Jeff Green (racing driver)

Jeffrey Lynn Green (born September 6, 1962) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and crew chief.

For several years, he raced part time in the Busch Series before thriving as a full-time driver in 1995 and 1996.

Green participated in IROC's 25th season in 2001 and has raced full time with four different Sprint Cup teams since 2002.

[2] In 2002, he and Mark founded The Green Foundation, a nonprofit charity assisting people with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses.

After the season, John Boatman approached Green about competing in the Autolite Platinum 200, a NASCAR Busch Series event taking place at Richmond International Raceway.

Green would start 23rd and finish 22nd in the event, exceeding the team's goal of simply qualifying for the race.

[3] Green ran a limited schedule from 1991 to 1994, sporadically appearing in Busch Series races and making Cup starts for Sadler Brothers and Junior Johnson in 1994.

He became a full-time driver in the Busch Series in 1995 for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and after consecutive Top 5 finishes in the points standings, he made a pair of Cup races for DEI in 1996.

29 Cartoon Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo, owned by Diamond Ridge, finishing just behind his brother David for Rookie of the Year honors.

He was later released by Diamond Ridge, who suspended operations for the Winston Cup team in an effort to focus on the Busch Series.

10 Nesquick/Nestlé Chevy and was rebranded ppc Racing in 2000, Green became the heavy favorite to win the championship after Earnhardt and Matt Kenseth departed for the Winston Cup.

[5] After dueling with Todd Bodine for the points lead early in the season, Green pulled away with 14 consecutive Top 10 finishes, a streak which included five wins.

[6] At the end of the year, Green had won the Busch Series championship by 616 points over ppc Racing teammate Jason Keller.

43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge Intrepid for Petty Enterprises in the Dover 400 after the original driver, Christian Fittipaldi, had a commitment to drive the No.

Green's 29th-place finish allowed Petty Enterprises to announce on November 11, 2005, that Bobby Labonte would replace him following the season's end.

Green's best race came at the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, in which he finished seventh after starting 35th, breaking a 70-race streak without a Top 10.

As the 2010 NASCAR season began Green had a ride in the Nationwide Series for the Camping World 300 at Daytona for Wayne Day's 05 car.

10 for TriStar, but after an injury to Eric McClure after the 2012 Talladega race, Green was named interim driver of the No.

Green attempted one Sprint Cup Series race in 2012, but failed to qualify at Kansas Speedway driving for Joe Falk's No.

In 2014 at Mid-Ohio, Green was battling for the lead with eventual race winner Chris Buescher but a mechanical failure ruined his best chance at his first Nationwide Series win since 2002.

In 2015, Green joined the #30 car for The Motorsports Group, replacing the fired Ron Hornaday Jr.

The following year, Green competed in the first half of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season before missing the rest starting in July as he underwent rotator cuff surgery after the Kentucky race.

Green's final race ended up being as crew chief for Kyle Sieg in his Xfinity Series debut at Dover.

[18] During the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series in the 1998 Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Green was involved in an early crash with Ted Musgrave, rendering him out of the race.

Green climbed from his car during the caution period and stood on the track and angrily pointed at Musgrave as he passing by.

Green then ran to the pit area to confront Musgrave's crew before being restrained by a NASCAR official.

His team owner, Felix Sabates, then went to confront the crew and radioed his other two drivers, Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek, to try and wreck Musgrave at every opportunity for the remainder of the race.

Harvick began apologizing for the spin-out, and cameras showed that Green's car had hesitated before the collision.

Green was outraged by the incident and confronted Harvick's crew chief, Todd Berrier, later saying, "Tough to be teammates when it seems like there's only one car at RCR.

Green 2001  K. Harvick 2002  G. Biffle 2003  B. Vickers 2004  M. Truex Jr. 2005  M. Truex Jr. 2006  K. Harvick 2007  C. Edwards 2008  C. Bowyer 2009  Ky. Busch 2010  B. Keselowski 2011  R. Stenhouse Jr. 2012  R. Stenhouse Jr. 2013  A. Dillon 2014  C. Elliott 2015  C. Buescher 2016  D. Suárez 2017  W. Byron 2018  T. Reddick 2019  T. Reddick 2020  A. Cindric 2021  D. Hemric 2022  T. Gibbs 2023  C. Custer 2024  J. Allgaier

Green in the No. 29 car in 1997
Green in 2011
Green at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015