Kertus Davis

Kertus Davis (born February 26, 1981)[1] is a former NASCAR driver. He is currently the competition director for JD Motorsports.

Kertus Davis
Davis at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2008
Born (1981-02-26) February 26, 1981
Gaffney, South Carolina
Achievements1998 South Carolina State Karting Championship
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
117 races run over 8 years
2009 position59th
Best finish31st (2005)
First race2001 Nazareth 200 (Nazareth)
Last race2009 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of July 2, 2012.

Prior to NASCAR/USAR

Davis began racing in go-karts at the age of eight, competing in his hometown of Gaffney around various tracks. He raced in the karts for a number of years, and finished 3rd in the World Karting Association finals at the age of 17. In 1998, Davis began racing Late Model Stock Cars in various Southeastern tracks, gaining experience and a handful of top-five finishes. He mostly competed at Myrtle Beach Speedway, Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and Timmonsville Speedway. During the 1999 season, he made three starts in the USAR ProCup Series.

He competed for Rookie of the Year in 2000 in the USAR Pro-Cup Competing in 20 events, Davis finished the season 17th in points with top ten finishes. In 2001, he finished 11th in the Southern Division points standing with eight top-ten finishes. After a part-time USAR run in 2002, he joined Premiere Motorsports to run a full-time schedule 2003. He won his first race at Smithton, Pennsylvania and finished third in the Northern Division points, thirteenth for the entire sanctioning body.

Early NASCAR career

Davis made his NASCAR debut in 2001 at Nazareth Speedway for Jimmy Means. He qualified the No. 52 Broadway Motors Ford Taurus in 34th place, but finished 36th after an early engine failure. In the next two races, he finished 42nd at Dover International Speedway and 40th at the Milwaukee Mile. He made the switch over to the No. 77 Gestener Ford for Moy Racing at the second Dover race, where he finished 34th after a crash.

Davis made five starts in 2002. He ran the No. 77 Docutech/Gestetner Ford in his first 2002 race at Richmond, and had the best weekend of his career at the time with a 29th place start and 26th-place finish. For the rest of the season, Davis only drove the No. 0 Chevrolet for his father's race team, Davis Motorsports. In four starts, his best finish was a 24th at Memphis Motorsports Park. Davis did not race at all in 2003, due to his USAR commitments, but he played a large role as Davis Motorsports began to run full-time in the series. He worked in the shop and every now and then on the pit box, as the team made its first full season.

He raced again in 2004, starting at Indianapolis Raceway Park for his father's team, where he had a 29th-place finish, followed by a 27th at Dover and a 34th at Darlington. Davis moved to the No. 0 full-time in 2005, with RaceGirl serving as sponsor. He failed to qualify for five races, but had a career-best tenth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway, and finished thirty-first in points. He also made one start in the No. 12 Supercuts/Hot Tamales Dodge at Texas Motor Speedway for FitzBradshaw Racing, but finished in 40th due to a transmission failure. For the 2006 season, Davis attempted to race full-time. The team used former Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie to get in the race at Mexico, and at Atlanta, MacDonald Motorsports aided the Davis team with MacDonald's pit crew. Davis also took one-race deals, driving the No. 34 Sport Clips Chevrolet for Frank Cicci Racing at Darlington, the No. 43 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Dodge for the Curb Agajanian Performance Group at Dover, and at Nashville, he prepared the No. 20 Rockwell Automation car for NEXTEL Cup driver Denny Hamlin. He returned to his own car at Milwaukee, where he finished out the season. He also attempted races for Morgan Shepherd, CJM Racing, and Front Row Motorsports at the Nextel Cup level, but did not qualify for any of those races.

2007–present
2009 Nationwide No. 04 at Milwaukee

In 2007, Davis signed to drive for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in the No. 77 Dollar General Chevy for 13 races, sharing the car with Bobby Labonte and Kevin Harvick. Davis ran at Fontana starting 33rd but collided with Eric McClure who ironically was driving the No. 0 car that Davis drove before. He recovered to finish 30th, last on lead lap. He then made his first road course start at Mexico where he started 37th and finished 31st one lap down. He was replaced by Ron Hornaday Jr. prior to the race at Milwaukee. Shortly after that, it was announced that Davis had been released by KHI, due to Dollar General wanting only Cup drivers in the car. He ran the rest of the season in the No. 01 car fielded by his family team.

For 2008, Davis began the season in the No. 0 car, but moved over to the No. 01 after one race with RaceGirl sponsoring. This came after his team in the opening race of 2008 was penalized due to an illegal oil tank. The team was penalized 25 driver & owner points, and crew chief Gene Allnut was suspended for 6 races. In the interim, Davis had the 1st ever female crew chief in NASCAR's top touring series at Las Vegas.[2] Kertus at Talladega in 2008 avoided the "Big One" again like in 2005 and he finished 12th on the lead lap falling out of the top 10 in turn 4. Following the race at Nashville where he blew his engine, Davis left his father's team to pursue other racing options. He was 24th in points at the time. He spent the rest of the season driving the No. 49 for Jay Robinson. In 2009, Davis returned to Jay Robinson Racing in the No. 49 car. GetMoreVacations.com sponsored the car for a few races in the beginning of the season. After 14 races in 2009 with JRR, Davis went back to his father's team to drive the No. 04 Chevy. He did not race in 2010, but served as crew chief for the No. 0 JD Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Chrissy Wallace in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega;. in 2011 he became the team's competition director.

