Jeffrey Lynn Green (born September 6, 1962) is an American retired professional
stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately . It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It or ...
driver and
crew chief. He most recently worked for
RSS Racing
RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The main spons ...
as the crew chief for their No. 28 car in the
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nation ...
, driven by
Kyle Sieg
Kyle C. Sieg (born April 16, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 28, 38, and 39 Ford Mustangs for RSS Racing. He is the youngest son of RSS team owner Rod ...
, and also competed part-time in the
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
as a
start and park
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driver for the team.
Green's 1990
Nashville Speedway USA championship led to his first foray in NASCAR. For several years, he raced part time in the Busch Series before thriving as a full-time driver in 1995 and 1996. He then went through a two-year Cup stint with
Diamond Ridge Motorsports
Diamond Ridge Motorsports (formerly Diamond-Waltrip Racing, and Pastrana-Waltrip Racing) was a NASCAR Nationwide Series team that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and Busch Series from 1990 to 1999, and revived as a Nationwide Series team in 2 ...
and
Felix Sabates.
Green returned to the Busch Series in
1999
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for three seasons. He won the
2000
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championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
by 616 points, a series record which stood until
2006
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, and finished second in points twice. Green participated in
IROC
International Race of Champions (IROC) was a North American auto racing competition, created by Les Richter, Roger Penske and Mike Phelps, promoted as an equivalent of an American motorsports All-Star Game. Despite its name, the IROC was primar ...
's
25th season in 2001 and has raced full time with four different Sprint Cup teams since
2002
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.
Personal and early life
Green was born in
Owensboro
Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is the fourth-largest city in the state by population. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about southwest of Lou ...
,
Kentucky
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on September 6, 1962, as the youngest of three brothers;
NASCAR.com
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
(2006)
Jeff Green - Biography
Retrieved June 17, 2006. Mark
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* Finn ...
and
David Green
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would also become NASCAR drivers. He currently resides in
Davidson
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* ...
,
North Carolina
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with his wife Michelle.
[ Best Buy Racing (2006)]
Bio - Jeff Green
. Retrieved June 18, 2006. In 2002, he and Mark founded The Green Foundation, a nonprofit charity assisting people with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses.
Racing career
Early years
Green dominated the field to win the 1990 track championship at
Nashville Speedway USA. In 22 races, he won 15 times and had only one finish below third. After the season,
John Boatman approached Green about competing in the
Autolite Platinum 200, a NASCAR
Busch Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
event taking place at
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond Raceway (RR) is a , ''D''-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Known as ...
. Green would start 23rd and finish 22nd in the event, exceeding the team's goal of simply
qualifying for the race.
![JeffGreen1997Pocono](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/JeffGreen1997Pocono.jpg)
Green ran a limited schedule from
1991
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to
1994
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, sporadically appearing in Busch Series races and making Cup starts for
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* Sadler, Kentucky, United States; an unincorporated community
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* Sadler ...
and
Junior Johnson
Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. (June 28, 1931 – December 20, 2019), better known as Junior Johnson, was an American NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966. In the 1970s and 1980s, he became ...
in
1994
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. He became a full-time driver in the Busch Series in 1995 for
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) was a race team founded by Dale Earnhardt and his wife, Teresa Earnhardt, to compete in the NASCAR series, the highest level of competition for professional stock car racing in the United States. From 1998 to 2009, th ...
, and after consecutive Top 5 finishes in the points standings, he made a pair of Cup races for DEI in
1996
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. At the end of the season, he signed to drive the unsponsored No. 8 Chevy for
Diamond Ridge Motorsports
Diamond Ridge Motorsports (formerly Diamond-Waltrip Racing, and Pastrana-Waltrip Racing) was a NASCAR Nationwide Series team that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series and Busch Series from 1990 to 1999, and revived as a Nationwide Series team in 2 ...
, and won his first career race at Las Vegas. He later made 20 Winston Cup series starts in
1997
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for the No. 29
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, ...
-sponsored
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is a two-door coupe that was manufactured and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. Deriving its name from the city in Monaco, the Monte Carlo was marketed as the first personal luxury car of the Chevr ...
, owned by Diamond Ridge, finishing just behind his brother David for Rookie of the Year honors. Green planned to race full time for the team in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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, but only raced in the No. 29 for three of the first six races. He was later released by Diamond Ridge, who suspended operations for the Winston Cup team in an effort to focus on the Busch Series. Green substituted a race for
Derrike Cope
Derrike Wayne Cope (born November 3, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is known for his win in the 1990 Daytona 500. He last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 f ...
