# Chad Little

Charles Glen Little Jr. (born April 29, 1963) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He holds a degree in marketing from Washington State University and a J.D. degree from Gonzaga University. While attending Washington State University, he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Little currently works at NASCAR as managing director for technical inspection and officiating. Little had previously been director of the Camping World Truck Series, as well as the director of racing development for Mexico and the Whelen Modified Tour. He keeps regular office hours in the sanctioning body's research and development center in Concord, North Carolina. He also was a part-time studio analyst for Speed Channel. He is the father of Jesse Little.

## Early years

Little began racing the short tracks in Washington in the mid-1980s. He soon began racing in the American Speed Association West late model series, the NASCAR Northwest Tour Series and the NASCAR Winston West Series. One year after being named the NASCAR Winston West Rookie of the Year, Little clinched that series' championship in 1987.
Little made his NASCAR Winston Cup debut in 1986 at Riverside International Raceway, driving the No. 28 Ford owned by George Jefferson. He started 25th and finished 13th. He ran the other Riverside race that year but finished 35th after suffering engine failure. He ran both the Riverside races the next year, finishing 15th both times in the No. 95 Coors Ford.
The following year, Little was eligible for NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors and signed to drive the No. 90 for Junie Donlavey. However, his best finish was an eighteenth, at the Coca-Cola 600, and he was released early in the season. In 1989, he missed United Airlines Flight 232. About a third of the passengers aboard the flight perished during its emergency landing in Iowa. In 1990, Little and his father Chuck teamed to field their own entry, the No. 19 Ford sponsored by Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce. He ran eighteen races and had seven top-twenty finishes, garnering a 33rd-place points finish. The following season, Little made his first full-time attempt at winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship, qualifying for 28 out of 29 races and posting a tenth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing 27th in points.

## Busch Series

In 1992, Little signed to drive the No. 66 TropArctic-sponsored Ford for Cale Yarborough but was released six races into the season. Later, he caught on to the No. 9 Ford fielded by Melling Racing and had an eighth-place finish at Talladega. He also made his Busch Series debut that year, starting and finishing 29th in the No. 37 Maxx Race Cards-sponsored Oldsmobile at Watkins Glen International.
In 1993, Little, along with Greg Pollex and former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, formed Mark Rypien Motorsports, running the No. 23 If It's Paper-Bayer Select-sponsored Ford on a limited basis that year, posting a second-place finish at Dover International Speedway. The next year, the team went full time and Little had 10 top-five finishes, finishing third in points. He also drove the No. 97 Ford at the Daytona 500 that season, finishing 29th. In 1995, Little broke through and won six races during the course of the season, including the first two races of the season, at Daytona and Rockingham, and finished second in points, behind Johnny Benson. His other wins were at Loudon, Charlotte, Talladega and South Boston. Little did not win a race the following season, however, and slipped to sixth in points. He also ran nine Winston Cup Series races, five in Pollex's No. 97 Sterling Cowboy-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix, and another four for Diamond Ridge Motorsports, posting a 20th-place finish at Darlington Raceway,

## Winston Cup

In 1997, Little returned to the Winston Cup Series, running the No. 97 Pontiac for Pollex with a sponsorship from John Deere. He finished seventh at the Food City 500, but the team struggled to make races. Late in the year, Jack Roush purchased the team to be added to his stable for 1998. Little ended 1997 36th in points.
In 1998, Little drove for Roush full time with Jeff Hammond as crew chief. Running 32 out of 33 races, he had seven top-tens, including a second-place run at Texas, finishing behind Mark Martin, and finished a career-high 15th in points. He was unable to duplicate that performance in 1999, posting just five top-tens and finishing 23rd in points. After just one top-ten in 2000, Roush announced Little would not drive the 97 the following season. Late in the year, Little was pulled out of the car and replaced by his successor, Kurt Busch, with Hammond still as crew chief. During the season, he also ran a handful of races in the Busch Series. Originally running the No. 30 for Innovative Motorsports, he was released and posted a top-ten in a one-race deal with PPI Motorsports.
Little had 217 career Cup starts in all.