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.)

Nextel Cup Series
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts Ref
2006 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH
DNQ		 DAR NA - [3]
CJM Racing 72 Dodge CLT
DNQ		 DOV POC MCH SON DAY
DNQ		 CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI
Front Row Motorsports 34 Chevy CAL
DNQ		 RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2001 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH
35		 CLT DOV
42		 KEN MLW
40		 GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH 80th 199 [4]
PRW Racing 77 Ford DOV
34		 KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM
2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH
26		 NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN 67th 353 [5]
Davis Motorsports 0 Chevy MLW
32		 DAY CHI GTY
DNQ		 PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR
31		 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
24		 ATL CAR
41		 PHO HOM
DNQ
2004 Davis Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP
29		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
27		 KAN CLT
DNQ		 MEM
DNQ		 ATL PHO
DNQ		 DAR
34		 HOM
DNQ		 93rd 219 [6]
2005 DAY
34		 CAL
42		 MXC LVS
42		 ATL
28		 NSH
32		 BRI
26		 TEX
40		 PHO
25		 TAL
10		 DAR
33		 RCH
DNQ		 CLT
37		 DOV
27		 NSH
36		 KEN
26		 MLW
39		 DAY
21		 CHI
DNQ		 NHA
38		 PPR
41		 GTY
40		 IRP
30		 GLN MCH
42		 BRI
33		 CAL
35		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV
25		 KAN
DNQ		 CLT
DNQ		 MEM
28		 PHO
31		 HOM
41		 31st 1804 [7]
FitzBradshaw Racing 12 Dodge TEX
40
2006 Davis Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL
42		 MXC LVS
DNQ		 ATL
35		 BRI
40		 TEX
DNQ		 NSH
43		 PHO
41		 TAL
32		 RCH
DNQ		 MLW
36		 DAY
31		 CHI
34		 NHA
31		 MAR
42		 GTY
39		 IRP GLN MCH
40		 BRI
38		 CAL
35		 RCH
42		 DOV
41		 KAN
36		 CLT
DNQ		 TEX
37		 PHO
40		 HOM
DNQ		 40th 1119 [8]
Frank Cicci Racing 34 Chevy DAR
42		 CLT
DNQ
Curb Agajanian Performance Group 43 Dodge DOV
27		 NSH KEN
Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Chevy MEM
QL†
2007 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 77 Chevy DAY CAL
30		 MXC
31		 LVS ATL BRI NSH
37		 TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
32		 KEN
30		 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY 67th 584 [9]
Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy IRP
QL‡		 CGV GLN
D.D.L. Motorsports 01 Chevy MCH
43		 BRI CAL
33		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV KAN
43		 CLT
42		 MEM
DNQ		 TEX
41		 PHO
41		 HOM
DNQ
2008 JD Motorsports 0 DAY
DNQ		 DOV
36		 34th 1639 [10]
01 DAY
32		 CAL
31		 LVS
33		 ATL
42		 BRI
23		 NSH
30		 TEX
32		 PHO
25		 MXC
43		 TAL
12		 RCH
31		 DAR
29		 CLT
25		 NSH
32
Jay Robinson Racing 49 Chevy KEN
37		 NHA
35		 DAY
42		 CHI
42		 GTY
43		 IRP
39		 CGV GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 CAL
43		 RCH
42		 DOV
37		 KAN
40		 CLT
DNQ		 MEM
39		 TEX
43		 PHO
42		 HOM
41
CFK Motorsports 73 Dodge MLW
42
2009 Jay Robinson Racing 49 Chevy DAY
38		 CAL
25		 LVS
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 NSH
40		 PHO
39		 TAL
22		 RCH
42		 DAR
40		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
36		 NSH
35		 KEN 59th 743 [11]
JD Motorsports 04 Chevy MLW
42		 NHA
DNQ		 DAY
33		 CHI
42		 GTY
DNQ		 IRP
42
0 IOW
37		 GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
† - Qualified for Denny Hamlin · ‡ - Qualified for J. J. Yeley

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2004 Hylton Motorsports 48 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
DNQ		 NA - [12]
2005 DAY
DNQ		 NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 183rd 25 [13]

References
  1. Kertus Davis Career Statistics
  2. Woosley First Female Crew Chief In NASCAR National Series History
  3. "Kertus Davis – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. "Kertus Davis – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  5. "Kertus Davis – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  6. "Kertus Davis – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  7. "Kertus Davis – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  8. "Kertus Davis – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  9. "Kertus Davis – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  10. "Kertus Davis – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  11. "Kertus Davis – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  12. "Kertus Davis – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  13. "Kertus Davis – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
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