Green Light Racing
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SS-Green Light Racing is a NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series team. Owned and operated by businessmen Ken Smith and Steve Urvan and former driver Bobby Dotter, the team fields the #07 Toyota Tundra
for several drivers and the #81 Zachry Industrial, Inc. Toyota for David Starr
. This team is notable in that it used to campaign with Chevrolet Silverados, Dodge Rams, and Toyota Tundras, though the team did use Ford F-150s for some races. They will use Toyota Tundras for the 2011 season.
Green Light began competing in the Truck Series in 2000, when Dotter drove the #45 in two races for Gene Christensen, his best finish being seventeenth at The Milwaukee Mile. Jason Small drove one race later that season at IRP, where he finished 25th.
began racing the 07 full-time the following season with Sunbelt Rentals sponsoring. He had two top-tens and finished 22nd in the points standings. Rich Bickle
drove the 07 at the season opener in 2003, before Bobby Dotter drove for several races in the truck. Jeremy Mayfield
had a sixth-place finish the following race at Lowe's, with Stan Boyd
and Blake Mallory driving in select races afterwards. Johnny Chapman
would then drive for six races, with Ryan Hanson and Mark McFarland
driving in between. Dotter and Shane Sieg would finish out the year in the truck. Ricky Moxley will race the #07 truck for the Lucas oil Camping world truck seires in INDY.
In 2004, Sieg was hired as the full-time driver with Auto Air Colors sponsoring. Despite an eighth place finish at Milwaukee, he was released before the final quarter of the season, and Sean Murphy
and Andy Houston
would end the season in the truck. Murphy would be hired to drive the 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
, and Eric Norris
also raced the 07, before Jack Bailey drove a total of six races, with a best finish of 26th. Chase Pistone, Jose Luis Ramirez
, and Wimmer finished out the season in the truck. Murphy returned at the beginning of the 2006 season, but did not last long, with Clint Bowyer
finishing seventh at Martinsville in the Jack Daniel's
truck. Justin Martz, Robert Turner, Johnny Chapman
, and Butch Miller drove one race apiece, with Kevin Lepage
driving a pair of races with Roadloans.com sponsorship. Chad McCumbee drove the 07 for a pair of races, when U.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 at Nashville Superspeedway
. T. J. Bell
would drive for one race, and John Mickel
brought sponsorship from Torquespeed and leased out the 07 for the rest of the season, his best finish 20th.
After the 2006 season, Tim Sauter
and Lester Buildings joined the team for 2007. Despite only one top-ten finish, Sauter finished 16th in the points but was runner up to Willie Allen
for Rookie of the Year. Both Sauter and Lester Buildings departed at season's end, possibly due to the struggles of the housing market. 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 #07 in 21 races. With part-time sponsorship from Tiwi and Valvoline, he had five top-ten finishes and finished 19th in points. Jason Young and Burt Myers
filled in the rest of the schedule. Sean Murphy opened the 2010 season by finishing 13th at Daytona with Deitz & Watson sponsoring. For the rest of the season, Donny Lia and Tony Jackson split the driving duties, with Jackson scheduled to run 7 races. After a long string of bad luck, Lia departed the #07 team after the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol.
For 2011, the team will now run with Toyota. Donnie Neuenberger
drove at Daytona and B.J. McLeod drove at Phoenix with Boggy Creek Airboat Rides. Johnny Chapman
drove a few races in the truck, mostly as a start and park. They will use other drivers through the season as well.
