SS GreenLight Racing is an American professional stock car racing team competing in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Based in Mooresville, North Carolina, the team fields multiple Chevrolet Camaro SS cars with a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing. Former driver Bobby Dotter owns the organization solely, maintaining a hands-on approach that has guided SS GreenLight Racing through more than two decades of competition across multiple NASCAR national series. Despite extensive participation across hundreds of races, the organization has yet to capture a drivers’ championship in any series.
SS GreenLight Racing Overview
SS GreenLight Racing fields the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro SS and the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS as primary entries in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. Garrett Smithley drives the No. 0 car as the primary driver, with Alex Labbé piloting the car at four road course events and Cole Custer running five races beginning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Josh Bilicki drives the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time in 2026, while Garrett Smithley drives the No. 14 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for the 2025 season following a partnership with BRK Racing. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.
Bobby Dotter owns SS GreenLight Racing. The team’s workshop and operations are centered in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is widely recognized as the hub of NASCAR team facilities across the United States. The organization has competed across the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, and the ARCA Menards Series, accumulating 756 total races across all three platforms since its founding in 2000.
Founding and Organizational Origins
Green Light Racing began competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2000, marking the start of an operational journey that would expand across multiple NASCAR national platforms. Former driver Bobby Dotter founded and drove for the team in numerous races during its earliest years, maintaining a direct connection to competition even as he built the organization behind the wheel. At various points in the team’s history, businessman Ken Smith and Steve Urvan served as co-owners alongside Dotter, with Texas politician Gene Christensen also holding an ownership stake at one stage before leaving the operation.
The team merged with SS Racing in 2008 during the economic downturn that reshaped the NASCAR landscape, as consolidating smaller organizations became a survival strategy across the sport. SS Racing had been competing in the American Speed Association and had previously partnered with Green Light’s Truck team on various occasions before the full merger created SS GreenLight Racing. The merger delivered financial stability and continuity at a difficult moment, allowing the combined organization to continue fielding competitive entries through an era when many smaller NASCAR teams could not sustain operations independently. Dotter emerged as the sole owner following the departures of his co-owners, and he has retained that position ever since.
Growth Into NASCAR Competition
The team expanded beyond the Truck Series in 2014 when SS GreenLight Racing launched its O’Reilly Auto Parts Series program, fielding the No. 55 car with Todd Bodine at Darlington Raceway for its national series debut. The team added the No. 07 full-time entry in 2016 with Ray Black Jr. behind the wheel and ScubaLife.com as the primary sponsor, establishing a consistent presence in the second-tier national series. Organizational operations grew around this core program as the team developed the infrastructure, crew personnel, and technical relationships necessary to sustain a multi-car effort in one of NASCAR’s most competitive series.
The team’s technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing strengthened its Chevrolet Camaro SS program and helped connect the organization to one of the most successful manufacturer relationships in NASCAR. The team ran Chevrolets, switched to Ford in 2022 for a single season, and returned to Chevrolet in 2023, demonstrating the flexibility and adaptability that has defined its approach across multiple manufacturer transitions. The shop and facilities in Mooresville, North Carolina provided the operational foundation for all of these efforts.
SS GreenLight Racing Competitive Journey
SS GreenLight Racing has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from 2000 through 2017 and in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series from 2014 to the present day, making a single ARCA Menards Series start in 2024. The team’s progression through these series reflects an evolution from a part-time Truck entrant in its earliest years to a multi-car, multi-series organization that shifted its primary focus to the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series after the 2017 season.
Early Seasons and Development (2000–2007)
Green Light Racing entered the Truck Series in 2000 with Bobby Dotter driving the No. 45 People Against Drugs Chevrolet, recording a best finish of seventeenth at The Milwaukee Mile in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The team fielded multiple truck numbers throughout the 2000s, including the No. 0, No. 06, No. 07, No. 08, No. 21, No. 23, No. 45, No. 78, and No. 81, as the organization built experience across different operational scales. Drivers such as Chad McCumbee, Johnny Chapman, and Butch Miller piloted the No. 08 truck in various seasons, with McCumbee posting two seventh-place finishes and finishing as the runner-up for Rookie of the Year in 2006 despite missing the season opener.
Jason White drove the No. 23 truck full-time in 2010, producing the team’s best Truck Series season with a pole position at Daytona International Speedway and a top-five position in points for half of the campaign before ultimately finishing tenth overall. David Starr piloted the No. 81 truck for the remainder of the 2010 season following a transition from Randy Moss Motorsports, finishing ninth in points that year. These early seasons established SS GreenLight Racing as a consistent part-time and occasional full-time entrant in the Camping World Truck Series while the organization developed its operational depth.
