team owners and the former Nextel Cup.
In 2006 he began a part-time ride in the Nationwide Series with number 84 for Clay Andrews. After the first four races of the season, he celebrated at the Kentucky Speedway on June 17, his first victory. He was the first rider of the season Busch Series races won and not a full-time driver in the Nextel Cup was.
Sprint Cup
His first race in the former Nextel Cup in 2006 he drove for CJM Racing at Infineon Raceway. With the number 72 during the race he lost a place on its starting position 31 in August, he replaced Elliott Sadler in the vehicle. At the Talladega Superspeedway, he started at the UAW Ford 500 from the pole position. The second pole of his career, he garnered a at the Daytona 500. In the championship, he finished the year ranked 28th
In 2007 he drove in the Busch Series full-time for Rensi Motorsports. With tenth place in Daytona he drove his best race of the season.
On 22 June 2008, he drove the Toyota / Save Mart 350 behind Kyle Busch in second place, what his best result to date in the Sprint Cup.