Spencer Davis
Davis racing at Daytona in 2018
BornSpencer Scott Davis
(1998-11-29) November 29, 1998 (age 25)
Dawsonville, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements2014 World Series of Asphalt Pro Late Model Champion
2015 Red Eye PLM Winner (Inaugural race)
Awards2013 PASS National Championship Super Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Next Class of 2017
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
31 races run over 4 years
Truck no., teamNo. 04 (Roper Racing)
2021 position33rd
Best finish24th (2020)
First race2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race2021 United Rentals 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of September 2, 2023.

Spencer Scott Davis (born November 29, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner, who currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing.

Racing career

Early years

Davis began to race in the go-kart ranks when he was six years old. From there, he progressed into late model cars and trucks.[1] He won many championships around the Southeast United States.[2] In 2014, aged 15, Davis ran the full NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour schedule with backing from Coors Light.[3] He ran a partial schedule in both the Southern Modified Tour and the main NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2015 while also driving a partial NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule.[4][5][6]

Developmental series

After finding limited success in modifieds, Davis transitioned to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2015, driving for NTS Motorsports.[7] After a restricted schedule that year,[8] he found a ride with Ranier Racing with MDM for the 2016 season.[9] Davis found victory lane for the first time at Dominion Raceway in May of that year.[10] The deal with Ranier eventually collapsed, and Davis spent the remainder of the year driving for his family team, Jefferson Pitts Racing and Hattori Racing Enterprises.[11] He was also named to the 2016–2017 NASCAR Next class.[12]

On February 11, 2017, Davis signed with Venturini Motorsports to run seven ARCA Racing Series events in 2017 after testing with the team at Daytona International Speedway.[13] His first race was at Talladega Superspeedway.[14] After scoring a top-five in his first race, Davis found the top ten in three of his other six starts.[15] He also ran premier late model events.[16]

Balancing a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule in 2018, Davis wound up running a partial schedule in the K&N East for Danny Watts Racing, which operated in conjunction with Rette Jones Racing.[17] Expanding on that, Davis and RJR announced a full K&N East slate for 2019.[18] At World Wide Technology Raceway in August, Davis earned his first win with RJR and first in three-plus years, passing Sam Mayer on a late green-white-checkered restart.[19]

NASCAR

On January 23, 2018, it was announced that Davis would compete for Kyle Busch Motorsports, splitting time between the team's Nos. 4 and 51 entries. as part of the announcement, he was named as the driver of the No. 51 in four races and the No. 4 for a race, including the first three races of the season between the Nos. 51 and the 4.[20][21][22] In his first race at Daytona International Speedway, Davis posted a seventh-place finish.[10]

In 2019, Davis ran a limited slate with K&N team Rette Jones Racing but also joined Niece Motorsports for the summer race at Chicagoland Speedway in the Truck Series.[23]

Davis in his No. 11 racing the No. 30 of Brennan Poole at Pocono in 2020

For 2020, Davis started his own team, Spencer Davis Motorsports. The team competed in most of the races during the first half of the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, fielding the No. 11 Toyota with Davis behind the wheel. On August 6, Davis revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the Henry Ford Health System 200, scheduled for the following day.[24]

In January 2021, Spencer Davis Motorsports announced Davis would run the full Truck season in the No. 11.[25] On March 20, it was announced that Davis acquired the owner's points of NEMCO Motorsports.[26] After failing to qualify at Daytona, they were not entered into the Daytona RC. The team still wants to run a majority of the schedule, in which they did with Bubba Wallace at Bristol Dirt, Camden Murphy for COTA and Clay Greenfield for 2 races.