, and later signed a contract to drive the No. 46
First Union/
The Money Store-sponsored Chevrolet, owned by
Felix Sabates, for the rest of the year. Overall, he would race in 22 of 33 season events and finished 40th in points.
Busch Series
Green turned his focus back to the Busch Series afterwards, finishing in the Top 2 in points for the next three years. He finished in second place, 280 points behind
Dale Earnhardt Jr., in
1999
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driving the No. 32
Kleenex
Kleenex is a brand name for a variety of paper-based products such as facial tissue, bathroom tissue, paper towels, tampons, and diapers. Often used informally as a genericized trademark for facial tissue in the United States and Canada, the ...
-sponsored Chevy for
Progressive Motorsports
ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The team ...
. It was his first full-time Busch series season since 1996.
As his team became the No. 10
Nesquick/
Nestlé
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-sponsored Chevy and was rebranded ''ppc Racing'' in
2000
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, Green became the heavy favorite to win the championship after Earnhardt and
Matt Kenseth
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He drives the No. 8 car in the Superstar Racing Experience. (SRX)
Kenseth started racing on several short tracks in Wisconsin and won track cha ...
departed for the Winston Cup. After dueling with
Todd Bodine
Todd Martin Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 62 Toyota Tundra for Halmar Friesen Racing, and current racing ...
for the points lead early in the season, Green pulled away with 14 consecutive top-10 finishes, a streak which included five wins. At the end of the year, Green had won the Busch Series championship by 616 points over
ppc Racing
ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The tea ...
teammate
Jason Keller. This final victory margin was the largest in series history until
2006
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. Green set a series record for most top-fives in a season (25), and with
David Green
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, the
1994
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Busch Series champion, became the first brothers to both win NASCAR championships.
After the 2000 season, Green was again a championship favorite in the
2001
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season after switching to Ford. He eventually caught up to Harvick and, with a win in the
Carquest Auto Parts 300
The Alsco Uniforms 300 is an annual 300-mile (482.803 km) NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina during Memorial Day weekend as a support race for the Coca-Cola 600.
The race's origins tra ...
, Green took a 14-point lead over Harvick fourteen races into the season. However, he would suffer a 29th and two 31st-place finishes in the next four races, crippling his chances in the points race as he fell to fourth-place, 302 points behind Harvick. Green finished 124 points behind Harvick and earned his second runner-up finish in three seasons. He had seven finishes outside the Top 20 compared to only two the previous season. In all, during his three-year full-time return to the Busch Series, Green had 13 wins and 72 Top 10s — both the most of any driver during that period — and averaged three top-tens in every four races.
Later that season Green began driving for
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard Ch ...
part time in the No. 30
America Online
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...
-sponsored Chevrolet in Winston Cup (oddly enough as a replacement for Harvick, who was supposed to drive this car before the
death of Dale Earnhardt
On the afternoon of February 18, 2001, American stock car racing driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt was killed instantly due to a basilar skull fracture in a final-lap collision in the 2001 Daytona 500, in which he crashed into a retaining wal ...
caused him to be promoted to Childress' Winston Cup team much earlier than planned). Green competed in eight races, winning one pole and scoring one top-10 finish. After the season, he left the Busch Series to drive for Childress full time.
Cup Series
In Green's first full Winston Cup season in 2002, he picked up four Top 5 finishes, and six Top 10s to finish 17th in points. One of these finishes which was his best career finish in the
New England 300
The Crayon 301 is a 301 lap ( annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.
Christopher Bell is the defending winner, having won it in 2022.
History
The race has been traditionally ...
, finishing second to race winner
Ward Burton. The runner-up finish brought him up to 18th in the points standings, and Green stayed in the top-twenty for the rest of the year.
Green began
2003
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by winning the pole for the
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of thre ...
and had a seventh-place finish at
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24 ...
, but otherwise failed to finish higher than 20th and crashed twice. After an incident with teammate Harvick at
Richmond
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* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
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, Richard Childress Racing fired Green on May 5. Two days later, he was picked up by DEI to drive the No. 1
Pennzoil-sponsored Chevrolet, replacing
Steve Park, who was hired by Childress to drive the No. 30. Green fared no better than 16th in 12 races and was replaced by
John Andretti
John Andrew Andretti (March 12, 1963January 30, 2020) was an American race car driver. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. He was the son of Aldo Andretti, older brother of racer Adam ...
