Renner Motorports is the creation of it's driver, Dave Renner,
of Mason, Ohio. If being a racer is a condition, Dave certainly has it.
He has raced everything from karts to bikes to stockers. He's turned only
left, he has turned right and left, and also just gone straight on occasion.
He has achieved success in all of his racing endeavors.
Dave's career started at the early age of 3 in go-karts. Dave
then moved on to dirt bikes. Since he grew up near Queen City Speedway it
was a natural that he wanted to race at the track, which is now closed.
"I rode my bicycle to the track and rooted for Dave Jackson, Gene Harsh
and Glenn Allen, but I had to be home by dark, so I never got to see who
won!", said Renner. Dave and boyhood friend, Freddy Hall, started helping
Brent Robertson. Then with the help of Glenn Allen, they built a mini for
Freddy Hall. "We really didn't have a clue about the cost of racing,
we thought we were going to hit the track for $800." said Renner.
After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Dave
started his racing career again. Dave started driving at Queen City in an
old Dodge Daytona Sportsman car which had previously belonged to Dave Jackson.
After Queen City closed Dave quenched his thirst for speed with some go-kart
racing and a little drag racing, however, it didn't fill the void. After
building a Firebird, Renner returned to competition at Shady Bowl Speedway,
where he competed for 3 seasons. After that the fun continued at Kil-Kare
Speedway.
After achieving success at local short tracks like Shady Bowl
and Kil-Kare, the team's next assault was on the infamous 1/2 mile high
banks of Winchester Indiana. 
1997 brought a new opportunity for
Dave and the Renner Motorsports team. After a year of construction and development
work on the team's new #51 Nascar racer, Dave and the team were optimistic
about the upcoming season at Winchester Speedway. Renner commented, "It's
a new track, a new car and a new motor combination, but I know we're ready
for the challenge. I hope to be a strong contender during the 98 season.
Regardless, I am sure of one thing, it will be anything but boring."
Renner Motorsports began working with sponsors, who benefitted from the
high degree of visibility that Dave and the car were now enjoying.
The new car featured a unique state of the art Rusty Foley Chassis,
based on a 108" Pontiac Grand Prix. Power roared from a 406 c.u., 14
to 1 Bobby Jacks Chevy. Most of the Nascar Super Stocks are based on a older,
larger G.M. chassis. The new Renner Motorsports car offered some distinct
aerodynamic advantages, but lost some advantage in the track width. However,
Renner Motorports thought that this was the wave of the future and looked
for success after the bugs were worked out.
The highlight of the 1998 season was winning the Anchor Glass
feature on August 22. Dave commented: "We had a great season. We ran
strong all year and we finished races." The AE Door Pontiac was a factor
each and every race. "We've won a lot of races, but to win at Winchester
is no doubt the biggest win of my career."
In 1999 they moved into the ARCA super car series with optimism,
and eagerly sought the challenge of racing in this premier division. Renner
Motorsports is always looking to the future with new goals and challenges,
and takes the plunge into a new series, a new car, and even several new
crew members. The new car is a former Jeremy Mayfield #37 Ford Thunderbird,
Banjo Mathews chassis, and a 730 HP RDI/SVO Ford engine built by Jeff Collin
in Mooresville, NC. Sponsors included AE Door, Kings Ford, Smith Trailers,
and Bob's Braided Lines.
The team also acquired a Super Speedway car, the former Cale Yarborough
owned, John Andretti driven Ford shown here. This car is being prepared
to enable Dave to compete on ARCA's super speedway schedule as well as on
the short tracks. This added venue will showcase the team and it's sponsors
on a much larger scale than ever possible before.
"Our goals for this year aren't to set the world on fire,
but to learn the new tracks, and what the car wants to make it handle. We
hope to qualify for all our races and run in the top 15, and if we can sneak
into the top 10 on occasion, it would be a good year."
Dave Renner and Renner Motorsports anticipate the challenges
facing them. At this point Renner Motorsports will be running a 5 to 9 race
schedule, depending on corporate backing. The future looks bright for this
new year, and Dave will face it, as always, sideways, and with the tires
on fire.
Dave is also the host of "Pit Talk" on WMOH 1450 AM.
It is the only local 'call in' racing show in Cincinnati. WMOH is also a
Motorsports Racing Network affiliate which carries all the NASCAR Cup races,
Truck races and the whole M.R.N. talk show schedule. You can listen and
bench race with Dave every Thursday evening between 7 and 9 p.m. (The phone
number for the show is 868-9664)
To Contact Renner Motorsports:
309 Bainbridge Ct.
Mason, Ohio 45040
(513) 573-0051
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Dave Renner:
Hometown: Mason, OH
D/O/B: May 17, 1964
Height: 6'
Weight: 215
Marital Status: Single
Children: None/ Cat named Clifford
Occupation: Owner, Renner Transport, Inc.
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Special Thanks:
Rusty Foley, Bob Ryan
Glenn Allen Jr. & Sr, Bobby Jacks Racing Engines
Advanced Suspension, Ron Richards
Bill Renner
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Crew members:
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| Bill Renner |
| Dave Renner |
| Leah Wilson |
| Tom Fischer, crew chief |
| Terry Garvin |
| Bruce Garvin |
| Jim Godby |
| Chris Streng |
| Kirk Troescher |
| Annette Troescher |
| Gary Hall |
| Gary Teeters |
| Carroll Hargis |
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1999 ARCA Bondo Mar Hyde Super Car Series Race
results:
July 30, 1999 Kil-Kare Speedway: In Dave's premier in
the ARCA super car series, he qualified for the race. An early pit stop
with radio trouble put Dave down three laps, and from there he raced with,
and challenged, many of the established names in this series. By the race
end, Dave had climbed back to fourteenth place, a large achievement in this
series.
July 31, 1999 Flat Rock Speedway, Michigan, Dave again
qualified for the race. Another early pit stop, again with radio trouble,
cost Dave three laps. Dave was climbing back through the field again, when
he was hit in the rear and the side, and was spun to the infield, which
was still soaked from an earlier rain shower. Dave had to wait until a tow
truck could pull him from the infield, at which point he resumed a march
through the field, and finished 18th.
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