Timothy Green III

## Career

### Achievements and Awards

2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 NASCAR Citi Series ChampionYoungest Citi Series Champion ever (15y, 7m, 19d after 2001 title)

2011, 2014 GasTrac 600 Champion

2004, 2007 Driver Of The Year

2001, 2005 Lap Champion

2000 NASCAR CommonCore Series Rookie Of The Year

2014 Comeback Driver Of The Year

2000s Driver Of The Decade

1992, 1995 Go-Kart USA Champion

## Race Info

### Total Number Of Wins

54

**Timothy MacIzzel Green III** (born April 5th, 1986) is an American former stock car racer who last raced full-time in the NASCAR Citi Series in the number 6 for his own team, Blacksmith Motorsports. He has been very successful in the series, winning the championship five times for three different teams, in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007. When he won his first title, he surpassed Robby Irwin's 1989 age record for youngest champion by over a year (fifteen years, seven months, and nineteen days). He raced full-time from 2000 to 2023.

## Personal Life

Timothy was born in Mentone, Texas as the second of three born to Timothy Green Jr., a local short track racer who raced part-time in the Citi Series in 1979 and 1980, and Belinda Green, the town florist. Timothy has three children with his wife Carol, Timothy IV, a Citi Series racer, Marley, a drag car builder, and Jenna.

## Early Career

Just five years into his life and Timothy was in the Go-Kart USA Championship, getting two wins and thirteen podiums in 1991, but Ricky Irwin beat him to the title with nine wins. The next year, Timothy was one of three winners, and won the title with another four wins besting Ricky who was inconsistent with his ten wins. His 1992 title anchored the Pace Motorsports dynasty, who won the 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 titles, with Green winning again in the latter year.

After 1995, Green raced sporadically across different tracks in the country and was most known on the midwestern tracks.

## Citi Series Career

### 2000

Green came to the Citi Series at the age of fourteen in 2000 for Vermin Race Group in their number 12 sponsored by Arby's and he had one of the best rookie seasons ever, four wins, twenty top 5s, twenty-three top 10s, a pole, and a third place points finish. His first win at Richmond saw him do a memorable last lap pass on Kevin Polaris for the victory.

### 2001

The breakout season was imminent, as Green had eight wins, five poles, and won the championship by over 200 points and clinched it one race early, the last ever to do so. Interestingly enough, he never won consecutive races in 2001. He beat the record for youngest champion set in 1989 by Robby Irwin by over a year.

### 2002

2002 was dominated by the team, as Green got five wins, but his main competition was teammate Garrison Irwin, who got six wins and in the final race at Oregon, Green was one of four contenders to win the title, he was not the dominant one, as Garrison led most of the time. After Robby Irwin spun and slowed down Garrison before the race back ton the line, Green led the title with less than ten laps to go and held on to his win second championship.

### 2003

2003 saw even more competition for Green, as his five wins were impressive but he had a significant amount of mediocre runs. He was in contention to win the title, but Robby Irwin was on another level, as his ten wins were impossible to beat and the consistency from Green wasn't there at the end as he finished second in points.

### 2004

In a surprise move, Green signed with TBA to drive their Pepsi number 19. He stated that he never wanted to be content driving for a high-budget team but he wanted to bring smaller ones to stardom. The 2004 season was a rocky one, he got two wins early on, but then the part failures came. He got four DNFs, but another win at Talladega pushed him back up in points. He found his groove by the end of the year where his three wins and twenty top tens was enough to land him a fifth place points finish.

### 2005

The groove continued into 2005, as he got seven wins including three in a row but he had four sub-par races towards the end of the season, which led to Robby Irwin closing in. At Oregon they fought hard, but after Irwin's fading at the end, Green wdged him out for his third championship.

### 2006

Green had a head full of steam scoring just four wins, but he got an amazing twenty-six top 10s. His consistency got him to beat up-and-comer Rusty Cleveland for his fourth championship. Everyone now saw Green as the potential person to unseat Robby Irwin as the best Citi Series driver of all-time.

### 2007

The 2007 season saw another team switch, TBA2 in their Kingsford number 74. Green was mostly outside the top 5 in points due to wrecks and part failures. He got one win at Riverhead until his last ten race stretch saw two more wins and a worst finish of seventh. He rocketed from sixth to second in points heading into Oregon. Passing Harry Helips and Mickey Benson in points by finishing seventh got him to win his third straight title and fifth overall by just one point.

