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| Look for these signs! |
Wed Nov 04, 2009 08:10:29 AM |
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Hey Gang,
Look for these signs at TMS Friday nite @ TRACKSIDE LIVE!!
My Mom & I will be there to represent David & The Gang!!
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These should look just as GOOD as our other sign this year back in April!! :)
Cousin Daniel Gilliland
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| R.I.P Gramma Gilly |
Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:42:30 PM |
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Gramma Gilly,
I can't believe you're gone, but I know you're in a better place. You are an ANGEL now and I know that you'll always be watching over me and protecting me everyday.
The memories we shared the past 11 years, will forever be in my heart. Thanks for being a wonderful Gramma!!
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH and I'll MISS YOU!!
Love Your "Baby Boy" & Grandson,
Daniel Lee Edward Gilliland
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| Cousin David... |
Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:39:31 AM |
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Cousin David,
I just want to wish you and your team, TRG MOTORSPORTS the BEST of LUCK this weekend in Martinsville.
GO, DAVID GO!!
P.S. I'll be in Texas next week for Spring Break, maybe I'll be able to see you?? You can email me at: gillilandacing@hotmail.com
Cousin Daniel Gilliland
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| COUSIN DAVID.... |
Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:04:06 PM |
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COUSIN DAVID,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR "TOP 10" @ BRISTOL.
WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU!
LOVE,
COUSIN DANIEL
"GO, DAVID GO!"
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| GOOD LUCK COUISN DAVID |
Thur Feb 07, 2008 07:33:23 AM |
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COUSIN DAVID,
I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND IN THE BUD POLE SHOOTOUT!
I WILL BE WATCHING THE RACE AND CHEERING YOU ON WITH MY DAD.
GOOD LUCK AND....
GO DAVID, GO!!!!
COUSIN DANIEL GILLILAND
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| Article on my Cousin David from NASCAR |
Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:03:07 AM |
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This is an article from NASCAR on David.
Gilliland feeling at home after solid Happy Hour run
California native posts second-fastest time in practice
By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.COM
September 1, 2007
11:31 PM EDT
type size: + -FONTANA, Calif. -- Coming home since he has become a Nextel Cup driver hasn't always translated into a whole lot of fun for David Gilliland.
But he's hoping to change all that in the Sharp AQUOS 500 at California Speedway on Sunday. And if the way he hustled his No. 38 Ford around the 2-mile track during Happy Hour on Saturday is any indication, he's got a great chance of accomplishing his goal.
In the final Cup practice prior to Sunday's race, Gilliland turned a fast lap of 177.165 mph. Only Carl Edwards in his No. 99 Ford was faster, turning the top Happy Hour lap speed of 178.749.
"I've struggled coming here," admitted Gilliland, a native of nearby Riverside, Calif. "I've only been here twice in a Cup car, and we've just struggled. To come back home and feel like we've got a really good racecar is special. We weren't quite where we needed to be when we unloaded, but we made some good strides."
It started to show in qualifying on Friday, when Gilliland turned a lap of 180.533 that was good enough to place him 14th on the starting grid for Sunday's race. That's a vast improvement over his previous two qualifying efforts at his home track. Earlier this season, in the second race of the year, he started 40th and finished 25th; in his debut at California late last year, he started 20th but limped home in 32nd.
"In qualifying, it was better than I expected it to be. We probably could have done even better in qualifying," Gilliland said. "We had an awesome final practice session. The car is really stable. It's good. These kinds of runs are what we need for Robert Yates Racing right now."
The season began in storybook fashion for Gilliland, who came in with just 15 career Cup starts (all in 2006). He won the pole for the Daytona 500, where he sat on the front row alongside Robert Yates Racing teammate Ricky Rudd, led 18 laps in the storied race and eventually finished a highly respectable eighth for his first career top-10 finish.
Since then, Gilliland and the No. 38 team have mostly struggled everywhere but on the superspeedways. He did qualify second for and finish fourth in the spring race at Talladega, racking up his first career top-five; and he finished 11th in the July race at Daytona. Other than that, he has only five other finishes inside the top 20 and has fallen off to 28th in points.