Breakthrough in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (2014–2021)
SS GreenLight Racing entered the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2014 with the No. 55 car driven by Todd Bodine at Darlington Raceway, with additional entries appearing throughout the season across various car numbers and partnership arrangements. The team fielded the No. 07 full-time in 2016 with Ray Black Jr., who recorded nine top-twenty finishes with a best result of fourteenth at Bristol Motor Speedway and finished nineteenth in the driver standings. Black Jr. returned to the No. 07 in 2017 but was replaced by Todd Bodine for the Charlotte race, with Spencer Boyd and Andy Lally handling additional entries at Pocono and Mid-Ohio.
When Black Jr. returned to SS GreenLight Racing in 2019 for another full-time No. 07 campaign, the team had already established a presence in the series with a rotating cast of drivers across multiple car numbers throughout the intervening seasons. The year 2020 produced one of the team’s best O’Reilly Auto Parts Series seasons, as Gray Gaulding drove the No. 07 to a second-place finish at Daytona International Speedway when the top four contenders wrecked on the final corner, and Garrett Smithley scored a top-ten finish at Talladega Superspeedway. The team switched manufacturers from Chevrolet to Ford for the 2022 season, and on February 26, 2022, Cole Custer claimed the team’s first victory at Auto Club Speedway in a collaborative effort with Stewart-Haas Racing.
Modern Program and Current Direction (2022–Present)
The team switched back to Chevrolet for the 2023 season after running Ford in 2022, with Blaine Perkins announced as the full-time driver of the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS. The car saw a wide rotation of drivers throughout the 2023 campaign, with Carson Hocevar, Stefan Parsons, Dawson Cram, David Starr, Daniel Suárez, Spencer Pumpelly, Mason Maggio, Katherine Legge, Colin Garrett, Josh Bilicki, J. J. Yeley, Gray Gaulding, Natalie Decker, and Devin Jones all making starts in the entry. Patrick Emerling drove the No. 07 in more than half of the 2024 races, achieving a best finish of seventeenth, while additional drivers including Daniil Kvyat, Myatt Snider, Logan Bearden, Alex Labbé, Greg Van Alst, C. J. McLaughlin, Jade Buford, Sage Karam, and Brad Perez shared the car in the remaining starts.
For the 2025 season, Garrett Smithley drives the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro SS primarily, with Alex Labbé at four road course events and Cole Custer at five races beginning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Patrick Emerling, Nick Leitz, and Alex Labbé split the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS for most of the 2025 season, with Carson Ware, Logan Bearden, Preston Pardus, and Brad Perez also making starts. On November 29, 2025, the team announced that Josh Bilicki would run the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time in 2026.
Philosophy and Competitive Strengths
SS GreenLight Racing’s identity centers on adaptability and opportunistic racing across multiple car numbers, driver combinations, and manufacturer platforms. The team’s willingness to collaborate with larger organizations such as Richard Childress Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing has produced its most notable results, including the first career win at Auto Club Speedway. The organization has consistently demonstrated flexibility in driver development, providing seat time to a wide range of competitors from Cup Series regulars to ARCA graduates.
Key Milestones and Major Moments
SS GreenLight Racing secured its first and only career race victory on February 26, 2022, when Cole Custer drove the No. 07 Ford to a win at Auto Club Speedway in a collaborative effort with Stewart-Haas Racing. Jason White earned the team’s lone career pole position during the Truck Series era at Daytona International Speedway in 2010. David Starr recorded a fifth-place finish at the summer Daytona race in 2017 while driving the No. 99 in a partnership with B. J. McLeod Motorsports, representing the team’s best Truck Series result across its 382-race history in the series. The merger with SS Racing in 2008 remains a defining organizational moment that enabled the team to survive the economic downturn and continue competing.
SS GreenLight Racing Achievements and Results
SS GreenLight Racing has accumulated 756 total race starts across the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series since 2000, with 1 career race victory and 1 pole position. The organization has yet to win a drivers’ championship in any series but has produced multiple strong individual seasons and breakthrough moments across its history.
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Achievements
SS GreenLight Racing has competed in 373 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races, with 1 career victory in the series. The win arrived on February 26, 2022, at Auto Club Speedway when Cole Custer drove the No. 07 Ford to a first-place finish in an effort co-organized with Stewart-Haas Racing. The team has not recorded a pole position in the series. The organization has consistently fielded competitive entries with multiple drivers and car numbers across its decade-plus of participation in the series.
Camping World Truck Series Achievements
SS GreenLight Racing competed in 382 Camping World Truck Series races from 2000 through 2017, with 0 career victories in the series. The team earned 1 pole position in the Truck Series, achieved by Jason White at Daytona International Speedway in 2010. David Starr finished ninth in the Truck Series driver standings in 2010 while driving the No. 81 truck for the team. Ray Black Jr. piloted the No. 07 truck full-time in 2015, recording a fifth-place finish at Daytona International Speedway and finishing twelfth in the driver standings.
ARCA Menards Series Achievements
SS GreenLight Racing made 1 ARCA Menards Series start in 2024, with the entry competing at Daytona International Speedway in the Hard Rock Bet 200. The team has not recorded a victory or pole position in the ARCA Menards Series.