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David Starr (racing driver)

David Starr, American race car driver

Born
October 11, 1967
Age in 2026
59
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1967

About David Starr (racing driver)

David Leon Starr (born October 11, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 53 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen, the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Young's Motorsports, and the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Mike Harmon Racing with Team Stange Racing. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, where he is a four-time race winner, as well as NASCAR Cup Series, and what are now the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West. == Racing career == === Early career === Starr began by being on a neighbor's pit crew at the age of fourteen. At the age of sixteen, he started driving in street stock racing, winning the championship at Big H Motor Speedway in his first year racing. Over the next seven years, Starr won a total of twenty late model races. In 1993, he began driving at the Team Texas driving school and eventually becoming a race instructor.

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Career and life highlights

The world when David Starr (racing driver) was born

David Starr (racing driver) was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

  • #1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
  • Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
  • Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
  • Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
  • Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
  • Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
  • World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
  • U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in David Starr (racing driver)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19672026
Gas$0.33$3.45/gal
Average home$14,800$435,000
Average income$9,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.22$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population198.7M341 million

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