David Smith news and updates cover the Canadian stock car racing driver born March 28, 1950, in Sidney, British Columbia, who competes in the ARCA Menards Series West driving the No. 05 Toyota for Shockwave Motorsports. Coverage spans his late-blooming transition from two decades as a NASCAR chassis builder to a competitive driver, including his Trans-Am West Coast Championship run, his 2011 Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame induction, his career-best seventh-place 2025 ARCA West standings, and his first laps led at the 2026 Tucson ARCA Menards West 150. Articles also track his alliance with Naake-Klauer Motorsports and his Shockwave Marine Suspension Seats program, making this tag a useful archive for fans following one of American stock car racing’s more unusual driver career arcs.