## Final years as driver

In 2001, Little signed to drive the No. 74 Staff America-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo for BACE Motorsports in the Busch Series. He had six Top 10’s and finished ninth in points. He started off 2002 running for BACE, but the team closed after three races due to sponsor issues. He made his final Cup start in a BACE car at Dover that year, finishing 33rd. He has not run NASCAR since.

## Post-driving career

In 2004, Chad called several Truck and Xfinity races from the booth.
Chad later provided competition support for the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series, and became the tour director for the Whelen Modified Tour.
Starting in 2013, Chad took on the role of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series managing director. On February 2, 2015, NASCAR announced that Little would be moving into a new role, as a managing director of technical inspection and officiating. His role as director was replaced by another former driver, Elton Sawyer.

## 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.)

#### Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup 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 | 36 | NWCC | Pts |
| 1986 | Jefferson Racing | 28 | Ford | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL | DOV | CLT | RSD 13 | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | ATL | RSD 35 | | | | | | | | 70th | 182 |
| 1987 | Jefferson Racing | 95 | Ford | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | NWS | BRI | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | RSD 15 | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | RSD 15 | ATL | | | | | | | | 60th | 236 |
| 1988 | Stoke Racing | 19 | Ford | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | DOV | RSD 23 | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | NWS | CAR | | | | | | | | | | 45th | 405 |
| 1988 | Autosports Enterprises | 19 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 27 | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV 15 | MAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45th | 405 |
| 1988 | Jefferson Racing | 19 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PHO 19 | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | | | 45th | 405 | |
| 1989 | Donlavey Racing | 90 | Ford | DAY 36 | CAR | ATL 35 | RCH 22 | DAR 37 | BRI | NWS | MAR 26 | TAL 34 | CLT 18 | DOV | SON | POC | MCH | DAY | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH 26 | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | CAR | PHO | ATL | | | | | | | | 38th | 602 |
| 1990 | Little Racing | 19 | Ford | DAY DNQ | RCH 16 | CAR | ATL 19 | DAR 16 | BRI DNQ | NWS | MAR | TAL 15 | CLT 24 | DOV | SON 37 | POC 18 | MCH | DAY 27 | POC | TAL 19 | GLN | MCH 22 | BRI DNQ | DAR 35 | RCH 32 | DOV | MAR 17 | NWS 24 | CLT 40 | CAR 25 | | ATL 27 | | | | | | | | 33rd | 1632 |
| 1990 | Moroso Racing | 20 | Olds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PHO 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33rd | 1632 | |
| 1991 | Little Racing | 19 | Ford | DAY 14 | RCH 16 | CAR 22 | ATL 18 | DAR 36 | BRI 14 | NWS DNQ | MAR 27 | TAL 38 | CLT 25 | DOV 29 | SON 28 | POC 23 | MCH 26 | DAY 29 | POC 12 | TAL 12 | GLN 11 | MCH 25 | BRI 14 | DAR 36 | RCH 34 | DOV 16 | MAR 24 | NWS 21 | CLT 10 | CAR 23 | PHO 30 | ATL 21 | | | | | | | | 27th | 2678 |
| 1992 | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 66 | Ford | DAY 39 | CAR 22 | RCH 23 | ATL 23 | DAR 33 | BRI 23 | NWS | MAR | TAL | CLT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 1669 |