. He was also replaced in the road-course races by
Ron Fellows
Ronald Charles Fellows CM (born September 28, 1959) is a Canadian auto racing driver. Fellows holds the record for most wins by a foreign-born driver in NASCAR's top three series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and trucks) with six – four in Nationw ...
. In reaction, Green said he was not given the opportunity to improve the situation. After missing three races, Green drove the No. 43
Cheerios
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/
Betty Crocker
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-sponsored
Dodge Intrepid
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for
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Level Cross, North Carolina, USA. It was founded by Lee Petty with his two sons Richard Petty and Maurice Petty. The team was later owned by Richard Petty, h ...
in the
Dover 400 after the original driver,
Christian Fittipaldi
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, had a commitment to drive the No. 44 in four races. After driving the Dodge again in the
EA Sports 500
The YellaWood 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, hosting an event in the NASCAR playoffs. The race is one of four NASCAR Cup Series races currently run with tapered spacers, the others ...
the next week, he became the driver for the rest of the season on a race-to-race basis. Green's best finish with the team was 16th at
Dover International Speedway
Dover Motor Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway and later Dover International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware. The track has hosted at least one NASCAR Cup Series race each year since 1969, including two per year ...
; team owner
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably ...
expressed anticipation that the team could work well together after a few months. Green finished 34th in the points standings, and was signed to drive full time for the team for the next season.
Green had four Top 15 finishes in 2004 (including a seventh-place finish in the
Subway 500) and he would fail to finish in 11 races, the most DNF's in one season of his career; five were caused by
engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
failures while the other six were caused by crashes. The eventual 30th-place finish in the standings remains the lowest result for Green in a full-time season. He would continue to struggle in
2005
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. He failed to finish in the Top 10 the entire year, with his best finish being 11th in the
Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600, originally the World 600, is an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, on a Sunday during Memorial Day weekend. The first race, held in 1960, was also the first on ...
. Green's 29th-place finish allowed
Petty Enterprises
Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Level Cross, North Carolina, USA. It was founded by Lee Petty with his two sons Richard Petty and Maurice Petty. The team was later owned by Richard Petty, h ...
to announce on November 11, 2005, that
Bobby Labonte
Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He also currently competes full-time in the Superstar Racing Experience, driving the No. 18 car. L ...
would replace him following the season's end.
Green signed with
Haas CNC Racing
Stewart-Haas Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series. The team is co-owned by three-time NASCAR Cup Series champio ...
and became the successor of
Mike Bliss
Michael Duane Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series.
Racing career
Bliss began ...
in the No. 66
Best Buy
Best Buy Co. Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was rebra ...
-sponsored Chevrolet, which had been changed from No. 0 to celebrate the sponsor's 40th anniversary. His new crew chief was
Robert "Bootie" Barker, who had been subject to rumors of replacement before the
2006
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season. In the
Daytona 500
The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of thre ...
, Green crashed midway through the race when
Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is a former American race car driver and current commentator for NBC. He is best known for winning the Daytona 500 three times (in 1993, 1996, and 2000) and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series champio ...
clipped the right-rear of his car; Green would call this "stupid" and a "rookie" move. He rebounded from the 42nd-place finish in the next nine races, finishing no lower than 26th and rising to 21st in points. After finishing four laps down at
Darlington
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In the 19th century, Darlington underw ...
, he recovered from a pit zone infraction penalty at
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway (previously known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009) is a motorsport complex located in Concord, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including ...
and finished 12th. Green's best race came at the
UAW Ford 500
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at
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway, nicknamed “'Dega”, and formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway (AIMS) from 1969 to 1989, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base ...
, in which he finished seventh after starting 35th, breaking a 70-race streak without a Top 10. After another Top 10 finish at
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in ...
, he ended the season 28th in the final points standings.
Part time in multiple series
![Nationwide 44 Jeff Green 2011 Road America Bucyrus 200](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Nationwide_44_Jeff_Green_2011_Road_America_Bucyrus_200.jpg)
Green returned to Haas in 2007, and had three sixth-place finishes but was released with four races to go in the season. In 2008, he attempted four Cup races with
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was formed in 1950 by eponymous brothers Glen and Leonard Wood. From 2006 to 2008, the team was merged with Tad a ...
and
Front Row Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partners ...
respectively, but did not qualify for any of those races. He did qualify for three races in the Nationwide Series in the No. 31
Key Motorsports
Key Motorsports (formerly The Motorsports Group and Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group) was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded by Virginia businessma ...
