David Green has had his share of success over the years. Call him greedy, but he still wants more. After winning his first Championship in the NASCAR Busch Series, Green says “Some say I’ve only won one Championship. I say I’ve only won one Championship… So Far.” That statement clearly describes Green’s drive for success which started in 1991 when Green hit the NASCAR Busch Series full time. Green turned heads by capturing the pole in the Series’ most prestigious race, the Goody’s 300 at Daytona International Speedway in only his first event at the famed high banked race track. That year he also scored his first career Busch Series victory at Lanier, Ga. in only his 12th start on the circuit. Green finished runner up to Jeff Gordon in the 1991 Rookie of the Year competition.
In 1994 David Green captured the Series’ highest honor —the NASCAR Busch Series Championship. He almost repeated the feat again in 1996. Voted the Busch Series Most Popular Driver for the 1996 season, Green finished second in the point standings by a mere 29 points. After competing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series for several seasons, he returned to the Busch Series full time in 2000. During this season he recorded his 200th career start at the Bristol Motor Speedway and finished ninth in the championship point standings. With 19 career pole positions to his credit, Green currently ranks fourth in the record books.
Like many successful drivers, Green started racing in go karts as a youngster. He was competing in the Southern Indiana Racing Association with the likes of John Andretti, Scott Pruett and current IRL driver Mark Dinsmore. He won the Indiana State Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976, then won a National Title in the World Karting Association in 1979 before moving to stock cars in 1980. Green raced around his native Kentucky in various divisions until 1984 when he took on a tougher challenge – racing in the All American 400 in Nashville, against drivers like Alan Kulwicki, Mark Martin, and Dick Trickle.
Green went on to drive for Wayne Day in the All-American Challenge series, a NASCAR touring division, where he won six poles, five races, and finished third in the points twice. Green and Day then put together a Busch Series team that first competed in the July 4, 1989 race at Myrtle Beach, S.C. There, Green met Bobby Labonte. Labonte was impressed with Green. Their relationship grew and when Green lost his ride at the end of his remarkable 1991 rookie campaign, Labonte was quick to call. Labonte asked Green if he would consider spending the 1992 season working in Labonte’s shop, with an eye to moving into the driver’s seat in 1993. Green accepted and the rest is history!
David Green’s Career Highlights
2003-2006 – Drove for Brewco Motorsports’ NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) team. Acquired four wins, 20 top-five, 45 top-10 finishes, and three pole positions. Finished second in the Championship Point Standings in 2003, 7th in 2004, and 8th in 2005.
2002 – Drove a partial schedule in the NBS. Grabbed three top-five and four top-10 finishes.
2001 – Competed full-time in the NBS. Scored six top-10 finishes.
2000 – Ran a full-season in the NBS, capturing two top-5 and 11 top-10 finishes. Finished 9th in the Championship Point Standings.
1999 – Drove a limited schedule in the NBS while competing in the Nextel Cup Series. Scored the pole once, and finished in the top-five once and in the top-10 seven times in only 17 NBS starts.
1998 – Competed on a limited schedule in NBS while driving in the Nextel Cup Series. Scored seven top-five and eight top-10 finishes in only 19 NBS starts.
1997 – First full-time season in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Finished second in Rookie of the Year standings.
1996 – Scored two wins, 13 top-five, eighteen top-10 finishes, and four pole positions en route to a second place finish in the Point Standings in the NBS.
1995 - Qualified for his second consecutive Busch Clash by winning four Busch poles during the season, recording one win, four top-five, and six top-10 finishes before claiming 12th in final point standings. Hired by Dale Earnhardt to pilot No. 76 Smith & Wesson sponsored NASCAR SuperTruck at Phoenix.
1994 – Won the NBS Championship with one win, 10 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes, along with nine pole positions. By virtue of his pole awards, David qualified to be the first NBS driver to participate in Busch Clash at Daytona. Won $391,000, the second highest season earnings in Series’ history.
1993 – Ran the whole NBS season for Bob Labonte, scoring six top-five and 16 top-10 finishes before closing out the year 3rd in the Championship Point Standings.
