| David Andrew Stremme was born on June 19,1977 in | | | | he won his first victory at Salem Speedway. He won |
| South Bend, Indiana to a large racing family. Stremme | | | | twice that year and picked up the series rookie of |
| is the third generation driver in the Stremme family | | | | the year's title with 13 top-fives and 15 top-10s. |
| who boasts of the likes of his parents, Lou and | | | | Stremme amazed many when he was recorded as |
| Cindy, who are multi-time Track Champions at South | | | | the first Busch Series driver to be awarded the |
| Bend area tracks and his great uncle was a racer in | | | | rookie honors yet he was not racing in the full |
| the 1950s at South Bend Motor Speedway. Racing | | | | season in 2003. He debuted at the Busch series with |
| was already evident in his blood when he began | | | | a seventh place finish. Although he finished 14th in |
| winning "Big Wheel" races at age 6 while his parents | | | | the next two starts, he finished at 6th at the |
| were taking on other stock cars at the tracks. | | | | Nazareth Speedway where he led 32 laps that race. |
| Stremme started out from the bottom and | | | | That was a significant first in his skyrocketing career. |
| proceeded to the top. He started working on the | | | | He went on to drive full-time in 2005 in the NEXTEL |
| race cars in his family garage which taught him to | | | | Cup with 5 top-five finishes and a 13th spot in points |
| build appreciation for the tools and the cars he | | | | in the Busch Series. He started at 31st and ended at |
| worked with. He competed in the Street Stocks | | | | 16th during his NEXTEL cup debut at Chicagoland |
| Division in 1993 in his mother's car but he was forced | | | | speedway. He wasn't as successful at Richmond and |
| to quit once officials found out he was only 15 even | | | | Miami with a 42nd finish and a 36th one at Charlotte. |
| though he won the race. Once it was legally alright | | | | In 2006 however, he had a best finish at 11th place |
| for him to race, he came back with 24 victories, two | | | | at New Hampshire International Speedway and |
| rookie of the years titles and two track | | | | Homestead-Miami Speedway. At the end of that |
| championships all in the span of four years. He took | | | | season, Stremme was assured a start in the first |
| part in his first full NASCAR Weekly Racing Late | | | | five races at the next season. 2007 started off with |
| Model Series in 1998 where he came in seventh at | | | | a bang with a 6th start and an 11th place finish during |
| Kalamazoo Speedway, which was where he used to | | | | the Daytona 500. He went on to start 2nd at the |
| hold the victory cup with his enigmatic father. | | | | UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 and obtained his first |
| The next year he managed 842 out of 900 laps and | | | | career top-ten finish at the Samsung 500 at Texas |
| was the leader for the 100 laps in his first Kendall | | | | Motorspeedway. He followed that up with a career |
| victory. Stremme took part in large variety of series | | | | best finish of 8th place at the Aaron's 499 at |
| and never limited himself to just one. He got his first | | | | Talladega Superspeedway. He managed to join up |
| break in 2001 when American Speed Association | | | | the Craftsman Truck Series in 2006 but he only |
| Series crew chief, Howard Lettow recommended | | | | managed to qualify 28th and after four laps he was |
| Stremme to take Scott Hanson's place when the | | | | in an accident. He finished 32nd in that race. |
| veteran racer couldn't make the Winchester (Ind.) | | | | This young racer still has a lot of potential in him and |
| 400. Stremme proved to be a formidable force when | | | | it is possible that he would do amazing things in his |
| led several laps but had to give way to mechanical | | | | future. |
| problems. He did , however, ride full-time in 2002 and | | | | |