SS-Green Light Racing
SS-Green Light Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS and Ford Mustang, primarily for Patrick Emerling and part-time No. 14 with multiple drivers with an affiliation with Kaulig Racing. In the ARCA Menards Series, the team fielding the No. 08 Ford Fusion for Patrick Emerling. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing for their Camaros while their Mustangs were from a previous alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing.
Owner(s) | Bobby Dotter Gene Christensen (former) Ken Smith (former) Steve Urvan (former) |
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Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
Series | NASCAR Xfinity Series ARCA Menards Series |
Race drivers | NASCAR Xfinity Series: 07. Patrick Emerling, TBA 14. Daniel Suárez, TBA ARCA Menards Series: 08. Patrick Emerling (part-time) |
Sponsors | NASCAR Xfinity Series: 07. Phillips & Hunt 14. Wendy's ARCA Menards Series: 08. Southern Tier Security |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet Ford |
Opened | 1995 |
Career | |
Debut | Xfinity Series: 1995 Goody's 300 (Daytona) Camping World Truck Series: 2000 Sears DieHard 200 (Milwaukee) |
Latest race | Xfinity Series: 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix) Camping World Truck Series: 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) |
Races competed | 702 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 1 |
Pole positions | 1 |
The team is owned by former driver Bobby Dotter, who also drove for the team in numerous races when he was still driving. Dotter is currently the team's sole owner, although at various points in the team's history, businessman Ken Smith (who left the team in July 2017) and Steve Urvan (in 2010 only) as well as Texas politician Gene Christensen (who unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for Texas's 4th congressional district in 2008) were co-owners of the team with Dotter.
Green Light began competing in the Truck Series in 2000 and merged with SS Racing in 2008 during the economic downturn after teams merging was a common thing at the time which resulted in financial success and stability. SS Racing was a team that was competing in the ASA and had previously partnered with Green Light's Truck team on various occasions, but fully merged with GLR beginning that year. The team competed in the Truck Series each year until 2017 when they decided to focus on their Xfinity program.