David Rogers (racing driver) explained

David Rogers
Birth Date:	19 April 1955
Birth Place:	Orlando, Florida
Achievements:	1994 NASCAR Weekly Series national champion
Total Busch Races:	5
Years In Busch:	3
Best Busch Pos:	66th (1982)
First Busch Race:	1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last Busch Race:	1992 Fram Filter 500K (Talladega)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	1
Busch Poles:	0

David Rogers (April 19, 1955 – March 8, 2020) was an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series national championship in 1994.^[1]

Racing career

Rogers won hundreds of short-track races throughout Florida. He was crowned NASCAR’s National Short Track Champion in 1994 after, while driving his own late model, he won all 22 races at Volusia County Speedway in Barberville, Florida, making him the first NASCAR Weekly Series national champion to complete a season undefeated. He had wins in all of New Smyrna Speedway’s biggest races, including the Florida Governor’s Cup, Orange Blossom 100, Red Eye 100, Pete Orr Memorial and World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.^[1] ^[2]

He competed in 5 NASCAR Busch Series events, 3 in 1982, 1 in 1983 and the other in 1992. His best finish was 9th at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he also failed to qualify to one Busch Series event. He ran 2 ARCA Racing Series races, failed to qualify to one and withdrew from other, between 1980 and 1984.

Rogers also ran 3 NASCAR Southeast Series races, between 1991 and 1992, with a best finish of 6th at Volusia County Speedway.

He used to compete annually in the Snowball Derby, his best finish was 6th (twice), in 2008 and 2013. His last race was in the 2019 Snowball Derby.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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		Pts	Ref
1982	Rogers Racing	22	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	BRI	MAR	DAR	HCY	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV	HCY	CLT	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	BRI	HCY	RCH	MAR										66th	383	^[3]
1982		23																												CLT	HCY	MAR							66th	383	^[3]
1983		92		DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT	HCY	MAR	143rd	61	^[4]
1992	Rogers Racing	58	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL	IRP	ROU	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY					102nd	94	^[5]

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

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

ARCA Permatex SuperCar 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		Pts	Ref
1980	Rogers Racing	22	Pontiac	DAY	NWS	FRS	FRS	MCH	TAL	IMS	FRS	MCH												NA	-	^[6]
1981	Rogers Racing	02	Pontiac	DAY	DSP	FRS	FRS	BFS	TAL	FRS	COR													NA	-	^[7]
1983	Finney Racing	80	Buick	DAY	NSV	TAL	LPR	LPR	ISF	IRP	SSP	FRS	BFS	WIN	LPR	POC	TAL	MCS	FRS	MIL	DSF	ZAN	SND	NA	-	^[8]
1984	Finney Racing	80	Buick	DAY	ATL	TAL	CSP	SMS	FRS	MCS	LCS	IRP	TAL	FRS	ISF	DSF	TOL	MGR						NA	-	^[9]

Notes and References

Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 2006. . pp. 97-102.
Web site: Short-track legend David Rogers dies. Godwin. Kelly. Daytona Beach News-Journal Online.
Web site: David Rogers – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1980 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1981 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.
Web site: David Rogers – 1984 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 10, 2021.