, rookie Jody Lavender
was hired as the team's driver for most of the season, bringing sponsorship from Lavender's Discount Carpets and Hartsville 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, bringing 1-800-4-A-Phone as sponsorship, and he raced a total of fifteen times, with a best finish of 18th at Texas Motor Speedway
. Various other drivers raced the 08 truck that season, including Dotter, Tony Raines
, A. J. Fike
, Butch Miller
, Bill Manfull, and Sean Murphy
. Weaver started driving the 08 truck for the first three races in 2005, and had a sixth-place finish at Daytona International Speedway
, before he left the team. Without a primary sponsor, the team began racing with the driver-by committee schedule, and Tam Topham drove for the team at Martinsville Speedway
, before Rich Bickle drove the next two races, and finished fifth at Mansfield
. Butch Miller and Kevin Lepage
drove one race apiece, before Johnny Chapman
drove in four of the next five races. Miller and Topham raced another time in the 08 that year, along with Jarit Johnson, Chris Wimmer
, Mark McFarland
, and Jack Bailey.
In 2006, Bobby Hamilton, Jr.
raced in the first three races of the season with Corky'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, and Boris 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. With the exception of two races where Chris Wimmer
and Mike 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 to race the 08 for the 2007 season, skipping the Sam's Town 400
due to making his NEXTEL Cup debut at Pocono Raceway
, being replaced by Eric Norris. He left for MRD Motorsports
late in the season, and Shane Sieg
took his place, for a couple of races, with Dennis Setzer
driving at New Hampshire. Chris Jones took over the ride starting at Martinsville
. For 2008, Jason White
brought sponsorship from GunBroker.com, along with the team's manufacturer change to Dodge
. 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 with Tim Brown, Chrissy Wallace
, Jamie Dick
, and Brett Butler
. White returned to the #23 in 2010, and the team had their best season. White won the pole at Daytona and was in the top five in points for half of the season. However, the teams performance dropped and they took home a 10th place finish in points. White left the team for the new Joe Denette Motorsports for 2011. This team will not run next year.
, and finished 34th after suffering overheating. Three weeks later, Wayne Edwards drove the truck and finished last with braking malfunction. In 2008
, the #0 ran a part-time schedule with Christensen as the owner. Butch Miller drove most of the races, with two 32nd-place finish, along with Wayne Edwards
, Chris Jones, Mike Olsen, Norm Benning
, Johnny Chapman
, and Kevin Lepage
. The truck did not return until 2010 as the 21 and Steve Urvan as the owner.
In 2010 the #21 initially fell to Donny Lia
, who later moved to the #07 with Tony Jackson. The #21 would then be fielded as a 'start and park' truck with Johnny Chapman
, Butch Miller
, and Chris Eggleston sharing the ride. Jake Crum
made his NCWTS debut in the #21 at the Bristol Motor Speedway
on August 18, 2010 during the O'Reilly 200. Crum qualified 13th and ran well early in the event, but fell victim to a broken fuel pump midway through the event. The truck was later taken over at the EnjoyIllinois.com 225
by David Starr
who had left Randy Moss Motorsports the week prior due to lack of performance and the decision to have the #81 miss Chicago and Kentucky. Starr drove the #21 Chevrolet to a top-10 finish at Chicagoland and drove the #81 Zachry Toyota for the rest of the season to a 9th place finish in points.
drove the 03 truck first in 2006, finishing 36th and 35th respectively. Johnny Chapman
then drove at Texas Motor Speedway
, finishing 35th. Chapman drove the 78 at Atlanta in 2007, finishing last. Other drivers of the 06 truck in 2007 were Morgan Shepherd
, Blake Mallory, Randy MacDonald
, Dotter, Edwards, and Brandon Knupp.
team, has dabbled in the Truck Series with a limited partnership with GLR, providing associate sponsorship for the team. However, with the recent financial successes of merged teams such as Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, coupled with Gene Christiensen's bid for a seat in Congress, both GLR and SS expanded their partnership to a full merger beginning in 2008.
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
Camping World Truck Series team. Owned and operated by businessmen Ken Smith and Steve Urvan and former driver Bobby Dotter, the team fields the #07 Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck introduced by Toyota in the year 2000. It was widely considered to be the first full-size import-brand truck built with an American look and feel and a refined V8 engine. The Tundra was eventually nominated for the North American Truck of the Year...
for several drivers and the #81 Zachry Industrial, Inc. Toyota for David Starr
David Starr
David Starr is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #95 WRL General Contractors/TWD Drywall/B&D Electrical/Fenton Motor Group Ford Fusion for Leavine Fenton Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series part-time and the #81 Zachry Holdings, Inc. Toyota Tundra for SS-Green Light Racing...
