David Stremme

Stremme's worst finish that year was a 31st at Dover.

Due to a contract obligation, Finch had Jamie McMurray back in the car for the final two races, and Stremme moved to Braun Racing for the remaining two races.

Stremme led 48 laps at Rockingham, finishing 5th, and additionally drove the No. 30 Sport Clips Dodge home in 14th.

His racing roots can be traced back to Midwestern short track racing, where he followed in the footsteps originally cast by his Great Uncle in the 1950s.

David Andrew Stremme (born June 19, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Stremme was born in South Bend, Indiana.

Stremme's first stock car victory came in the early 1990s at New Paris Speedway, while behind the wheel of his mother's street stock ride.

Once track officials realized that he was only 15 years old however, he was forced to temporarily give up driving.

Once he reached legal driving age, Stremme moved to the Midwestern short tracks scene.

David is an avid race car builder and has a great understanding of the cars he races.

Being part of a racing family (father, mother, and brother) racing is his life.

During his career, he earned 24 feature wins, two Rookie of the Year titles and two track championships in just four years.

During 1998, 1999, and 2000, Stremme raced for the ISES Performance Group, Inc.

The team was made up of Stremme's racing friends and sponsored by Industrial Safety and Environmental Services, Inc.

New cars were purchased and Stremme initiated alliances with top suppliers of engines, chassis, and shock manufacturers.

In only his first start in a Kendall Late Model Series car completely assembled by Stremme at Winchester Speedway, he set a new track record and finished 4th in the race.

Subsequent to this event an even larger strategy was set forth.

Under the direction of Tris Gour, President, Industrial Safety and Environmental Services, Inc. a new car was purchased to compete in the NASCAR November Phoenix International Raceway race.

The new car was completely built by David with help from friends.

It was the first time the team had ventured significantly far away from home.

As a budget did not allow for crew chiefs or fabricators, Gour and Stremme formed an alliance with Robert Hamke.

Hamke is a well renowned chassis builder, racer, and crew chief.

Although the car built was not a Hamke Chassis, Hamke accepted the opportunity to work with Stremme and the crew, and accepted the challenge based upon reference from Performance Technologies (engine builders) and the owner of LeftHander Chassis.

Hamke had a great respect for the owner of LeftHander.

In addition, Performance Technologies had built several engines for both chassis builders (Hamke and Lefthander) clients.

While at Phoenix, the team qualified fourth and led several laps during the race.

Stremme led the majority of the race and was passed on the last lap coming out of turn three by Scott Hansen.

Subsequent to the race, it was found that Hansen was disqualified as his car was equipped with an illegal carburetor spacer plate giving him an unfair horsepower advantage.

The local news media reported on this issue but only a financial penalty was given to Hansen.

Although upset by the loss, the ISES Performance Group, Inc. and Stremme had gained the respect of the Hansen Group.

Hansen later called upon Stremme to race his car at Winchester due to a conflict with his racing schedule.

From the local tracks, Stremme became a winner in the Kendall Late Model Series and soon joined American Speed Association (ASA), where he was named the 2002 ASA Rookie of the Year.

After signing a driver development contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, Stremme started 15th in his Busch Series debut at Nashville Superspeedway in April 2003, driving the No. 1 Dodge for Phoenix Racing, and finished 7th in the race.

His strong finishes in his part-time schedule was enough to secure him the 2003 Busch Series Rookie of the Year award, despite competing in only 18 of the 34 races.

Stremme raced in the No. 32 TrimSpa Dodge Intrepid in 2004.

Stremme started 4th and finished 6th in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.

He had a 10th at Kentucky and a 9th at Memphis.

He finished 14th in both of his next two starts, before coming to 6th at Nazareth Speedway.

He led 32 laps in that race, which were the first in his career.

He finished 4th after starting 3rd at Nashville in June, and duplicated the result at the Milwaukee Mile.