| 1992 | Melling Racing | 9 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 26 | SON | POC 37 | MCH 21 | DAY 24 | POC 17 | TAL 8 | GLN | MCH 17 | BRI | DAR 34 | RCH 27 | DOV 29 | MAR | NWS | CLT 33 | CAR 24 | PHO | ATL 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 1669 | |
| 1993 | Melling Racing | 9 | Ford | DAY 24 | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT 34 | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 216 |
| 1993 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 19 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 33 | CAR | PHO | ATL | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 216 | |
| 1994 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 97 | Ford | DAY 29 | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | PHO | ATL | | | | | | 68th | 81 |
| 1995 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 97 | Ford | DAY DNQ | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT 42 | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL 18 | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT DNQ | CAR | PHO DNQ | ATL | | | | | | 53rd | 146 |
| 1996 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 97 | Pontiac | DAY 33 | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL DNQ | | CLT 43 | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL DNQ | IND | GLN | MCH 36 | | | | | | | CLT 22 | CAR | PHO | ATL 22 | | | | | | 44th | 627 |
| 1996 | JTC Racing | 45 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | SON DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 627 |
| 1996 | Diamond Ridge Motorsports | 29 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRI 23 | DAR 20 | RCH 40 | DOV 41 | MAR DNQ | NWS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 627 |
| 1997 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 97 | Pontiac | DAY DNQ | CAR DNQ | RCH 34 | ATL 19 | DAR 27 | TEX 26 | BRI 8 | MAR 42 | SON DNQ | TAL 34 | CLT DNQ | DOV 31 | POC DNQ | MCH 25 | CAL 19 | DAY 42 | NHA 30 | POC 28 | IND 42 | GLN 42 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 2081 |
| 1997 | Roush Racing | 97 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 42 | BRI 20 | DAR 11 | RCH 40 | NHA 28 | DOV 29 | MAR 35 | CLT 23 | TAL 40 | CAR 16 | PHO 25 | ATL 18 | | | | | | | 36th | 2081 | |
| 1998 | Roush Racing | 97 | Ford | DAY 7 | CAR 21 | LVS 10 | ATL DNQ | DAR 17 | BRI 35 | TEX 2 | MAR 16 | TAL 34 | CAL 6 | CLT 35 | DOV 37 | RCH 13 | MCH 16 | POC 30 | SON 23 | NHA 22 | POC 16 | IND 28 | GLN 16 | MCH 10 | BRI 23 | NHA 14 | DAR 18 | RCH 12 | DOV 17 | MAR 36 | CLT 8 | TAL 8 | DAY 20 | PHO 20 | CAR 40 | ATL 11 | | | | 15th | 3423 |
| 1999 | Roush Racing | 97 | Ford | DAY 9 | CAR 21 | LVS 14 | ATL 9 | DAR 28 | TEX 13 | BRI 24 | MAR 17 | TAL 42 | CAL 22 | RCH 35 | CLT 24 | DOV 28 | MCH 28 | POC 32 | SON 16 | DAY 29 | NHA 24 | POC 22 | IND 43 | GLN 14 | MCH 6 | BRI 30 | DAR 20 | RCH 42 | NHA 28 | DOV 7 | MAR 31 | CLT 18 | TAL 36 | CAR 21 | PHO 16 | HOM 39 | ATL 6 | | | 23rd | 3193 |
| 2000 | Roush Racing | 97 | Ford | DAY 23 | CAR 18 | LVS 19 | ATL 6 | DAR 15 | BRI 23 | TEX 13 | MAR 27 | TAL 25 | CAL 15 | RCH 39 | CLT 20 | DOV 20 | MCH 32 | POC 17 | SON 25 | DAY 16 | NHA 42 | POC 20 | IND 19 | GLN 12 | MCH 22 | BRI 30 | DAR 21 | RCH 29 | NHA 33 | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL 18 | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL | | | 32nd | 2634 |
| 2002 | BACE Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL DNQ | RCH | CLT DNQ | DOV 33 | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 77th | 64 |