. This team is notable in that it used to campaign with Chevrolet Silverados, Dodge Rams, and Toyota Tundras, though the team did use Ford F-150s for some races. They will use Toyota Tundras for the 2011 season.
Green Light began competing in the Truck Series in 2000, when Dotter drove the #45 in two races for Gene Christensen, his best finish being seventeenth at The Milwaukee Mile. Jason Small drove one race later that season at IRP, where he finished 25th.
Truck #07 history
The #07 truck began racing in 2001 with former owner Gene Christensen driving the Racing For Kids Chevrolet. He failed to finish higher than 30th that season and completed just 63 laps total. Aaron Daniel and Mike Olsen drove the 07 for a total of three races that season in addition. Jason SmallJason Small
-Nextel Cup Series:Small made one career Nextel Cup Series start and it came in 2002 at the Michigan, for Price Motorsports. He started 41st and ended up finishing there, after his brakes failed early.-Craftsman Truck Series:...
began racing the 07 full-time the following season with Sunbelt Rentals sponsoring. He had two top-tens and finished 22nd in the points standings. Rich Bickle
Rich Bickle
Richard "Rich" Bickle, Jr. is a journeyman NASCAR driver. Bickle, who has never completed a full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has a long history in short track racing.-Early career:...
drove the 07 at the season opener in 2003, before Bobby Dotter drove for several races in the truck. Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Allen Mayfield is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas...
had a sixth-place finish the following race at Lowe's, with Stan Boyd
Stan Boyd
Stan Boyd is a former NASCAR driver who competed in both the Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.-Truck Series:...
and Blake Mallory driving in select races afterwards. Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
would then drive for six races, with Ryan Hanson and Mark McFarland
Mark McFarland
Mark McFarland of Winchester, Virginia) Currently works as a crew chief for Matt DiBenedetto in the K&N Pro East Series. McFarland won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 2003.-Early career:...
driving in between. Dotter and Shane Sieg would finish out the year in the truck. Ricky Moxley will race the #07 truck for the Lucas oil Camping world truck seires in INDY.
In 2004, Sieg was hired as the full-time driver with Auto Air Colors sponsoring. Despite an eighth place finish at Milwaukee, he was released before the final quarter of the season, and Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy (racer)
Sean Murphy in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a current competitor in the ASA Super Late Model Series. He is racing in the #07 ASI Limited Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing in 2007....
and Andy Houston
Andy Houston
Andy Houston is a veteran of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, scoring three wins. Houston is the son of legendary Busch Driver Tommy Houston and the youngest of three brothers, one of them being part-time NASCAR driver Marty Houston and the other being the oldest of the three, Scott Houston...
would end the season in the truck. Murphy would be hired to drive the 07 for the first five races of the season, and after one thirteenth-place finish, Butch Miller
Butch Miller (racing driver)
Butch Miller is a racecar driver. He drives the #07 Toyota Tundra part time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on a limited basis, and is also a crew chief for SS-Green Light Racing. He is a multiple champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series...
took over at Mansfield, and finished tenth. Rich Bickle, Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer is an American driver. He has raced mostly in short track competition and as high as the NASCAR Busch Series . Wimmer is currently competing in the ASA Midwest Tour where he finished fourth in 2008.-Early career:Wimmer's career began in his youth, when he began working on his uncle,...
