Davin Scites

My Dad, Jack Scites, Competed in the NASCAR series in the late 60"s early 70"s. Jack Scites then decided to quit racing and bought Davin a go-kart when he was five years old and that's when it all began.

Competing for many years in go-karts and winning in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, Davin felt he was ready to move up and decided to buy a Legend Car.

Davin's first race was Ona, West Virginia where he won that night. He competed in legends for three years and in that time won Three National Championships, Two At Charlotte Motor speedway, and a Road Course at Firebird Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona.   Deciding to pursue a career in racing rather than pursing college, Davin progressed to the NASCAR Late Model Series.

"Racing is something I've wanted to do my whole life," says Davin "In 1996, when I was attending Marshall University, the time came for me to make a choice about my future: I either had to focus on racing full-time, or decide on a new profession and begin training for it. I chose racing, and I've never looked back."

He began driving five hours each way to the Carolinas to compete in NASCAR Late Model Stocks at various tracks in the south. "Late Models taught me a lot going to big races at Myrtle Beach, Martinsville, New River Valley and many other tracks."

In 2000 he ran a limited schedule for two seasons in ASA. In 2003 ran a full schedule becoming the only Rookie to win a race in ASA 2003 season.

In 2004 SS Racing called Davin to Drive Ten Races in ASA, He Moved to Indianapolis, IN where he raced, worked on the cars, and also was a crew chief from time to time.

Davin entered his first ARCA ReMax Race at Chicagoland.  Davin Started 34th and finished 6th.

In 2008-2009 Season Davin drove and maintained the Champion Spark Plugs lat model Stock car for Dale Jr. Motorsports.  Davin has over 13 poles including three track records at Martinsville Speedway.

As ’08 transitioned into ’09, the driver of the no. 06 was moving out of the sprawling, 66,000-square-foot facility on Cayuga Drive in Mooresville, NC. And although the severance from JR Motorsports had some setbacks, it also left Davin Scites eyeing new opportunities.

In his first official year racing under the JR Motorsports banner, Scites scored the best season of his career in 2008. For the second straight year, a three-win season at Motor Mile Speedway resulted in a career-best third place finish in the track standings. The racer’s efforts were reflected in the WHELEN All-American Series state and national standings, where the Wayne, WV, native produced personal bests, posting finishes of second and thirteenth, respectively.

On the strength of a record-setting season, Scites and the no. 06 team put their dominance on display at Martinsville. Shattering his old track record, Scites posted a 20.316-second pole run while qualifying for the Bailey’s 300.

But not even two months later, in the wake of an economic downturn, JR Motorsports downsized, dropping four cars from its five-car Late Model fleet.

“It’s real tough to get sponsorships,” Scites says. “You know if Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t get ‘em, then that makes it even harder on the little guys.”

Davin has many more chapters to fill...and many more championships and races to win.