David Leonard Gilliland (born April 1, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.

Since 2017, he has operated Tricon Garage, a team that races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

In 2004, Gilliland announced plans to run the full schedule in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series, in the No.

Gilliland made his first attempt at a major NASCAR race in 2003, at the Las Vegas 350 in the Craftsman Truck Series, but failed to qualify.

15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Craftsman Truck Series with a 22nd-place finish.

Meanwhile, Gilliland raced in the Grand National Division in 2005 and won the Toyota All-Star Showdown in 2005 when apparent winner Mike Olsen was disqualified for light wheels wider than regulation.

84 Clay Andrews Chevy part-time in 2006, during which time he was mentored by former Sprint Cup race winner Jerry Nadeau.

84 Hype Manufacturing Chevrolet to victory, becoming the first driver of 2006 to win a Busch race who was not also running a full-time Nextel Cup schedule.

FX television announcer Hermie Sadler called the victory "the biggest upset in Busch Series history".

Gilliland made his first attempt to make a Cup race in June 2006 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, in the No.

Gilliland started the season with a bang, winning his second career pole at the 2007 Daytona 500, his first points-paying race at the track.

In qualifying for the 2007 Aaron's 499 at Talladega on April 28, Gilliland recorded a speed of 192.069 miles per hour (309.105 km/h), which was identical to Jeff Gordon for the pole position.

He also ran three Nationwide Series races, one for Travis Carter and Carl Haas, and two for Mike Curb and Gary Baker.

At Texas in the fall, Gilliland was penalized by NASCAR for wrecking Juan Pablo Montoya.

However, the season proved tough as TRG was short on funding by May, forcing Gilliland to start and park on several occasions.

Gilliland then landed a three-race deal to drive a new part-time fourth Joe Gibbs Racing car, the No.

At California in October, Gilliland relieved a sick Kyle Busch after parking the TRG car.

Left without a ride, Gilliland ended up attempting every remaining race in one of Front Row Motorsports’ three Fords, either the No.

After having his initial ride shut down for the second straight season, Gilliland again scrambled to finish 32nd in points.

[3] Gilliland's primary sponsor was Long John Silvers, and his team later received a multi-race sponsorship from Modspace for the 2012 season.

38 Ford, with Love's Travel Stops coming on board to join Long John Silvers on the car.

He also returned to the Truck Series for a part-time schedule in the No.92 Ricky Benton Racing Ford, where he recorded two Top 10s.

[8] Though the 500 was only supposed to be a one race deal, Gilliland and Front Row announced plans to run at Talladega in April.

Gilliland qualified the race beating Josh Wise, and finished 17th after running in the Top 3 in the final two laps.

[9] Gilliland, who had run for RBR in the Truck Series in 2015, had to go to a backup car for the 500 after wrecking out of the Duel race.

Gilliland returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2018, participating in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona as a substitute driver for his son Todd.

[14] On February 5, 2021, it was announced that Gilliland would return to the Truck Series to drive for his team again in the season-opener at Daytona.

34 Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports, which has an alliance with Tricon Garage, his family team.

His son Todd has a racing career and on May 17, 2015, became the youngest winner in the history of ARCA at age 15 and 2 days with a win at Toledo Speedway.

* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.