, and Eric Norris
Eric Norris
-Biography:Norris was born in Redondo Beach, California, the son of Dianne and Walker, Texas Ranger star Chuck Norris. He won the 2002 NASCAR Winston West Championship during a limited schedule in major league NASCAR racing....
also raced the 07, before Jack Bailey drove a total of six races, with a best finish of 26th. Chase Pistone, Jose Luis Ramirez
Jose Luis Ramirez (NASCAR)
José Luis Ramírez is a NASCAR driver. He has attempted to become the fourth Mexican driver to run a NEXTEL Cup race after Pedro Rodríguez, Al Loquasto, and Jorge Goeters. He attempted a NEXTEL race in 2005 at Infineon Raceway, but he failed to qualify. He did qualify for two NASCAR Craftsman Truck...
, and Wimmer finished out the season in the truck. Murphy returned at the beginning of the 2006 season, but did not last long, with Clint Bowyer
Clint Bowyer
Clint Bowyer is a NASCAR driver. He drives the #15 5 Hour Energy Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series for Michael Waltrip Racing. Early in his career, he drove for Richard Childress Racing. He won the 2008 Nationwide Series championship....
finishing seventh at Martinsville in the Jack Daniel's
Jack Daniel's
Jack Daniel's is a brand of sour mash Tennessee whiskey that is among the world's best-selling liquors. It is known for its square bottles and black label. As of November, 2007, one blogger was claiming that it was the best-selling whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee by...
truck. Justin Martz, Robert Turner, Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
, and Butch Miller drove one race apiece, with Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #52 car, for Jimmy Means Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500.-Early career:...
driving a pair of races with Roadloans.com sponsorship. Chad McCumbee drove the 07 for a pair of races, when U.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 at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville. On August 2, 2011, it was announced that Nashville Superspeedway will not host any NASCAR events in 2012. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles in...
. T. J. Bell
T. J. Bell
Timothy Peter Bell Jr. is an American racing driver. He currently drives the #50 Liberty Tire Recycling Chevrolet Silverado for MAKE Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series....
would drive for one race, and John Mickel
John Mickel
John Mickel , is a stock car racer and commentator. He has raced in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Pickup Truck Racing with TorqueSpeed...
brought sponsorship from Torquespeed and leased out the 07 for the rest of the season, his best finish 20th.
After the 2006 season, Tim Sauter
Tim Sauter
Tim Sauter is an American race car driver. He has competed in the American Speed Association, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR Busch Series, and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He is the son of Jim Sauter, and the brother of NASCAR drivers Jay and Johnny Sauter.Sauter made his NASCAR...
and Lester Buildings joined the team for 2007. Despite only one top-ten finish, Sauter finished 16th in the points but was runner up to Willie Allen
Willie Allen (NASCAR)
Willie Allen , is a stock car racing driver, currently driving the #05 Owens Corning Roofing/31-W Insulation Chevrolet Impala for Day Enterprise Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series....
for Rookie of the Year. Both Sauter and Lester Buildings departed at season's end, possibly due to the struggles of the housing market. Shane Seig, Sean Murphy and Ryan Lawler shared the ride in 2008 with ASI Limited
In 2009, Chad McCumbee
Chad McCumbee
Chad McCumbee is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #1 ModSpace Ford Fusion for Andy Belmont Racing in the ARCA Racing Series and has run four full seasons in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is also known for his portrayal of Dale Earnhardt, Jr...
returned to SS Green Light Racing to drive the #07 in 21 races. With part-time sponsorship from Tiwi and Valvoline, he had five top-ten finishes and finished 19th in points. Jason Young and Burt Myers
Burt Myers
Burt Myers is a race car driver on NASCAR's Whelen Southern Modified Tour. In 1999, at the age of 23, he became the youngest Bowman Gray Stadium track champion in history...
filled in the rest of the schedule. Sean Murphy opened the 2010 season by finishing 13th at Daytona with Deitz & Watson sponsoring. For the rest of the season, Donny Lia and Tony Jackson split the driving duties, with Jackson scheduled to run 7 races. After a long string of bad luck, Lia departed the #07 team after the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol.
