Spencer Davis (racing driver)

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 Whelen Modified Tour. He also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, last driving the No. 04 Ford F-150 for Roper Racing.

Spencer Davis
Davis racing at Daytona in 2018
Born	Spencer Scott Davis (1998-11-29) November 29, 1998 (age 25) Dawsonville, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements	2014 World Series of Asphalt Pro Late Model Champion 2015 Red Eye PLM Winner (Inaugural race)
Awards	2013 PASS National Championship Super Late Model Series Rookie of the Year NASCAR Next Class of 2017
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
34 races run over 5 years
2023 position	51st
Best finish	24th (2020)
First race	2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2023 Craftsman 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
Statistics current as of November 7, 2023.

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

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	17	18	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	[40]
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	[41]
2017	Danny Watts Racing	82	Chevy	MYR	TMP	STA	LGY 23	TMP	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP	BRI	SEE	OSW	RIV	NHA	STA				51st	48	[42]
		88																	TMP 17
2018		82		MYR	TMP	STA	SEE	TMP	LGY 20	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP	BRI	OSW	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP			57th	24	[43]
2022	Spencer Davis Motorsports	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	[44]
2023				NSM 13	RCH	MON	RIV	LEE	SEE	RIV	WAL	NHA	LMP	THO	LGY	OSW	MON	RIV	NWS	THO	MAR	70th	31	[45]
2024	Cook Racing Technologies	42	Chevy	NSM 24	RCH	THO	MON	RIV	SEE	NHA	MON	LMP	THO	OSW	RIV	MON	THO	NWS	MAR			65th	20	[46]

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	[47]
2015				CRW 18	CRW 12	SBO 12	LGY 14	CRW	BGS	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT					19th	120	[48]

^* 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	[49]
		25									MCH 9	MAD	IOW 7	IRP 14	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN 15
		55																					KAN 7

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	AMSWC	Pts	Ref
2015	NTS Motorsports	20	Chevy	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS	PHO 27	70th	17	[50]
2024	Cook Racing Technologies	42	Chevy	PHO	KER	PIR	SON	IRW	IRW	SHA	TRI	MAD	AAS	KER 11	PHO		52nd	33	[51]

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External links

• Spencer Davis driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Spencer Davis owner statistics at Racing-Reference