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 1989 | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 28 | 36 |
| 1990 | Little Racing | Ford | DNQ | DNQ |
| 1991 | Little Racing | Ford | 30 | 14 |
| 1992 | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 14 | 39 |
| 1993 | Melling Racing | Ford | 17 | 24 |
| 1994 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | Ford | 17 | 29 |
| 1995 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | Ford | DNQ | DNQ |
| 1996 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | Pontiac | 30 | 33 |
| 1997 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | Pontiac | DNQ | DNQ |
| 1998 | Roush Racing | Ford | 21 | 7 |
| 1999 | Roush Racing | Ford | 26 | 9 |
| 2000 | Roush Racing | Ford | 29 | 23 |

#### Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 | NBGNC | Pts | Ref |
| 1992 | Little Racing | 37 | Olds | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | MAR | DAR | BRI | HCY | LAN | DUB | NZH | CLT | DOV | ROU | MYB | GLN 29 | VOL | NHA | TAL | IRP | ROU | MCH | NHA | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | CLT | MAR | CAR | HCY | | | | 120th | 76 | |
| 1993 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 23 | Ford | DAY | CAR | RCH | DAR 33 | BRI | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT 7 | DOV 2 | MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL 29 | IRP 37 | MCH 33 | NHA 37 | BRI 22 | DAR 3 | RCH | DOV | ROU | CLT 14 | MAR | CAR 41 | HCY | ATL 23 | | | | | | | 32nd | 1171 | |
| 1994 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 23 | Ford | DAY 3 | CAR 15 | RCH 22 | ATL 14 | MAR 27 | DAR 18 | HCY 22 | BRI 24 | ROU 15 | NHA 5 | NZH 11 | CLT 34 | DOV 17 | MYB 5 | GLN 8 | MLW 7 | SBO 5 | TAL 6 | HCY 8 | IRP 5 | MCH 2 | BRI 12 | DAR 5 | RCH 14 | DOV 15 | CLT 4 | MAR 5 | CAR 5 | | | | | | | 3rd | 3662 | |
| 1995 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 23 | Ford | DAY 1 | CAR 1* | RCH 32 | ATL 29* | NSV 2 | DAR 4 | BRI 3 | HCY 23* | NHA 1 | NZH 19 | CLT 1 | DOV 9 | MYB 32 | GLN 2* | MLW 8 | TAL 1 | SBO 1* | IRP 20 | MCH 21 | BRI 4 | DAR 40 | RCH 16 | DOV 13 | CLT 34 | CAR 35 | HOM 26 | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 3284 | |
| 1996 | Mark Rypien Motorsports | 23 | Pontiac | DAY 19 | CAR 33 | RCH 20 | ATL 15 | NSV 15 | DAR 37 | BRI 12 | HCY 11 | NZH 11 | CLT 13 | DOV 29 | SBO 8 | MYB 16 | GLN 8 | MLW 21 | NHA 32 | TAL 21 | IRP 27 | MCH 11 | BRI 25 | DAR 12 | RCH 3 | DOV 9 | CLT 4 | CAR 10 | HOM 7 | | | | | | | | | 5th | 2984 | |
| 1998 | Roush Racing | 9 | Ford | DAY | CAR | LVS | NSV | DAR | BRI | TEX | HCY | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | RCH | PPR | GLN | MLW | MYB | CAL | SBO | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR 30 | RCH | DOV | CLT | GTY | CAR | ATL | HOM | | | | 108th | 73 | |
| 2000 | Innovative Motorsports | 30 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX DNQ | NSV | TAL DNQ | CAL 12 | RCH DNQ | NHA | CLT 31 | DOV DNQ | SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW | NZH | PPR | GTY | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 66th | 398 | |
| 2000 | PPI Motorsports | 97 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 10 | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | | | | | | | | | | | 66th | 398 |
| 2000 | BACE Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | CAR 32 | MEM | PHO | HOM DNQ | | | | 66th | 398 |
| 2001 | BACE Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | DAY 9 | CAR 15 | LVS 16 | ATL 15 | DAR 24 | BRI 12 | TEX 31 | NSH 27 | TAL 11 | CAL 18 | RCH 20 | NHA 14 | NZH 20 | CLT 21 | DOV 11 | KEN 6 | MLW 20 | GLN 16 | CHI 17 | GTY 13 | PPR 16 | IRP 3 | MCH 16 | BRI 9 | DAR 13 | RCH 6 | DOV 4 | KAN 36 | CLT 17 | MEM 16 | PHO 13 | CAR 17 | HOM 27 | | 9th | 3846 | |
| 2002 | BACE Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | DAY 14 | CAR 24 | LVS 21 | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 69th | 312 | |

#### SuperTruck Series

NASCAR SuperTruck 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 | NSTSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1995 | RPM Racing | 11 | Ford | PHO | TUS | SGS | MMR | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | RCH 32 | MAR DNQ | NWS DNQ | SON | MMR | PHO | 69th | 162 | |