page_title: David Stremme
section_title: 2008–2012
hierarchical_section_title: David Stremme / NASCAR career / 2008–2012
caption_attribution_description: English: NASCAR driver David Stremme meets Air Force Col. Mary Salcido, director of Air Guard Recruiting and Retention, at Bristol, Tenn., during a Sprint Cup Series Race March 21. The Air National Guard's recruiters continue to reach lifetime achievements in accessions, with precision recruiting in technical, medical and officer careers, using new marketing strategies and technology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Rob Trubia) (Released)
context_page_description: David Andrew Stremme is an American professional stock car racing driver.
context_section_description: He was replaced in the No. 40 Dodge by Dario Franchitti 2008 after the 2007 Indy 500 Champion was signed to drive in Sprint Cup. Stremme returned to the Nationwide Series driving for Rusty Wallace Racing, in the No. 64 Atreus Homes & Communities Chevrolet. He was originally scheduled to run a handful of races, with Chase Austin and Max Papis driving the rest of the year, but after starting the season in the top-15 in points, the schedule was modified to allow him to run every race except the road course events. He had five top-fives and sixteen top-tens, on his way to an eleventh-place points finish. In the latter portion of the year, Atreus left the team, and AVIS, Loan Star Title Loans, and the Penske Corporation became the team's new primary sponsors. He drove the No. 15 Hyprene Ergon Toyota Tundra in two Truck races that season as well, in addition to returning to the No. 40 Sprint Cup team, filling for the injured Franchitti at Talladega.
  In 2009, Stremme signed to drive the No. 12 car for Penske Racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Ryan Newman who moved to the No. 39 car for Stewart Haas Racing. The team lost its sponsor when Verizon Wireless bought Alltel, thus negating the grandfather clause. The car was blanked similar to the Penske used in the IRL, censoring their Phillip Morris USA sponsorship with "Team Penske". Stremme nearly won the 2009 AMP Energy 500 running near the front for the lead, but a green-white checkered ruined his day, causing him to run out of gas. Throughout Stremme's season, he did not score a single top 10 and missed the Texas race and failed to qualify for the Homestead race driving for James Finch in the No. 09 car.  Stremme was released from the contract on November 3, because their new driver for 2010, Brad Keselowski, was finished with his prior contract agreements with Hendrick Motorsports. His 2009 was incredibly poor; the No. 12 Penske team went from contending for wins with former driver Newman to rarely cracking the top 20 with Stremme.
  Stremme attempted sixteen races with Latitude 43 Motorsports in 2010, failing to make five. Stremme attempted a select number of races with newly formed Inception Motorsports in the No. 30 Chevrolet in 2011, along with a limited Nationwide Series schedule with ML Motorsports. He ran in the Sprint Cup Series for 2012 with Inception Motorsports, switching to Toyotas.
caption: Stremme shaking hands with a member of the Air National Guard at Bristol in 2010, his sponsor that year.
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