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an American stock car racing driver. Smith grew up in Cato, New York and began his racing career at the age of four, when he began racing go-karts and microds. Over the next several years, he won numerous regional and state championships. In 1995, he and his family moved to Mooresville, North Carolina to allow Smith to advance his career. Smith began his NASCAR career racing in the Truck Series in 2002. He made his debut at the age of 18 driving the #63 Ford F-150 for MB Motorsports at South Boston Speedway. He also made his Xfinity Series debut at Memphis Motorsports Park for Ed Whitaker, starting 16th but finishing 39th after a wreck. For 2003-2004 Smith bounced around from team to team; all of them under-funded so he had problems producing good results. Smith began the 2005 season with Xpress Motorsports's #19 team, but lost the ride after sponsorship

failed to materialize. At the end of the 2005 season, Smith signed on with Team Rensi Motorsports to run a full Xfinity season for 2006, with his best finish of 10th coming at Charlotte Speedway. Smith ended the season with one top 10 as well as a number of other strong finishes, and ended the season 20th overall in points. Towards the end of the season Smith tested for Ginn Racing at Kentucky, and signed a deal with them to run the full Xfinity season, and also 16 cup races which, would come in a car shared with Mark Martin for the 2007 season. Regan Smith made his CUP debut at the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway driving the #01 car with US Army sponsorship, finishing 25th in NASCAR's first Car of Tomorrow race. Regan made

six starts in the #01 sharing ride the with Mark Martin. Regan attempted to make the Daytona 500 but did not make the race. He was removed from the #01 on July 17, 2007 and moved to the #14 after the release of Sterling Marlin, but before the team could run a race Ginn Racing merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. As a result the #14 team's owner points were transferred to DEI's #15 team and Smith was out of a ride for rest of the 2007 season. Smith returned to the #01 for 2008 as its sole driver, with Martin moving over to the #8. The team operated with little to no sponsorship but managed to stay in business the entire season. Smith lost out on his first win at Talladega Super speedway because on the final lap, in the

tri-oval, he passed Tony Stewart and got into first place, but however it was announced that Smith went below the yellow line when he made the pass. The victory was given to Stewart. Smith said that he was pushed down by Stewart, which was true, but NASCAR rule is you can not pass below the yellow line even if you are forced and his pleas were ignored. Smith won the 2008 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year award, beating out Sam Hornish, Jr. He became the first rookie driver in Sprint Cup history to finish every race entered in his rookie season. On January 14, 2009 he signed with Furniture Row Racing to drive the No. 78 for its part-time 2009 slate of races. He made eighteen of twenty attempts with the team, and was hired to drive full time with the team being offered Richard Childress Racing chassis and Hendrick Motorsports engines. In

2010, he did not score any top tens, but still finished 28th in the point standings, his best of his career. At the 2011 Daytona 500, Smith returned to the 78 car. Smith finished seventh after crashing in the final laps while battling for the lead. Although disappointing, he was able to come back and finish 7th in the first top 10 finish of his Cup series career and for Furniture Row Racing. On May 7, 2011 at the Showtime 500 at Darlington Speedway, Smith won his first Sprint Cup race, holding off Carl Edwards at the end. On a late caution, Smith stayed out on older tires while Edwards and most of the lead lap cars pitted for fresh right side tires. Smith fended off Edwards for two restarts to claim the first cup win of his career at Darlington Raceway. At the 2011 Brickyard 400, Smith Brickyard 400, Smith had enough fuel to end with a solid 3rd place finish by passing

Jamie McMurray on the last lap, for his second Top 5 of 2011. His former teammate Paul Menard ended up winning the race. It was announced on September 24, 2012 that Smith would not be returning to Furniture Row Racing for the 2013 season. He was replaced by Kurt Busch. In his last start for FRR, in the fall race at Talladega, Smith had a fifth place finish. From 2013-2015 Smith only made sporadic starts in the Cup series; a total of 11 over that three year span. In 2013 Smith again drove for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity series posting two

wins, and he finished third in the points. 2014 was another good season as Smith won once; but he ran very good in most races and finished second in the points to his JR Motorsports team mate Chase Elliott. He won twice in 2015 driving the #7 Tax Slayer Chevy but finished fourth in the points. In 2016 he moved back up to the CUP ranks, driving for team owner Tommy Baldwin in the #7 Golden Corral car. Smith posted a season high third place finish and also added two other top ten finishes. He ended up 34th in points. At the end of the 2016 season Tommy Baldwin sold his charter to Levine Family Racing so Baldwin is no longer guaranteed a starting spot in the 2017 races. Without a Cup ride for 2017; Smith went back to the Truck Series; driving 13 of the 23 events. He had a best finish of sixth at Daytona. In 2018 Smith went to work as a pit road

reporter for NBC. Smith drove in 2018 'by accident'. Smith had pretty much decided his driving days were over when he accepted a job as a announcer and pit road reporter. When Kasey Kahne had health issues in September, Smith was called upon to fill in. He drove the #95 Leavine Family Racing vehicle the final eleven races of the season. He run pretty good for someone who had been out of a race car for nine months as he posted three Top 15 finishes and six in the top 22. Matt DiBenedetto will take over the controls for the #95 car in 2019; with Smith resuming his reporter duties. However in 2019 Smith did drive two Xfinity Series

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REGAN LEE SMITH - 09/23/1983