For 2011, the team will now run with Toyota. Donnie Neuenberger
Donnie Neuenberger
Donnie Neuenberger is a NASCAR driver. Neuenberger is a cancer survivor. During the 2004 season, he was diagnosed after nerves were pinched by the tumor during a race...
drove at Daytona and B.J. McLeod drove at Phoenix with Boggy Creek Airboat Rides. Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
drove a few races in the truck, mostly as a start and park. They will use other drivers through the season as well.
Truck #23 history
The team began competing in 2000 with Dotter driving the #45 People Against Drugs Chevrolet in two races, his best finish a seventeenth at The Milwaukee Mile. For the 2001 season, Dotter would drive the 08 full-time while campaigning for Rookie of the Year. He had a 10th place finish at IRP and finished fifteenth in points. He continued to drive the 08 truck in 2002, posting four top-ten finishes and finishing a career best fourteenth in points. In 20032003 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season was the ninth season of the third highest stock car racing in the United States. The season included twenty-five races, beginning with the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway...
, rookie Jody Lavender
Jody Lavender
Jody Lavender is a NASCAR driver, competing in the Camping World Series, East Division. He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina.-Racing history:Lavender only competed in one Busch Series race, in a family owned #08 Ford...
was hired as the team's driver for most of the season, bringing sponsorship from Lavender's Discount Carpets and Hartsville 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
Ken Weaver
For the rock musician, see Ken Weaver .Ken Weaver is a former NASCAR driver from Dallas, Texas. He drives the 20 PhoneCo – Industrial Lightspeed Chevrolet in the ARCA stock car series. He ran in NASCAR in 2004 and 2005, before returning to ARCA.- Craftsman Truck Series career :Weaver has 24 career...
was hired as the next driver of the 08 truck in 2004, bringing 1-800-4-A-Phone as sponsorship, and he raced a total of fifteen times, with a best finish of 18th at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
. Various other drivers raced the 08 truck that season, including Dotter, Tony Raines
Tony Raines
Floyd Anthony Raines is an American race car driver. He is a former National Touring Series champion in the now defunct American Speed Association and 1999 Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
, A. J. Fike
A. J. Fike
A.J. Fike is an American racecar driver. He was born on December 29, 1980 and resides in Galesburg, Illinois. He is the older brother of NASCAR driver Aaron Fike. Fike won the 1999 United States Auto Club Midget Car rookie of the year title and his younger brother Aaron Fike won the award the...
, Butch Miller
Butch Miller (racing driver)
Butch Miller is a racecar driver. He drives the #07 Toyota Tundra part time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on a limited basis, and is also a crew chief for SS-Green Light Racing. He is a multiple champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series...
, Bill Manfull, and Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy (racer)
Sean Murphy in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a current competitor in the ASA Super Late Model Series. He is racing in the #07 ASI Limited Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing in 2007....
. Weaver started driving the 08 truck for the first three races in 2005, and had a sixth-place finish at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...
, before he left the team. Without a primary sponsor, the team began racing with the driver-by committee schedule, and Tam Topham drove for the team at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
, before Rich Bickle drove the next two races, and finished fifth at Mansfield
Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
Mansfield Motorsports Park is a half-mile oval racetrack located in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing. The track hosts an ARCA RE/MAX Series race in 2009...
. Butch Miller and Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #52 car, for Jimmy Means Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500.-Early career:...
drove one race apiece, before Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
drove in four of the next five races. Miller and Topham raced another time in the 08 that year, along with Jarit Johnson, Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer is an American driver. He has raced mostly in short track competition and as high as the NASCAR Busch Series . Wimmer is currently competing in the ASA Midwest Tour where he finished fourth in 2008.-Early career:Wimmer's career began in his youth, when he began working on his uncle,...
, Mark McFarland
Mark McFarland
Mark McFarland of Winchester, Virginia) Currently works as a crew chief for Matt DiBenedetto in the K&N Pro East Series. McFarland won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 2003.-Early career:...
, and Jack Bailey.
In 2006, Bobby Hamilton, Jr.
Bobby Hamilton, Jr.
