Danny Efland

Danny Efland
BornDaniel Efland
(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 36)
Irmo, South Carolina, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
63 races run over 6 years
2013 position50th
Best finish21st (2012)
First race2007 Camping World 200 (Loudon)
Last race2013 5-hour Energy 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
10 races run over 2 years
2013 position102nd
Best finish102nd (2013)
First race2009 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Last race2013 EnjoyIllinois.com 225 (Joliet)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 27, 2024.

Daniel Efland (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver, engineer and crew chief who works for AM Racing as the crew chief of their No. 15 Ford Mustang driven by Harrison Burton in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Efland formerly competed as a driver in USAR Pro Cup, what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Truck Series. He previously worked as an engineer and interim crew chief for Richard Childress Racing and Petty GMS Motorsports / Legacy Motor Club.

Racing career

From 1999 to 2002, Efland won 7 state championships as well as 5 National World Karting Association championships. Moving on to the Pro 4 Mod class at Florence Motor Speedway in 2002, he won the track championship as well as rookie of the year honors.[1] He won his first late model race in 2005, and went on to win 8 more races in 2006.

In 2007, Efland made his Busch Series debut at New Hampshire International Speedway. Driving the No. 01 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports, he started 36th and finished 40th after retiring due to handling problems. He ran two more races that season and failed to finish either of them. In 2008, he returned to JD and competed in 18 races. Success was hard to find and he only managed a best finish of 23rd at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Efland made two start and park efforts for Corrie Stott Racing in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009, finishing 33rd and 31st. Efland returned to the Nationwide Series to run a limited schedule in 2010 and 2011, scoring a best career finish of 16th at Darlington Raceway.

Efland ran a partial Nationwide Series schedule in 2012 in the No. 4 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports.[2] His best finishes came both Daytona races in 13th position. He also picked up a strong finish at Talladega in 16th and a 14th-place finish at Kansas in October.

It was announced on January 21, 2013 that Efland would return to the No. 4 JD Motorsports Chevrolet in 27 of the 33 races for the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season,[3] but he was released from the team in late March. He would run part-time for Mike Harmon Racing and later MAKE Motorsports for the rest of the year. Efland also returned to the Truck Series at Kansas Speedway, driving the No. 6 for Eddie Sharp Racing.[4] This ended up being his last year driving in NASCAR.

In March 2014, Efland joined Richard Childress Racing, working as an engineer for the team's No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series. In 2016, he would get to serve as interim crew chief for the No. 3 car driven by Ty Dillon in 2 races.

In 2022, Efland worked for Petty GMS Motorsports as the engineer for the No. 43 car driven by Erik Jones. In the race at Pocono, Efland served as the interim crew chief for the team after crew chief Dave Elenz was suspended for the race due to a rocker box assembly violation.[5] Efland would continue with the team, now Legacy Motor Club after Jimmie Johnson became a co-owner of the team, in 2023 as the engineer for Jones and the No. 43 car in 2023 and would serve as the car's interim crew chief at the Chicago Street Course when Dave Elenz served the second race of a two-race suspension.

On October 2, 2024, it was announced that Efland would be the crew chief of the No. 15 AM Racing car in the Xfinity Series in 2025 driven by Harrison Burton. This will be his first permanent crew chief job after having previously served as an interim crew chief with RCR and Petty GMS/LMC.[6]

Personal life

Efland graduated with honors from Dutch Fork High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in engineering.

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2007 D.D.L. Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW
DNQ 		NHA
40 		DAY CHI GTY
43 		IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
36 		KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 122nd 132 [7]
2008 JD Motorsports 0 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH
37 		TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH
41 		DAR
35 		CLT
43 		DOV NSH
39 		KEN
42 		MLW NHA DAY PHO
DNQ 		43rd 1152 [8]
01 CHI
33 		GTY
38 		IRP
31 		CGV GLN MCH
28 		BRI
30 		CAL
27 		RCH
37 		DOV
26 		KAN
26 		CLT
23 		MEM TEX
33 		HOM
25
2010 Corrie Stott Racing 02 Chevy DAY
21 		63rd 628 [9]
Danny Efland Racing 07 Chevy CAL
41 		LVS
23 		BRI NSH PHO TEX
38 		TAL RCH DAR
26 		DOV CLT
31 		NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY
33 		CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH
41 		BRI CGV ATL RCH
DNQ 		DOV KAN CAL
39 		CLT GTY TEX
41 		PHO HOM
2011 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL
21 		NSH RCH 34th 144 [10]
Go Green Racing 39 Ford DAR
16 		DOV
23 		IOW CLT
19 		CHI MCH
33 		ROA NSH
26 		IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
Danny Efland Racing 07 Chevy DAY
30
Key Motorsports 47 Chevy KEN
DNQ
Go Green Racing 04 Ford NHA
40
2012 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
13 		PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
31 		RCH TAL
16 		DAR
20 		IOW CLT
35 		DOV MCH
27 		ROA KEN
34 		DAY
13 		NHA
29 		CHI
32 		IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL
19 		RCH CHI
27 		KEN
30 		CLT
31 		KAN
14 		TEX
28 		PHO HOM
31 		21st 327 [11]
Randy Hill Racing 08 Ford DOV
35
2013 JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
25 		PHO LVS BRI
DNQ 		CAL TEX RCH TAL 50th 78 [12]
Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAR
27 		CLT DOV
27 		IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND
MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy IOW
34 		GLN MOH BRI ATL
35 		RCH
DNQ 		CHI KEN
DNQ 		DOV
39 		KAN CLT
DNQ 		TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2009 Corrie Stott Racing 02 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH
33 		BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS
31 		MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 115th 0 [13]
2013 MAKE Motorsports 6 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN
28 		102nd 01 [14]
50 CLT
20 		DOV
33 		MCH
33 		BRI MSP IOW CHI
33 		LVS TAL
DNQ 		MAR TEX PHO HOM
84 TEX
31 		KEN
33 		IOW
33 		ELD POC

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ^ "Danny Efland Biography". Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. ^ "JD Motorsports To Field Second Series Team In 2012". SPEEDtv.com. Fox Sports. February 8, 2012. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  3. ^ "Danny Efland Returns to JD Motorsports for 2013 NNS Season". Catchfence. Danny Efland Press Release. January 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  4. ^ "Danny Efland Picks Up New Sponsor For Eddie Sharp Racing / MAKE Motorsports Entry At Kansas Speedway". Catchfence.com. April 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  5. ^ "NASCAR hits Nos. 42 and 43 Cup cars with L1-level penalties at Pocono Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 23, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  6. ^ Christie, Toby (October 2, 2024). "Danny Efland, Former NASCAR Driver, to Serve as Crew Chief for AM Racing, Harrison Burton in 2025". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Danny Efland – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "Danny Efland – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Danny Efland – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  10. ^ "Danny Efland – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Danny Efland – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "Danny Efland – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Danny Efland – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "Danny Efland – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.