FANTASY NASCAR Racin

BILL DAVIS - 1/18/1951 -
Bill Davis Racing was a team that competed in the CUP series from 1993-2008. He fielded a full time ride for such drivers as Bobby Labonte, Ward Burton, Dave Blaney, Scott Wimmer, Hut Stricklin, Kenny Wallace. Labonte started off with the team in 1993 and 1994. The best finish the duo produced was a fifth place in 1994 at Michigan. 1995 saw Davis use a bevy of drivers with Burton running the majority of the races. The group produced four top five finishes that season with road racing ace Wally Dallenbach being brought on board to run at Watkins Glen. He almost pulled off the win, finishing second. Burton did manage to get the teams first visit to

victory lane that season pulling off a win at Rockingham by leading the last 60 laps; and beat a tough Rusty Wallace by two seconds. The team struggled from 1996 through 1998 posting only one top five finish (second at Charlotte). 1999 saw the team make great strides and Burton finished in the top five on six occasions. He was runner-up at Las Vegas, Darlington and Rockingham. Burton finished ninth in the points that season; the best for the team during it's existence. The success from 1999 saw Bill Davis Racing expand to a two car operation as Davis hired Dave Blaney to drive a second full time car. Blaney did a respectable job as he was moving from the dirt tracks and the World of Outlaws, and learning on NASCAR's asphalt. Burton posted

a second win for the team during the spring Darlington race and had three additional top five finishes and had ten top ten results. 2001 saw more of the same as Blaney posted six top ten finishes with a best of sixth at Texas. Burton once again found victory lane; this time he won the prestigious Southern 500 at Darlington. He also posted six more top fives and ten top tens. 2002 the season started out on a high note as Burton captured the crown jewel of the season and won the Daytona 500 right out of the box. He also tacked on another win at Loudon NH. That was pretty much the highlights of the season as Burton only

had one additional top five finish and finished the season 25th in points. Blaney was replaced in 2002 as the second car was raced by Hut Stricklin driving 10 races, while Kenny Wallace spent 22 races behind the keyboard. 2003 saw Wallace take the wheel for the full season as Burton's team mate. Neither were able to produce a top finish as Burton finished sixth at Watkins Glen. Davis cleaned house and got rid of both Burton and Wallace for 2004. Scott Wimmer became the lead driver for 2004 and the second car was driven by several drivers, but was only raced part time. Blaney was back for six races; Shane Hmiel drove five; and Johnny Benson and Tony Raines drove one each. Wimmer managed just one top five finish for Davis that season. 2005 saw Wimmer's production decrease as he had a best finish of only 11th at Homestead. In 2006

Wimmer was gone and Blaney was back as the top driver. Blaney posted a fourth place finish at Richmond, and only had one other top ten result. Blaney remained Davis' lead driver throughout the remainder of the teams existence. In 2007 Blaney had a third place finish at Talladega and also had four top tens. Davis fielded a second car several times that season with Jeremy Mayfield racing in 13 events. The best he finished was a lowly 22nd at Kansas. 2008 was the final year for Bill Davis Racing. Davis ran just one car all season with Blaney at the controls. He posted

two top ten finishes with both being ninth place finishes. All in all Bill Davis Racing was able to garner five wins, all with Ward Burton driving. The team also had 28 Top 5, and 104 top ten finishes. Bill Davis Racing also raced in the Xfinity and Truck series. In 12 seasons of the Xfinity series Davis' team was able to post 11 wins. Mark Martin won three times from 1988-2000. Davis then picked up a new unknown unhearlded rookie named Jeff Gordon. Gordon won for him three times in 1992 and finished third in the season points. From that point Bill Davis Racing concentrated solely on Cup racing and didn't field a Xfinity series car until 1998. From 1998-2001 the team wasn't able to break through and get a win. They got second on four occasions with drivers Dave Blaney, Ward Burton and Scott Wimmer. Wimmer finally broke through and got the

next win in 2002 when he visited the winners circle four times and finished third in points. Wimmer won again in 2003 to get the teams final win. Kenny Wallace drove the car full time in 2004 and had ten top ten finishes. Bill Davis racing switched from racing in the Xfinity series to racing trucks starting in 2004. Starting in 2005 Davis fielded three full time truck teams. They were driven by Johnny Benson, Bill Lester and Mike Skinner. The trio combined for 17 top five finishes that season and saw Skinner win twice and finish fifth in points. 2006 saw the same trio return and they upped their game. Benson would post five wins and 13 top fives; while Skinner added another win and eight top fives of his own. Benson finished second in the points that season. Lester was let go for 2007; while Benson and Skinner continued to add

wins to the race teams totals. Benson would win four times and post 12 top fives; while Skinner added an additional five wins and 17 top fives. Benson would finish third in the points while Skinner would wind up second with Ron Hornaday being crowned Champ. Bill Davis Racing went out on top in 2008. This time they would not be denied as Benson won five times, posted fourteen top five finishes and beat out Ron Hornaday by seven points to won the Truck Series Championship. Skinner won once and added another five top five finishes and finishes sixth in points. All in all the Truck series team garnered 24 wins. posted 98 top five and 160 top ten finishes. It finished with the Championship in 2008 and was second in the points twice. Davis sold his team to Triad Racing