### 2008

2008 saw extreme competition from lots of drivers. Green got his first win of the year at Las Vegas, but he had some sub-par runs which led to him and multiple others swapping the points lead. After 30 races, he sat fourth with three more wins. He got three top 5s and moved to second after three races. He got second the next week at Richmond and 13th at St. Lawrence which put him in the points lead. He led the way to the biggest title fight in series history and led the points with Mickey Benson and Kevin Polaris for most of the night until a lost cylinder with ten to go ended his chances and due to a big wreck, he finished fifth in points, ending his title streak.

### 2009

2009 was an underwhelming year for Green, as he had trouble throughout the season with bad luck. He was frequently involved in some sort of problem but was able to finish most of the races. He got his only win of the year at Memphis and finished ninth in points, the first time he finished outside the top five in points.

### 2010

Aiming for better results, Green tried to deliver, and he was robbed of a few wins due to bad strategy, but he was able to win a Dover and a later win at Watkins Glen boosted his chances, as he got some consistent top 10s. In a chance for a top 5 points finish, he wrecked with David Cooper which lowered him to seventh in points.

### 2011

Green went back to Vermin Race Group in their number 12 again and was able to even get Arby's back on board but he had a mediocre year, after redeeming himself from the previous year, he won his first GasTrac 600 and was in the top three in points for a while and won again at Las Vegas, but he had tons of problems after the first half, falling to tenth in points with seven DNFs.

### 2012

2012 was even worse, going winless for the first time in his career, and Arby's left mid-season and many sponsors came for one-offs. He only got 13 top 10s and a thirteenth place points finish.

### 2013

2013 was bad, as he got a win early at Riverhead but while sitting fifteenth after eleven races, the 12 team folded due to a lack of sponsorship. He spent the rest of the year as a free agent, finishing the year 38th in points win one win, two top 5s, four top 10s, and a pole.

### 2014

For the 2014 season, Green started up his own team, Blacksmith Motorsports in the number 6, in hopes of winning a sixth title. He won his second GasTrac 600 and was top 5 all year, scoring two wins afterward at Kansas and Michigan, but a late season struggle with zero top tens in the last seven races dropped him from second to fifth in points at the end of the year.

### 2015

Green raced full-time in 2015 being consistent all year, scoring twenty top tens. He didn't score a win and was not a race-winning contender most of the time, but he was consistent enough to finish eighth in points, the last time he would finish in the top ten in points.

### 2016

Green had many issues in 2016, his R&D was not going well and there were some races where he was like a roadblock, he got zero wins, only six top tens, and 8 DNFs (7 due to part failures, 4 of those 7 due to engine failures). His eighteenth place points finish was the worst he had since 2012.\

### 2017

2017 saw minimal improvement, nine top tens, only 5 DNFs (2 due to parts), and for the first time since 2014, he got a win, coming at the I-70 Speedway, where he led 96 laps. He was inconsistent though, as he dropped to nineteenth in points.

### 2018

Green was now seen as a casual mid-pack driver, as he was not up front at all until the end of the year at Oregon, where he led 317 laps and finished fourth. His best finish prior to that was ninth. His seven top 10s and numerous top 20s led to a sixteenth place points finish.

### 2019

Green was involved with the leaders a lot, as a lap car actually. He only had 16 lead lap finishes, five top tens, no top 5s for the first time, and 4 DNFs. He did get his first pole in six years though and finished twentieth in points.

### 2020-2022

A lot of failures was the norm in 2020, 13 DNFs was the most in his career, two top tens (career-low), and a dismal 26th in points. With his son joining the team in 2021, Green took a step back with his R&D for his particular crew. He did slightly improve, scoring four top tens, but he was in the back a lot and finished 23rd in points. Green got three top tens in 2022 and was involved in a nasty wreck at Bristol where he was hit driver-side into a tumble. He finished 24th in points.

### 2023

Green started off the year with consistent mid-pack runs and some top 10s. After a strong fourth place finish at Darlington for his first top five in nearly four years, he announced his retirement after the year. He progressed through the year with relief as he watched his son get competitive. His six top 10s led him to a 22nd place points finish in his final year, where the series paid respects to his successful career in the last race at Oregon.