Birth Date:       September 6, 1962
Birthplace:       Owensboro, Ky.
Resides:           Davidson, N.C.
Wife:                Michelle
Pets:                Two Labrador Retrievers, “Short Track” and “Vegas”

As the youngest of three siblings growing up in the racing hotbed of Owensboro, KY., Jeff Green grew up watching his older brothers, Mark and David, pursue their racing dreams. Before long, his need for speed saw Green climb behind the wheel of a go-kart and begin his own racing career.

After years of working his way up through the ranks, Green’s first big break came in 1990 when he drove in two NASCAR Busch Series events for team owner John Boatman. Over the next three seasons (1991-93), Green competed in a total of 38 Busch series races, scoring a pole position and three top-10 finishes. While these statistics are modest, these humble beginnings laid the ground work for what would become one of the most successful careers in Busch Series history.

In 1994, Green got his first taste of NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing, driving in two events for Sadler Brothers Racing and one race for celebrated driver and team owner, Junior Johnson.

Green’s talent caught the eye of NASCAR legend, Dale Earnhardt, who hired Green to drive a car owned by Earnhardt’s wife, Teresa, in the NASCAR Busch Series. Over the next two seasons (1995-1996), Green had the honor of piloting a black No. 3 Chevrolet for Earnhardt. In 1995, Green earned 12 top-10 and six top-five finishes, finishing fifth in the points standings. In 1996, Green finished fourth in points, with five top-fives and 13 top-10 finishes.

In 1997, Green again moved up to the Winston Cup Series, competing in 20 races for team owner Gary Bechtel. Green also drove a Busch Series entry for Bechtel, picking up his first career NASCAR win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in his 100th Busch Series start.

The 1998 season saw Green compete in 22 Winston Cup Series races, driving for three different car owners. After starting the season with Bechtel, Green drove one race for team owner Chuck Rider, before finishing the year in a Felix Sabates-owned entry.

After his up and down season in the Cup Series, Green chose to return to the Busch Series to drive for team owner Greg Pollex in 1999.

Partnered with crew chief Harold Holly, Green became a dominant force in the Busch Series over the next three seasons (1999-2001). In 96 races, the Holly/Green combination scored 13 wins, 72 top-10s, 56 top-fives, and 14 pole positions. In other words, the duo managed a top-10 finish in three out of every four starts during this time.
 
Despite missing the second race of the 1999 season at North Carolina Motor Speedway (Green was one of 14 drivers who failed to qualify for the event), Green still managed a runner-up finish in the final points standings, with three wins, four pole positions, 15 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes in 31 starts.

The next season, the Holly and Green juggernaut seemed unstoppable, as the duo led their team to six wins, seven pole positions, 25 top-fives and 27 top-10s on their way to the Busch Series championship. They bested their closest competition – Green’s teammate at PPC Racing, Jason Keller – by 616 points, the largest margin in series history at the time.
The championship also made Green and his older brother, David (the 1994 Busch Series champion), the first siblings to win a modern-day major auto racing championship.

The 2001 season saw Holly and Green continue their winning ways, as the partnership yielded four more wins, two poles, 16 top-fives, 26 top-10s, and another runner-up finish in the championship standings.

Green’s spectacular Busch Series stats didn’t go unnoticed, and his efforts were rewarded when he received another shot at Winston Cup competition, this time with a top team - Richard Childress Racing (RCR). Green competed in a total of eight Cup events with RCR that year, and scored his first career Winston Cup pole position at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on August 25th, 2001.

In 2002, his first full season of Winston Cup competition, Green posted four top-fives and six top-10s with RCR, and posted a career-best 17th-place finish in the season points standings.

The 2003 season started with a bang when Green scored the pole position for “The Great American Race” – the Daytona 500.  That feat proved to be the highlight of the season for Green and his RCR team. Midway through the year, Green and RCR parted ways, and Green moved over to drive the No. 1 Chevy for Dale Earnhardt Inc. for 12 races.

With eight races remaining in 2003, Green caught the eye of another NASCAR legend, Richard Petty, aka “The King.” Green joined Petty Enterprises to drive Petty’s iconic No. 43 car for the next two seasons, and remained with the team through the end of 2005.

Looking to advance his career with an organization on the rise, Green joined Haas CNC Racing at the beginning of 2006 to drive the No. 66 Best Buy Chevrolet.

Green scored 12 finishes of 20th or better in the season’s first 27 races. With five races remaining, Green was reunited with crew chief Harold Holly, who had been working as the crew chief of Haas’ Busch Series entry. In their first race back together, Holly helped Green qualify eighth and score a top-10 finish at Martinsville (VA.) Speedway.