Charles Robert Hamilton, Jr. is a NASCAR driver and owner, and current track promoter. He is currently a free agent...
raced in the first three races of the season with Corky'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, and Boris Jurkovic followed at the following race, when the team returned to Chevrolet. Mike Greenwell
Mike Greenwell
Michael Lewis Greenwell is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire MLB career with the Boston Red Sox . He briefly played a few games for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan , before retiring. Greenwell was nicknamed "The Gator." He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
made his debut at Mansfield, finishing 26th, and after Johnny Chapman drove at Dover, Chad McCumbee
Chad McCumbee
Chad McCumbee is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #1 ModSpace Ford Fusion for Andy Belmont Racing in the ARCA Racing Series and has run four full seasons in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is also known for his portrayal of Dale Earnhardt, Jr...
was hired as Green Light Racing's first full-time driver in two years. With the exception of two races where Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer is an American driver. He has raced mostly in short track competition and as high as the NASCAR Busch Series . Wimmer is currently competing in the ASA Midwest Tour where he finished fourth in 2008.-Early career:Wimmer's career began in his youth, when he began working on his uncle,...
and Mike Greenwell
Mike Greenwell
Michael Lewis Greenwell is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire MLB career with the Boston Red Sox . He briefly played a few games for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan , before retiring. Greenwell was nicknamed "The Gator." He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
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 to race the 08 for the 2007 season, skipping the Sam's Town 400
Sam's Town 400
The WinStar World Casino 400K is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that takes place at Texas Motor Speedway.-Past winners:*2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, & 2011: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish....
due to making his NEXTEL Cup debut at Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond...
, being replaced by Eric Norris. He left for MRD Motorsports
MRD Motorsports
MRD Motorsports is an American NASCAR team. The team is owned by Dave Malcolmson but has been inactive as of 2009.Malcolmson originally started the team in the Allison Legacy Series as a driver before retiring as an owner. Malcolmson would debut his team in the Goody's Dash Series before moving up...
late in the season, and Shane Sieg
Shane Sieg
Shane Sieg is a suspended NASCAR driver. He last drove the #93 S&W Services Chevrolet for RSS Racing. He is the older brother of fellow Truck Series driver Ryan Sieg.-Camping World Truck Series:...
took his place, for a couple of races, with Dennis Setzer
Dennis Setzer
Dennis Setzer is a NASCAR driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series. He currently splits time between the #23, #49, and #70 cars, all for Jay Robinson Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...
driving at New Hampshire. Chris Jones took over the ride starting at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...
. For 2008, Jason White
Jason White (NASCAR)
Jason White is the driver for the #23 GunBroker.com Chevy Silverado for Joe Denette Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He has been racing in NASCAR since 1999.-Beginnings:...
brought sponsorship from GunBroker.com, along with the team's manufacturer change to Dodge
Dodge
Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
. 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 with Tim Brown, Chrissy Wallace
Chrissy Wallace
Chrissy Wallace is a NASCAR driver. She is the daughter of NASCAR driver Mike Wallace, who himself is a 3 time winner at Daytona International Raceway, and middle brother of the famous Wallace triumvirate of ABC/ESPN racing analyst and former Winston Cup champion Rusty Wallace and former NASCAR...
, Jamie Dick
Jamie Dick
Jamie Dick is an American race car driver from New Mexico. He currently drives the #02 Viva Auto Group Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series....
, and Brett Butler
Brett Butler (NASCAR)
Brett Butler is a NASCAR driver who most recently ran in its Camping World Truck Series. He is the younger brother of driver Ken Butler III.-Early career:...
. White returned to the #23 in 2010, and the team had their best season. White won the pole at Daytona and was in the top five in points for half of the season. However, the teams performance dropped and they took home a 10th place finish in points. White left the team for the new Joe Denette Motorsports for 2011. This team will not run next year.
