Dave Mader III

Dave Mader III
Dave Mader III
	Mader during driver intros at Daytona in 2022.
Born	David George Mader III; June 30, 1955 (age 68); Maylene, Alabama
Achievements	1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988 All-American Challenge Series Champion ; 1978 Snowball Derby Winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
	10 races run over 5 years
Best finish	45th (1992)
First race	1988 Busch 500 (Bristol)
Last race	1992 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	22 races run over 5 years
Best finish	30th (1990)
First race	1986 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	1992 Atlanta 300 (Atlanta)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	84th (1998)
First race	1998 Federated Auto Parts 250 (Nashville)
Last race	1998 Memphis 200 (Memphis)
ARCA Menards Series career
	18 races run over 9 years
ARCA no., team	No. 63 (Spraker Racing Enterprises)
Best finish	26th (1991)
First race	1983 Talladega ARCA 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2022 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
First win	1991 Michigan ARCA 200 (Michigan)
ARCA Menards Series East career
	2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	17th (2020)
First race	2020 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Last race	2020 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola)
	Statistics current as of February 26, 2021.

David George Mader III (born June 30, 1955) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet SS for Spraker Racing Enterprises. He is a former competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series and is also the winner of the 1978 Snowball Derby.

Racing career

Mader won the 1978 Snowball Derby, beating Mark Martin.^[1]

Mader competed in ten NASCAR Winston Cup Series races between 1988 and 1992, including leading seven laps at Martinsville Speedway in 1992. In the Busch Series, he raced in 22 events between 1986 and 1992, with nine Top 10 finishes. He raced in two Craftsman Truck Series events in 1998.^[2]

In his career, Dave has raced Southern All Star, Sunoco, ASA, NASCAR Late Model Stock, All Pro, NASCAR All - American Challenge, ARCA, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Winston Cup, and Busch Series. Mader won four consecutive championships in the All-American Challenge Series between 1985 and 1988.^[3] He also builds and manufactures his own race cars, helps various race teams as their crew chief, and has taught at Race Car College. He has accumulated 224 feature wins. He also competed in the 1992 running of The Winston, driving the No. 9 car which was in the race as a winning team, thanks to Bill Elliott winning in 1991.

In 2012, Mader was inducted into the Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame.^[3]

ARCA Menards Series

Mader Finished Second in the ARCA Menards Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24, 2021, his first top 5 finish in 30 years. Mader's last top 5 also came at Talladega, finishing second to Charlie Glotzbach.[1] Mader has one career victory in ARCA, coming at Michigan in 1991. [2] After a 24-year absence from the series, Mader returned in 2018.

Personal life

Mader has five daughters, Tammy, Annette, Jennifer, Kelly, and Erica.^[3]

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston 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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1988	Bahre Racing	20	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI 24	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR DNQ	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ	72nd	91	^[4]
1989		20		DAY	CAR 24	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL DNQ	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL	75th	91	^[5]
1990		65		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT DNQ	CAR	PHO	ATL 20	75th	103	^[6]
1991	Folsom Racing		Chevy	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR																											61st	137	^[7]
	Bahre Racing		Pontiac				ATL 30	DAR 33	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL DNQ	CLT	DOV	SON	POC
	Bahre Racing		Chevy														MCH DNQ	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH
	Mader Racing		Chevy																							DOV DNQ	MAR DNQ	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ
1992	Folsom Racing	13	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL QL^†																										45th	436	^[8]
1992	Melling Racing	9	Ford					DAR 34	BRI 16	NWS DNQ	MAR 21	TAL 18	CLT 39	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	45th	436	^[8]
^† - Replaced by Bob Schacht

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1991	Folsom Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1992	Folsom Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ

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	NBGNC	Pts	Ref
1986	Mader Racing	69	Olds	DAY	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT 16	CAR 25	MAR	118th	0	^[9]
1987	Dennis Reno	44	Olds	DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR 34	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT 23	DOV	IRP	ROU	JFC	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC	DAR 39	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT DNQ	CAR	MAR					48th	201	^[10]
1990	Speedway Motorsports	56	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL 30	MYB 6	OXF	NHA 35	SBO	DUB	IRP 10	ROU	BRI 11	DAR 8	RCH 13	DOV 9	MAR 10	CLT 8	NHA 37	CAR 5	MAR	30th	1432	^[11]
1991	Speedway Motorsports	56	Buick	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN 9	SBO	NZH																					57th	360	^[12]
1991	Folsom Racing	23	Buick												CLT 19	DOV 29	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA 41	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	NHA	CAR	MAR	57th	360	^[12]
1992	Speedway Motorsports	56	Buick	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL 6	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	87th	150	^[13]
1993	Three Star Motorsports	18	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL QL^†				N/A	0	^[14]
1995				DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT DNQ	CAR	HOM						N/A	0	^[15]
^† - Replaced by Phil Parsons

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1998	Raptor Performance Motorsports	1	Ford	WDW	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV 31	HPT	LVL	RCH								84th	128	^[16]
1998	Raptor Performance Motorsports	81	Ford																					MEM 35	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	84th	128	^[16]

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards 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	AMSC	Pts	Ref
1983	Satterfield Racing	08	Buick	DAY	NSV	TAL 36	LPR	LPR	ISF	IRP	SSP	FRS	BFS	WIN	LPR	POC	TAL	MCS	FRS	MIL	DSF	ZAN	SND		NA	0	^[17]
1989	White Brothers Racing	97	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	ATL 34	KIL	TAL	FRS	POC	KIL	HAG	POC	TAL	DEL	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	SLM	ATL					111th	-	^[18]
1991	Folsom Racing	11	Buick	DAY	ATL	KIL	TAL 30*	TOL	FRS	POC	MCH 1	KIL	FRS	DEL	POC 2*	TAL 2*	HPT	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS	ATL 23		26th	990	^[19]
1994	Reid Racing	05	Ford	DAY	TAL	FIF	LVL	KIL	TOL	FRS	MCH	DMS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	INF	I70	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL 29	131st	335	^[20]
2018	Spraker Racing Enterprises	63	Chevy	DAY 28	NSH	SLM	TAL 16	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH 18	MAD	GTW	CHI	IOW	ELK	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN		57th	380	^[21]
2019				DAY 20	FIF	SLM	TAL	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN		79th	130	^[22]
2020				DAY 30	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH	DAY	GTW	L44	TOL	BRI 20	WIN	MEM	ISF	KAN		55th	38	^[23]
2021				DAY 27	PHO	TAL 2	KAN	TOL	CLT 8	MOH	POC	ELK	BLN	IOW	WIN	GLN	MCH	ISF	MLW	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN		37th	95	^[24]
2022				DAY 8	PHO	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL		81st	36	^[25]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2020	Spraker Racing Enterprises	63	Chevy	NSM	TOL	DOV	TOL	BRI 20	FIF 11	25th	57	^[26]

^* Season still in progress

References

External links

Official website
Dave Mader III driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Alexander	NASCAR All-American Challenge Series Champion 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	Succeeded by Stanley Smith
Achievements
Preceded by Ronnie Sanders	Snowball Derby Winner 1978	Succeeded by Freddy Fryar

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Dave Mader III

Contents

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Personal life

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Winston Cup Series

Daytona 500

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series East

References

External links