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EMS Speak Joins Danny at Darlington

Irmo, SC — The mobile app EMS Speak and Danny Efland will be featured at the Darlington Speedway, Mother’s Day Weekend. The #4 Nationwide car, a new Chevy Impala that Danny  completed in his Irmo, SC, shop, will team with EMS Speak for the race. Danny will be at the wheel of the Chevy Impala for the Darlington race as he continues his partnership with Johnny Davis Motorsports in an effort to keep the #4 car in the owner’s points standings.   EMS Speak, the app that becomes your voice in an emergency. EMS Speak audibly translates standard protocol questions of emergency responders, police,fire,ems and hospital personnel from English to Spanish but also allows the individual data storage for when medical information is life threatening. Don’t let an emergency leave you speechless. EMS Speak and Danny Efland are looking forward to a great race … see ya at the finish line!!

Danny to Race the Texas Nationwide Series Race

Danny Post Career Best Finish at Daytona

Irmo, SC — After receiving my Engineering degree from the University of South Carolina in December it was time to get started on our Nationwide car for Daytona. My Dad and I built the car and Johnny Davis lent us an older generation used motor.  Jeremy Clements father re-built the motor for us and with the help of many friends we were ready.

With fifty cars vieing for forty three spots, I was blessed to have a locked in position.  We did not need to worry about qualifying trim and could concentrate on race set up.

The weather was great in Daytona and pre-race Technical Inspection came off without a hitch.  This is something I always worry about because we are by far NASCAR’s smallest team and we do not have a lot of at track capability to re-work the car.

During practice, I knew that I would have to have drafting help to keep up.  Our strategy was to lay back and run with a few cars so we would not be in the pack when  the ‘big one’ happened and then to go for it at the end.  My father is my spotter and he and I actually crew chief the car during the race.  We use a Mooresville based crew school as an over the wall pit crew.

The initial strategy was wrong from the beginning.  I could not keep up as soon as I was out of the lead pack and quickly got lapped.  Fortunately 2 quick cautions gave us the lap back.  The lesson was learned! I had to stay in the lead pack the rest of the race.

At times we would pass 6-8 cars in one lap and move up to around 15th and the next lap be back to 24th.   To avoid one wreck I was forced down pit road wide open.

The race ended with the ‘big one’.  Dad and I had seen it coming and elected to hold back.  We avoided the carnage and came home a personal best – 13th.  The winner had been 11th and I was 18th on the last re-start, so I guess you could say our conservative stance might have cost us but we did not tear up our race car which could have easily happened if we had forced the issue.  Unlike the well funded teams we would be out of business if we lost the car.

I am very proud of our guys and all the people who helped us and look forward to competing again.

See you at the races!
Danny Efland

Efland to Race Season Opener at Daytona

Irmo, SC — The DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide race February 25^th at Daytona will be Danny Efland’s first race as a newly minted Engineer. Danny has run an average of ten races a year during the last four years as a full time college student, including three at Daytona. Now he hopes to make racing an occupation.

Danny’s family team, Danny Efland Racing, will partner with Johnny Davis and his new team at Daytona running a Chevy Impala #4. The car will be locked into the field so Danny will concentrate on the race setup. Danny said, “I am very excited to be working with Johnny Davis again. He has years of experience in this series.”

Sponsorship for the race should be announced soon.

Danny Graduates from University of South Carolina

Irmo, SC — NASCAR Nationwide driver Danny Efland earned his engineering degree on Monday from the University of South Carolina. Now Ryan Newman is not the only engineer/driver in NASCAR! “It has been a real challenge,” said Danny, “I have raced an average of 10 times a year and still attended school full time. At times I have had to fly home between races such as happened between California and Las Vegas last year, to attend 3 days of class while the team stayed out west. I hope now that racing will become full time.

Danny wishes to thank his professors and the staff at USC for cooperating on missed assignments and exam makeups due to racing conflicts.

Danny continued, “As racing becomes more sophisticated I have seen advantages engineering has given me in understanding and communicating with crew chiefs and race engineers. I hope to use this degree to further my ambitions towards a life long racing career.”

See you at the races!
Danny Efland Racing