Chevy with a best finish of 28th, and ran eight races with their No. 40 truck team. His best finish was a seventh at Las Vegas.
In 2009, Green continued his part-time schedule in the Nationwide Series, running for Day Racing,
MSRP Motorsports,
MacDonald Motorsports
MacDonald Motorsports (MMS) was a NASCAR team owned by former NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Randy MacDonald, his mother, Pat MacDonald and his daughter Jenifer MacDonald.
Craftsman Truck Series
MacDonald made its NASCAR debut in 2000 at Dayto ...
and Key. His best finish was 21st at
Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States (though the track has a Lebanon postal address), about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently hosting the Ally 400, ...
.
As the 2010 NASCAR season began Green had a ride in the
Nationwide Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
for the
Camping World 300 at Daytona for Wayne Day's 05 car. Green also drove at Talladega finishing 16th and at Nashville finishing 24th for Key Motorsports. He later ran a handful of Cup Series races for
Latitude 43 Motorsports
Latitude 43 Motorsports is a disbanded NASCAR team that competed in the Sprint Cup Series in 2010. They last fielded the No. 26 Ford Fusion for Boris Said, Bill Elliott, David Stremme, and Patrick Carpentier. The team was started after Vermont b ...
and
Gunselman Motorsports with a best finish of 24th. Green also started and parked Tri Star's No. 36 in the Nationwide Series.
Green started and parked for
TriStar Motorsports
TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing oper ...
in 2011. In his lone Sprint Cup Start of the season, he finished 43rd in the debut of the
Front Row Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team began running part-time in 2004 as Means-Jenkins Motorsports under a partners ...
No. 55 at
New Hampshire International Speedway
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1990, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mil ...
.
Green began the 2012 Nationwide Series schedule year driving the year in the new No. 10 for TriStar, but after an injury to
Eric McClure
Eric Wayne McClure (December 11, 1978 – May 2, 2021) was an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports.
Racing ca ...
after the 2012 Talladega race, Green was named interim driver of the No. 14. Green finished 19th in his first relief start at Darlington, but finished 32nd at Iowa and Lowe's due to a crash and an engine failure respectively. In his fourth relief start, Green posted his best finish of the year, 17th, at
Dover International Speedway
Dover Motor Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway and later Dover International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware. The track has hosted at least one NASCAR Cup Series race each year since 1969, including two per year ...
In his final relief start, Green finished on the lead lap in 18th at
Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than approximately south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is ...
. He has since returned to the No. 10.
Green attempted one
Sprint Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971 ...
race in 2012, but failed to qualify at
Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in the Village West area near Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also held races at the venue until 2011 ...
driving for Joe Falk's No. 33.
![Jeff Green at Thunder Valley](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Jeff_Green_at_Thunder_Valley.jpg)
In 2013, Green returned to the start-and-park No. 10 Toyota for
Tri-Star Motorsports
TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing oper ...
, though he replaced McClure in the 14 for four races. Unlike the 10, Green ran full races in the 14. In 2014 at Mid-Ohio, Green was battling for the lead with eventual race winner
Chris Buescher
Christopher William Buescher (born October 29, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 17 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing. He is the 2012 ARCA Racing Series and 2015 ...
but a mechanical failure ruined his best chance at his first Nationwide Series win since 2002. He would finish 29th. In 2015, Green joined the #30 car for
The Motorsports Group
Key Motorsports (formerly The Motorsports Group and Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group) was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded by Virginia businessm ...
, replacing the fired
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday and son of the late Ron Hornaday Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Hornaday is ...
In his debut for TMG, Green qualified 33rd and finished 40th-the best finish for TMG. Green failed to qualify in his next two attempts. Green joined
Rick Ware Racing
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is an American motorsports team which currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the NTT IndyCar Series.
History
The organizational roots of RWR date back to Ware & Sons Racing wit ...
to race the season opener at Daytona, where he didn't start and park as he usually does, however engine problems caused him to finish 36th. Green drove the #17 Toyota Camry at the 2016 Subway Firecracker 250. He ran in the top 15 most of the race and avoided many wrecks including a wreck on the last lap, where he spun polesitter
David Ragan
David Lee Ragan (born December 24, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing, and is also an analyst for NASCAR on Fox ...