Rudd, however, has always stood by Gilliland -- telling anyone who will listen Gilliland has a bright future ahead of him. That includes telling Gilliland, whom Rudd said he had detected getting down on himself from time to time.
"David is a very talented driver," Rudd said. "He's got all the skills that it takes and he's getting the necessary experience. It's got to be frustrating, I know. It's frustrating for me. It's a time right now where the Yates operation is rebuilding and trying to become an engineer-based team.
"The performance hasn't been all gloom. There have been some nice things along the way -- but I think right now David is being judged too much by finishing results. If he's guilty of anything, he drives too hard. He's so committed to wanting to do well that sometimes maybe the equipment at best is a 15th-place car, and David is trying to make something happen to get it to be a 12th-place car. I know he's very capable of running up front in the right equipment."
Gilliland said he appreciates all the advice he can get from Rudd, who will be making his 900th career Cup start Sunday but plans to retire for good at the end of this season. Only Richard Petty has made more career Cup starts than Rudd.
"He's been very complimentary with me, and that's meant a lot to me this year -- because we've had our ups and downs," Gilliland said of Rudd. "He's always been there to tell me, `Hey, don't give up. You've got what it takes to do it.' To hear comments like that coming from a guy with how much experience he has and who has been around the sport as long as he has really goes a long way with me.
"It's amazing, you know. He's helped me so much. Just having a guy with his amount of knowledge to go lean on really helps me. I go through his window net and ask him a lot about some of these tracks I don't have a lot of experience on. I feel like he's helping me get to that next step as a driver, and I really appreciate that."
Gilliland was in good company at the top of the speed chart during Saturday evening's final practice for Sunday's race. Following Edwards and Gilliland in the top 10 were Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, David Stremme, Clint Bowyer, Dave Blaney, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Reed Sorenson, respectively.
Of those, only Gilliland and Johnson, a native of El Cajon, Calif., claim California Speedway as their home track. And Gilliland said he is starting to feed off of that.
"It's neat to come back home. As a driver, just walking through the fans and hearing everybody yell, `David!' and cheering, it's a great confidence booster. And confidence goes a long way in this sport," Gilliland said.
"You see guys get on a roll. They get a good run, and the next week it carries on to another good finish. So confidence goes a long way, and coming home always brings along with it a little boost of confidence."
Especially when you run well.
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| GOOD LUCK COUSIN DAVID |
Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:51:42 AM |
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COUSIN DAVID,
GOOD LUCK TODAY IN POCONO!! IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU RUNNING 5TH FASTEST IN PRACTICE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN VICTORY LANE OR WITH A SOLID TOP 5 OR 10 FINISH!
P.S. MY GRANDMA ROSEMARY PLACED A HEFTY BET ON YOU IN VEGAS THIS PAST WEEK, FOR YOU TO WIN THE RACE IN POCONO. THE ODDS WERE 150/1 FOR YOU TO WIN, NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING. (LOL)
WE'LL BE WATCHING THE RACE & EATING OUR M&M'S!!
GOOD LUCK
LOVE, COUSIN DANIEL
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| WERE YOU GLAD TO SEE SMOKE, |
Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:39:49 PM |
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IN VICORTY LANE??
WE WERE SO PISSED WITH HIS VICTORY! I WAS HOPING TO SEE EDWARDS IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE PERSONALLY.
SMOKE HAS NOT WON A RACE SINCE NOVEMBER 2006, MAYBE THAT WAS WHY HE HAS BEEN SO PISSED OFF LATELY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF A 20 RACE LOSING STREAK, I GUESS??
HE NEEDS TO GET A LIFE!!
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| CONGRATS COUSIN DAVID |
Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:59:40 PM |
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COUSIN DAVID,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TOP 15 FINISH! YOU RAN AN AWESOME RACE TODAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU. YOUR TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB GETTING YOU TO THE FINISH LINE WITH SOLID FINISHES. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AND "CHOCOLATE THUNDER" IN VICOTORY LANE SOON.
WAY TO GO, COSUIN DAVID!!
LOVE,
COUSIN DANIEL GILLILAND
gillilandracing@yahoo.com
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