Truck #81 history
The #81 truck debuted in 2007 as the #0 with Sharon Rice listed as the owner. Brandon Knupp drove it first at Texas Motor SpeedwayTexas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
, and finished 34th after suffering overheating. Three weeks later, Wayne Edwards drove the truck and finished last with braking malfunction. In 2008
2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series began on February 15, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the Chevy Silverado HD 250. The season concluded on November 14 of that year at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the Ford 200. Johnny Benson of Bill Davis Racing was crowned champion. The season...
, the #0 ran a part-time schedule with Christensen as the owner. Butch Miller drove most of the races, with two 32nd-place finish, along with Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards is a part time racer in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He has driven for numerous teams over the past eight years....
, Chris Jones, Mike Olsen, Norm Benning
Norm Benning
Norm Benning, Jr. is a full-time owner/driver. He has competed in the three top touring series of NASCAR, and currently owns and drives the #57 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Benning is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a business...
, Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
, and Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #52 car, for Jimmy Means Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Lepage is the only NASCAR driver from Vermont to qualify for the Daytona 500.-Early career:...
. The truck did not return until 2010 as the 21 and Steve Urvan as the owner.
In 2010 the #21 initially fell to Donny Lia
Donny Lia
Donny Lia is an American race car driver. He won the 2007 & 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...
, who later moved to the #07 with Tony Jackson. The #21 would then be fielded as a 'start and park' truck with Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
, Butch Miller
Butch Miller
Butch Miller may refer to:*Butch Miller *Butch Miller...
, and Chris Eggleston sharing the ride. Jake Crum
Jake Crum
Christopher Jake Crum is a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He drives the #21 Chevrolet Silverado for SS-Green Light Racing under crew chief Butch Miller...
made his NCWTS debut in the #21 at the Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...
on August 18, 2010 during the O'Reilly 200. Crum qualified 13th and ran well early in the event, but fell victim to a broken fuel pump midway through the event. The truck was later taken over at the EnjoyIllinois.com 225
EnjoyIllinois.com 225
The Fast Five 225 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that takes place at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.-History:The race debuted in 2009 and marked the first time that the Camping World Truck Series raced at Chicagoland, although the truck series had previously raced at Chicago...
by David Starr
David Starr
David Starr is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #95 WRL General Contractors/TWD Drywall/B&D Electrical/Fenton Motor Group Ford Fusion for Leavine Fenton Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series part-time and the #81 Zachry Holdings, Inc. Toyota Tundra for SS-Green Light Racing...
who had left Randy Moss Motorsports the week prior due to lack of performance and the decision to have the #81 miss Chicago and Kentucky. Starr drove the #21 Chevrolet to a top-10 finish at Chicagoland and drove the #81 Zachry Toyota for the rest of the season to a 9th place finish in points.
Other teams
Beginning with the 2006 season, Green Light Racing began fielding a third team when the expected field was short. Wayne EdwardsWayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards is a part time racer in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He has driven for numerous teams over the past eight years....
drove the 03 truck first in 2006, finishing 36th and 35th respectively. Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman
Johnny Chapman is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.-Racing career:...
then drove at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
, finishing 35th. Chapman drove the 78 at Atlanta in 2007, finishing last. Other drivers of the 06 truck in 2007 were Morgan Shepherd
Morgan Shepherd
Clay Morgan Shepherd has been a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver since 1977. He has also raced in the Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series. He is a born again Christian who serves as a lay minister to the racing community...
, Blake Mallory, Randy MacDonald
Randy MacDonald
Randy MacDonald , is a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as the car owner of the full-time #81 MacDonald Motorsports car in the Nationwide Series. He is a veteran of all three major NASCAR Series...
, Dotter, Edwards, and Brandon Knupp.
Merger with SS Racing
SS Racing, although an ASAAmerican Speed Association
The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida. ASA was most famous for a national touring series which began in 1973 but was...
team, has dabbled in the Truck Series with a limited partnership with GLR, providing associate sponsorship for the team. However, with the recent financial successes of merged teams such as Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, coupled with Gene Christiensen's bid for a seat in Congress, both GLR and SS expanded their partnership to a full merger beginning in 2008.