Birthdate: Sept. 6, 1962
Hometown: Owensboro, Ky.
Resides: Davidson, N.C.
Marital Status: Married (Michelle)
Children: None
Hobbies: Hunting, radio-controlled cars
Jeff Green
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Team: Haas CNC Racing
Team Owner: Gene Haas
Crew Chief: Harold Holly
Engine Builder: Hendrick Engines

Career Starts: 233
Career Wins: 0
Career Poles: 2
Best Points Finish: 17th (2002)
First Full Season: First Full Season: 2002
First Start: First Start: Sept. 10, 1994 (Richmond)
First Win: Best Career Finish: 2nd – July 21, 2002 (New Hampshire)
First Pole: First Pole: Aug. 24, 2001 (Bristol)

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Kannapolis, NC 28081

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • Won pole for 2003 Daytona 500
  • Captured first career pole in 2001 at Bristol
  • 2000 NASCAR Busch Series champion
  • Two-time NASCAR Busch Series runner-up (1999, 2001)
  • YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
    2006 2006 Finished 28th in series points. … Best finish was seventh at Talladega Superspeedway in October.… Best start of the season was fourth at Texas Motor Speedway in April. … Steadiest single race performance was eighth place start/finish position at Martinsville Speedway in October.

    2005 Finished 30th in series points. … Best finish was 11th at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in May.… Best start of the season was a sixth for the spring race at Bristol.

    2004 Finished 30th in series points. … Ran full 2004 schedule as the driver of Petty Enterprises’ No. 43 Dodge. … Best finish was seventh at Martinsville in October. … Qualified third on two occasions – California Speedway and Richmond – on back-to-back weekends in May.

    2003 Finished 34th in series points. … Began season on a high note winning Daytona 500 pole, driving No. 30 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. … Scored his lone top 10 of the season (7th) at Texas. … Released from RCR following Richmond event in May.… Drove No. 1 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet in 11 races. … Finished 19th in Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte in first start for DEI. … Best finish with DEI was 16th at Chicago. Missed two more races in September – Richmond and New Hampshire – before being tabbed to drive No. 43 Dodge for Petty Enterprises. … Posted an impressive 16th-place finish in first start for Petty, Sept. 21 at Dover, Del.

    2002 Finished 17th in series points. … First full season in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. … Season-best finish a runner- up at New Hampshire July race. … Also had a third at Richmond fall race. … Qualified in top 10 only twice; best qualifying effort a sixth at Rockingham fall event.

    2001 Finished 48th in series points. … Made only eight starts, driving for Richard Childress Racing. … Started on pole for Bristol night race … Finished second in NASCAR Busch Series, as defending champion. … During summer, announced full-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series deal with Childress beginning in 2002.

    1998 Finished 40th in series points. … Ran total of 22 races, 18 for owner Felix Sabates. … Started season driving for Gary Bechtel. … Season highlight a fifth-best qualifying run at Brickyard 400. … Best finish 12th at New Hampshire race in July.

    1997 Finished 39th in series points. … Started 20 races. … Left NASCAR Busch Series in midseason to drive for Gary Bechtel. … Qualified fourth in his first race, the Coca-Cola 600. … Season-best finish was fourth at Atlanta, in season finale. … Finished third in Raybestos Rookie of Year points behind Mike Skinner and brother David Green.

    PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
    In addition to the years listed above, Green competed in NASCAR’s premier series during the 1994 and ’96 seasons, for a total of seven races. … 2001 NASCAR Busch Series runner-up. … 2000 NASCAR Busch Series champion. … Set a record for largest point margin (616) and most top-five finishes (25) in the NASCAR Busch Series. … 1999 NASCAR Busch Series runner-up to Dale Earnhardt Jr.… In 1996, finished third in NASCAR Busch Series points behind champion Randy LaJoie and runner-up David Green. … In 1995, joined NASCAR Busch Series team owned by Dale and Teresa Earnhardt. … First racing was in go-karts. … Also competed in NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars, winning the 1990 track championship at Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tenn.

    NOTEWORTHY
    His 2000 championship season in the NASCAR Busch Series featured a series record 616-point margin over runnerup and teammate Jason Keller.… Green and brother David – the 1994 NASCAR Busch Series champion – were the first siblings to both win a major auto racing championship. … With his brothers, Mark and David, began a charity organization in 2002 called the Green Foundation.


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