. He finished 7th in the race, his first top-10 in 11 years. Green returned to full-time Xfinity competition in 2017 driving for
B. J. McLeod Motorsports. However he parted in ways with the team in the middle of the season (but returned with them at Daytona in July). He joined
RSS Racing
RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The main spons ...
and start and parks with them.
Green completed his full 2018 season for all 33 races with RSS, mostly in the No. 93. The following year, Green competed in the first half of the
2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 38th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States.
Tyler Reddick entered as the defending champion, and won his second championship over Cole C ...
season before missing the rest starting in July as he underwent
rotator cuff
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the human shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the seven scapulohumeral muscles, four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are the supraspi ...
surgery after the Kentucky race. He served as a crew chief for RSS Racing for the remainder of the year.
For 2021, Green revealed his plans for the year in a response to a fan's question on Twitter, who asked him if he had plans to compete in any Xfinity races for RSS as he did in 2020. Green stated that he did not have any races scheduled for the season, and that he would continue as a crew chief with RSS, moving from the Xfinity Series to their part-time
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nation ...
car, the No. 28, driven by Ryan's younger brother
Kyle Sieg
Kyle C. Sieg (born April 16, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 28, 38, and 39 Ford Mustangs for RSS Racing. He is the youngest son of RSS team owner Rod ...
. On May 21, Green announced that he would be retiring from driving and crew chiefing NASCAR effective immediately. He made his announcement after the conclusion of Sieg's part-time ARCA schedule, which was the first 4 races of
the season. Green's final race ended up being as crew chief for Kyle Sieg in his Xfinity Series debut at
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
.
Conflicts with fellow drivers
While in the Busch Series, Green developed a rivalry with Kevin Harvick. The drivers were prime contenders for the
2000
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and
2001
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championships, with Harvick beating Green out in the latter year. Green would become a teammate of Harvick's in the Winston Cup in
2002
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; both rejected the notion that they could not get along. While their first season together passed without incident, the second did not end well. During the
2003
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Pontiac Excitement 400
The Toyota Owners 400 is a 400 lap NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. From 2007 to 2011, former race title sponsor Crown Royal named the race after the winner of an essay contest during Daytona ...
, Harvick ran into the rear of Green's car while Green was attempting to avoid a conflict between
Ryan Newman and
Ward Burton. Harvick began apologizing for the spin-out, and cameras showed that Green's car had hesitated before the collision. Green was outraged by the incident and confronted Harvick's crew chief,
Todd Berrier
Todd Berrier (born May 29, 1970) is a former crew chief for Furniture Row Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Previously, he was a crew chief at Richard Childress Racing, most notably with Kevin Harvick. He joined RCR in 1997 as crew chief i ...
, later saying, "Tough to be teammates when it seems like there's only one car at RCR." He was fired by
Childress the next day, who said that change was needed after the relationship had gone awry.
After a relatively quiet
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, Green took part in a much-publicized feud with his former high school schoolmate and off-track friend,
Michael Waltrip during the early
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
season, especially during races at
Martinsville and
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town.
In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
, where Green and Waltrip wrecked each other on several occasions. While no penalties were assessed against the drivers, NASCAR ordered them to discontinue the incidents.
During the 2006 season, at the
Chevy Rock and Roll 400
The Federated Auto Parts 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, being the second of two races at the track with the first one being the Toyota Owners 400 in the spring. As of 202 ...
, after being involved in a crash with
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. A seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, he competes part-time in the series driving for Petty GMS Motorsports. Johnson's seven Cup championships, ...
on lap 252, Green drove back onto the track, and, while 51 laps down while repairs were made, then slammed into Johnson just after he had spun off the bumper of
Reed Sorenson
Bradley Reed Sorenson (born February 5, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver and spotter. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Premium Motorsports, the Nos. 74 ...
on lap 322, resulting in his car being ordered to the garage for the final 78 laps (resulting in a 41st-place finish).
NASCAR Chevy Rock'n'Roll 400 Lap-by-Lap
NASCAR.com
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
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Sprint Cup Series
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Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
K&N Pro Series East
Season still in progress.
Ineligible for series points
ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series
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Key or The Key may refer to:
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
International Race of Champions
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Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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* Key (map ...
) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
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Living people
1962 births
Sportspeople from Owensboro, Kentucky
Racing drivers from Kentucky
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International Race of Champions drivers
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ARCA Menards Series drivers
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Dale Earnhardt Inc. drivers
Stewart-Haas Racing drivers
ARCA Midwest Tour drivers
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