Spotting

During 2019, Davis dipped his toe into spotting, helping Niece Motorsports driver Kyle Benjamin in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series.[27]

Personal life

Davis was homeschooled in order to maintain a flexible racing schedule.[28] Spencer Davis grew up in Dawsonville, Georgia, the son of Scott Davis and Cynthia Davis. His father, Scott Davis, runs a poultry equipment business in Dahlonega. [29]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2018 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY
7 		ATL
13 		TEX
9 		IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH
22 		BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 30th 141 [30]
4 LVS
13 		MAR DOV KAN CLT
2019 Rette Jones Racing 82 Ford DAY
DNQ 		ATL LVS 38th 81 [31]
11 MAR
20 		TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW
Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy CHI
27
Rette Jones Racing 11 Toyota KEN
8 		POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS
18 		TAL MAR PHO HOM
DNQ
2020 Spencer Davis Motorsports DAY LVS
12 		CLT
40 		ATL
25 		HOM
13 		POC
18 		KEN
14 		TEX
21 		KAN
29 		KAN
14 		MCH DAY
34 		DOV
16 		GTW
Wth 		DAR RCH BRI LVS
19 		TAL KAN TEX MAR
33 		PHO
23 		24th 225 [32]
2021 DAY
DNQ 		DAY LVS ATL
20 		BRI RCH
16 		KAN
29 		DAR
29 		COA CLT TEX NSH
25 		POC KNX GLN GTW
Wth 		DAR
22 		BRI LVS
15 		TAL MAR
29 		PHO 33rd 111 [33]
2023 Roper Racing 04 Ford DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN
36 		BRI TAL HOM
32 		51st 26 [34]
Chevy PHO
17

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2015 NTS Motorsports 20 Chevy NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA
6 		IOW
2 		GLN MOT VIR RCH
5 		DOV
4 		24th 159 [35]
2016 Ranier Racing with MDM 41 Chevy NSM
2 		MOB
2 		GRE
4 		BRI
14 		VIR
23 		DOM
1 		STA
3 		8th 440 [36]
Davis Racing 92 Toyota COL
17 		NHA
16
Jefferson Pitts Racing 55 Ford IOW
9 		GLN
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota GRE
10 		NJM
12 		DOV
25
2017 Ben Kennedy Racing 96 Toyota NSM
10 		GRE BRI
3 		SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP 21st 104 [37]
Martin-McClure Racing 13 Toyota NHA
15 		IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV
2018 Danny Watts Racing 82 Chevy NSM
6 		BRI
7 		LGY SBO
8 		SBO
5 		MEM
19 		NJE NHA
7 		IOW
4 		GTW
24 		NHA
3 		9th 426 [38]
13 TMP
4
82 Ford GLN
4 		DOV
15
2019 Rette Jones Racing 82 Ford NSM
7 		4th 458 [39]
30 BRI
5 		SBO
4 		SBO
5 		MEM
14 		NHA
7 		IOW
9 		GLN
8 		BRI
5* 		GTW
1 		NHA
4 		DOV
7

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2015 NTS Motorsports 20 Chevy KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
27 		70th 17 [40]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NWMTC Pts Ref
2014 David Hill 79 Pontiac TMP STA STA WAT
26 		RIV NHA
28 		MON STA TMP
10 		BRI NHA STA TMP
7 		26th 105 [41]
2015 Susan Hill TMP
12 		STA
30 		WAT
9 		STA
31 		TMP
24 		RIV NHA MON STA TMP BRI RIV NHA STA TMP 35th 114 [42]
2017 Danny Watts Jr. 82 Chevy MYR TMP STA LGY
23 		TMP RIV NHA STA TMP BRI SEE OSW RIV NHA STA 51st 48 [43]
88 TMP
17
2018 Pamela Hulse 82 MYR TMP STA SEE TMP LGY
20 		RIV NHA STA TMP BRI OSW RIV NHA STA TMP 57th 24 [44]
2022 Spencer Davis 29 Ford NSM
16 		RCH
26 		RIV LEE JEN
22 		MND RIV WAL NHA CLM TMP
10 		LGY OSW RIV TMP MAR
21 		33rd 125 [45]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NWSMTC Pts Ref
2014 David Hill 79 Pontiac CRW
11 		SNM
9 		SBO
13 		LGY
11 		CRW
9 		BGS
5 		BRI
5 		LGY
14 		CRW
15 		SBO
7 		SNM
10 		CRW
13 		CRW
6 		CLT
14 		9th 475 [46]
2015 CRW
18 		CRW
12 		SBO
12 		LGY
14 		CRW BGS BRI LGY SBO CLT 19th 120 [47]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2017 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL
3 		TOL ELK POC
11 		20th 1280 [48]
25 MCH
9 		MAD IOW
7 		IRP
14 		POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
15
55 KAN
7

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