David Reutimann

Birthday: 03/02/1970
Hometown: Zephyrhills, FL

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011 -- Finished 28th in series points. ... Won pole at Richmond-2. ... Average start of 20.4. ... Best finish, second at Kentucky. ... Average finish of 22.3. ... Completed 96.6 percent of laps attempted. ... Led eight laps. ... Average Driver Rating 68.2.

2010 -- Finished 18th in series points. ... Followed breakout 2009 season with second career victory, at Chicagoland. ... Started season in top 10 for three weeks. ... Best start second at Richmond-1, average start 15.6. ... Career-best six top-fives, average finish 18.1. ... Average Driver Rating 82.7. ... Ninth-best for season in total Quality Passes.

2009 -- Finished 16th in series points. ... Recorded the first two poles of his career (Texas, Dover). ... Flirted with Chase qualification, standing 13th in points with five races left until the cutoff. Finished 29th at Pocono, however, to drop to 16th, where he remained for all but two of the final 15 weeks. ... His Coca-Cola 600 win was the first for third-year Michael Waltrip Racing and the first for Toyota not provided by Joe Gibbs Racing. ... The race began nearly 25 hours late because of rain and was shortened to 227 laps because of further impending bad weather.

2008 -- Finished 22nd in series points. ... Posted consecutive ninth-place finishes at Fontana and Richmond. ... Captured his first career pole (Homestead). ... Led a race-high 104 laps at Richmond in September.

2007 -- Finished 39th in series points. ... Ran 26 of 36 races as one of three teams in Michael Waltrip Racing's first full season in the Cup Series. ... Best finish was 13th at Richmond in September.

2005 -- Finished 70th in series points. ... Made Cup Series debut at Charlotte, where he finished 22nd driving for Michael Waltrip Racing.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011, ran six races in NASCAR Nationwide Series. ... Began racing dirt modifieds on Florida short tracks and moved up to the NASCAR Southeast Series in 1997, where he raced through 2001, scoring three wins, 30 top-five finishes and placing second in the 2002 series standings. ... Made NASCAR national series debut in 2002 with four Nationwide Series starts for fellow Florida native Joe Nemechek. ... Won 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville. ... Ran a full NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule in 2007, winning his first series race at Memphis and finishing second in the point standings.

NOTEWORTHY

Is the son of East Coast racing legend Emil "Buzzie" Reutimann, who was inducted into the DIRT Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Eastern Motorsports Press Association (EMPA) Hall of Fame in 2006. ... Was presented with key to Zephyrhills, Fla., by Mayor Cliff McDuffie at a news conference in his hometown that announced his move to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Michael Waltrip Racing. ... Won several awards during his tenure on the NASCAR Southeast Series, including the 1997 Rookie of the Year Award, the 2000 Most Popular Driver Award and the 2002 Bud Pole Award. ... Operates the David Reutimann Foundation, whose mission is "to support children, families and people in need through donations to numerous charitable organizations." The foundation has an annual cookout and golf tournament as its primary fundraiser. ... Active on Twitter: @DavidReutimann.