NASCAR Bobby Gerhart

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Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tires – By the Numbers

0 – Number of races of any kind Kyly Petty had competed in before he won at Daytona in 1979; Petty’s nephew Thad Moffitt will make his Daytona debut in 2019

0.562 – Michael Self’s official margin of victory last year, in seconds, over Willie Mullins

2 – Consecutive General Tire Pole Awards at Daytona by the Venturini Motorsports No. 25 team; Tom Hessert III started from the pole in 2017 and Natalie Decker rolled from P1 in 2018

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Haley Wins at Talladega

Johnny Davis, The ‘JD’ in JD Motorsports with Gary Keller has an Interesting NASCAR Journey

Johnny Davis at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, November 19, 2015 Photo - Phil Cavali Photography
Johnny Davis at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, November 19, 2015 Photo – Phil Cavali Photography

Johnny Davis is our guest on Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 9 pm ET.  Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

There’s some NASCAR history behind JD Motorsports with Gary Keller and as happens so often, that history is an interesting part of their NASCAR inter-woven fabric that has led them to what the organization is today.

This season, the organization has fielded three cars, the No. 01 with Landon Cassill, the No. 4 with Ross Chastain and the No. 0 with Harrison Rhodes. Other drivers behind the wheel of their cars this season include, ARCA Racing Series veteran Bobby Gerhart, a former K&N West winning driver, Michael Self, and GTS Champion Lawson Aschenbach.

However, it is co-owner and founder Johnny Davis, as in the ‘JD’ in JD Motorsports with Gary Keller with an interesting story behind their organization as they head into the last race of their 2015 season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Even recent history has a way of becoming faded and forgotten, so this quick trip down memory lane will refresh an interesting journey behind the organization.  Continue reading