David Andrew Stremme (born June 19, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

[citation needed] Once he reached legal driving age, Stremme moved to the Midwestern short tracks scene.

In only his first start in a Kendall Late Model Series car completely assembled by Stremme at Winchester Speedway, he set a new track record and finished 4th in the race.

Under the direction of Tris Gour, President, Industrial Safety and Environmental Services, Inc. a new car was purchased to compete in the NASCAR November Phoenix International Raceway race.

As a budget did not allow for crew chiefs or fabricators, Gour and Stremme formed an alliance with Robert Hamke.

In addition, Performance Technologies had built several engines for both chassis builders (Hamke and Lefthander) clients.

Stremme led the majority of the race and was passed on the last lap coming out of turn three by Scott Hansen.

Subsequent to the race, it was found that Hansen was disqualified as his car was equipped with an illegal carburetor spacer plate giving him an unfair horsepower advantage.

[citation needed] The local news media reported on this issue but only a financial penalty was given to Hansen.

After signing a driver development contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, Stremme started 15th in his Busch Series debut at Nashville Superspeedway in April 2003, driving the No.

His strong finishes in his part-time schedule was enough to secure him the 2003 Busch Series Rookie of the Year award, despite competing in only 18 of the 34 races.

Despite winning his first career pole at Milwaukee, and finishing that up with a second, Stremme's team began to run mid-pack with a handful of top-10s mixed in.

Braun Racing then made the announcement that they were going to replace Stremme with Shane Hmiel, who was just coming off a suspension.

For the next season, FitzBradshaw's team would begin running Dodges and Stremme would be retained to drive the No.

In addition, he won his first career ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Michigan International Speedway, driving the No.

It ran numerous paint schemes including Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, Juicy Fruit, and Winterfresh.

He was originally scheduled to run a handful of races, with Chase Austin and Max Papis driving the rest of the year, but after starting the season in the top-15 in points, the schedule was modified to allow him to run every race except the road course events.

12 car for Penske Racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Ryan Newman who moved to the No.

The team lost its sponsor when Verizon Wireless bought Alltel, thus negating the grandfather clause.

30, now Swan Racing Company, with the exception of the Daytona 500 where Michael Waltrip drove the car, renumbered for the event with No.

[2] Unlike Inception Motorsports, where Stremme was a start and park driver, Swan Racing has full sponsorship.

In the Camping World Truck Series inaugural running of the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, Stremme served as the spotter for Ken Schrader.

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