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Team: Front Row Motorsports-38
Age / DOB:  (37) / 4/1/1976
Ht / Wt:  5'9 / 155

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The annual Coca-Cola 600 is one of David Gilliland's favorite races; it's also among the most challenging.
Gilliland has 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval. His best finish came last fall when he finished 23rd at the October Sprint Cup event. He says adjustability is the key to making it through Sunday night's 600-mile event - being ready to adapt the car to the changing conditions over the course of the night. Gilliland also points to the importance of not losing focus and making mistakes during the extra 100 miles of the marathon race.-Breaking Limits May 21 - 9:36 PM

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David Gilliland has never raced in NASCAR's Sprint All-Star Race, but he feels like his chances of earning a spot in that line-up this weekend are better than ever.

The top two finishers of the Showdown will transfer to the All-Star race immediately following the Showdown. The winner of a fan vote will also transfer. Gilliland has two top-10 finishes in six Showdown starts.-Breaking Limits
May 14 - 11:38 PM
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David Gilliland won the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award at Talladega Superspeedway.

The award is given to the eligible driver that records the fastest average speed on restarts and finishes the race on the lead lap. He earned the award for his second place finish in the Sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 38 Ford Fusion moved up four spots to 29th in the 2013 Sprint Cup point standings.
May 5 - 10:40 PM
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David Gilliland had posted the second-fastest speed in Daytona 500 final practice that weekend, and then got knocked out of the big race in a Lap 138 chain-reaction pile-up.

The team heads to the series' second restrictor-plate race with just as much confidence as they showed in the season-opening weekend. Gilliland has earned one top-five and two top-10 finishes and one pole position in his 11 Sprint Cup starts at the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway. His best finish was fourth in 2007.-Breaking Limits
May 1 - 7:38 PM
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EZCORP will join the "Wild Asphalt Circus" at Texas Motor Speedway, partnering with David Gilliland and the Front Row Motorsports No. 38 Ford for the April 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Austin-based EZCORP is a leading provider of instant cash solutions, operating more than 1,350 pawn, buy/sell and personal financial services stores in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. EZCORP is proud to be part of one of the fastest and most exciting races on the Sprint Cup schedule. Speeds often exceed 190 miles per hour, and the cars shine and the sparks fly in the nighttime setting at the 1.5-mile Forth Worth oval.-Breaking Limits
Apr 8 - 7:55 PM
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David Gilliland already sees a big difference in his team's performance from previous years.

The combination of Gilliland, new crew chief Frank Kerr and the team's self-built race cars has delivered a competitive product on track in the early part of the season, with the team unloading stronger and seeing results on the speed chart sooner. Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500 will be Gilliland's 14th Sprint Cup start at Martinsville. His best result was 19th in 2010.-Breaking Limits
Apr 2 - 2:56 PM
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David Gilliland, the Riverside, Calif. native, enjoys the annual homecoming to the Fontana speedway, his home track before moving across the country seven years ago to pursue his NASCAR career.

Gilliland hopes to answer all the support with his best run of the young season. His team aims to top the 24th-place finish earned last weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where they were running in the top 15 until suffering damage from a blown tire. Long John Silver's returns to Gilliland's Ford Fusion at the two-mile Auto Club Speedway, where the driver has 11 Sprint Cup career starts. His best finish is 17th (2008).-Breaking Limits
Mar 19 - 8:42 PM
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Most people like a nice smooth road when they're behind the wheel, but when it comes to Sprint Cup race tracks, sometimes bumpier is better.

David Gilliland, for one, looks forward to the unique surface characteristics of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The California native has been racing at Las Vegas since he was a 21-year-old K&N Pro Series West driver. Sunday's Kobalt Tools 400 will be Gilliland's seventh Cup career start at the 1.5-mile oval. His best finish is 14th (2009).-Breaking Limits
Mar 5 - 12:29 PM
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David Gilliland, the Riverside, Calif. native, is right at home in Phoenix, a track where he raced frequently - and won - early in his career in the Pro Series West.

In his Sprint Cup career, Gilliland has one top-15 and two top-20 finishes at the Avondale, AZ oval. His best finish was 15th in 2008. The Long John Silver's paint scheme will make its 2013 debut on Gilliland's No. 38 Ford Fusion for Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the one-mile oval in the desert.-Breaking Limits
Feb 27 - 11:56 AM
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Love's Travel Stops will sponsor Front Row Motorsports for three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, beginning with the season-opening Daytona 500.

The travel center's colors will adorn David Gilliland's No. 38 Ford for the "Great American Race" at Daytona International Speedway later this month, David Ragan's No. 34 Ford at Texas Motor Speedway in April, and a third race to be determined. Love's Travel Stops, based in Oklahoma City, Okla., is family-owned and operated with more than 290 locations in 39 states and is currently ranked No. 7 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies.-Breaking Limits
Feb 8 - 2:42 PM
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Front Row Motorsports has hired Frank Kerr as crew chief of David Gilliland's No. 38 Ford.

Kerr was most recently at JTG Daugherty Racing, where he served as crew chief for Bobby Labonte in 2011 and Marcos Ambrose in 2009 and 2010. The former sprint-car champion has been a staple of the Sprint Cup garage since 2000 and has worked with drivers including David Reutimann, Robby Gordon and Stacy Compton. He'll be rejoined with Gilliland, who worked briefly with Kerr in a Nationwide Series ride in 2005 and now enters his fourth year with Front Row.-Breaking Limits
Jan 17 - 9:01 AM
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Renewals of long-time partnerships will have Front Row Motorsports poised to run its most competitive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season ever in 2013, with the team announcing new agreements with drivers David Ragan, David Gilliland and Josh Wise.

The team will also continue its relationships with manufacturing partner Ford Racing and engine builder Roush Yates Racing Engines. Team owner Bob Jenkins said: "David Gilliland has been a rock for us for three years and David Ragan brought race-winning experience to us last year and returns for 2013. That stability is huge for a young, developing team, and I know we’ll continue to improve and have even better results this upcoming season." Derrick Finley will continue to lead Gilliland’s No. 38 crew.
Source: Front Row Motorsports
Thu, Dec 13, 2012 09:43:00 PM
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Glory Foods will sponsor the Front Row Motorsports entries of David Gilliland and the No. 38 team and also David Ragan and the No. 34 team.

The sponsorship is aimed to bring awareness to the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, Feeding America. As part of the "Race to Feeding America" campaign, Glory Foods will donate $1 million to Feeding America if either David Ragan or David Gilliland wins Saturday night's 500-mile race. Gilliland and Ragan have already helped Glory Foods donate 43,000 pounds of canned goods to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, a Feeding America Food Bank in Charlotte.-Breaking Limits
Wed, Oct 10, 2012 11:02:00 AM
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David Gilliland takes the No. 38 Taco Bell Ford to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend for the running of the Sylvania 300.

Gilliland finished 27th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' visit to Loudon earlier this season. He has a career best finish of 25th at the track.-Breaking Limits
Wed, Sep 19, 2012 10:59:00 PM
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David Gilliland had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the first practice for the Sprint Cup IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

His average of 119.088 mph in the No. 38 Ford was best of the 18 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 17 Matt Kenseth, No. 11 Denny Hamlin, No. 27 Paul Menard and No. 15 Clint Bowyer were the rest of the top five on this list.
Fri, Aug 24, 2012 03:52:00 PM