Daniel Efland (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional

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driver, engineer and crew chief who works for

Petty GMS Motorsports Petty GMS Motorsports, also known as GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, is an American professional stock car racing team formed by Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and operated by GMS Racing. In the NASCAR Cup Series they field ...

as the engineer for the No. 43

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driven by

Erik Jones Erik Benjamin Jones (born May 30, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Petty GMS. His nicknames are EJ, his initials, and That J ...

in the

NASCAR 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, ...

. He formerly competed as a driver in USAR Pro Cup, what is now 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 ...

, and the

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Racing career

From 1999–2002, Efland won 7 state championships as well as 5 National

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championships. Moving on to the Pro 4 Mod class at Florence Motor Speedway in 2002, he won the track championship as well as rookie of the year honors. He won his first

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race in 2005, and went on to win 8 more races in 2006. In 2007, Efland made his

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 ...

debut at

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. Driving the No. 01

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for

JD Motorsports JD Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. It is owned and operated by Johnny Davis. It currently fields two Chevrolet Camaro SS teams: The No. 4 for Bayley Currey and ...

, he started 36th and finished 40th after retiring due to handling problems. He ran two more races that season and failed to finish either of them. In 2008, he returned to JD and competed in 18 races. Success was hard to find and he only managed a best finish of 23rd at

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. Efland made two

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efforts for

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in the

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in 2009, finishing 33rd and 31st. Efland returned to the Nationwide Series to run a limited schedule in 2010 and 2011, scoring a best career finish of 16th at

Darlington Raceway Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located in Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is ...

. Efland planned to run a partial 2012 schedule in the No. 4

for

. To date in 2012, Danny has finished both Nationwide Daytona races in 13th position. He also picked up a strong finish at Talladega in 16th position. It was announced on January 21, 2013 that Efland would return to the No. 4

in 27 of the 33 races for the

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season, but he was released from the team in late March. He also returned to the Truck Series at

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, driving the No. 6 for

Eddie Sharp Racing Sharp Gallaher Racing (formerly known as Eddie Sharp Racing) is a disbanded NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina that competed in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fielded the No. 6 Chevrolet ...

. In March 2014, Efland joined

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 ...

, working as an engineer for the team's No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series. In 2022, Efland worked for

as the engineer for the No. 43 car driven by

. In the race at Pocono, Efland served as the interim crew chief for the team after crew chief Dave Elenz was suspended for the race due to a rocker box assembly violation.

Personal life

Efland graduated with honors from Dutch Fork High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Efland, Danny Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Columbia, South Carolina Racing drivers from South Carolina NASCAR drivers CARS Tour drivers University of South Carolina alumni People from Irmo, South Carolina