David Smith (racing driver)

David Smith is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver who last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 05 Toyota for Shockwave Motorsports.

Racing career

Smith would work in NASCAR in the 1970s as a chassis builder for multiple teams and owners like Ralph Moody, Gary Kershaw, Roy Smith, and Hershel McGriff, a job he would retain for a further twenty years.
In 2011, Smith was inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
From 2017 to 2019, Smith would compete in various Trans-Am West Coast Championship events, finishing third in the standings in 2018 after running five of the six events schedule that year.
In 2022, Smith would make his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Evergreen Speedway driving the No. 05 Toyota for Shockwave Motorsports, finishing thirteenth due to a crash with less than thirty laps to go. He would make two more starts during the year at All American Speedway and Phoenix Raceway, and would get a best finish of eleventh at the Roseville event.
In 2023, Smith would attempt to run the full ARCA Menards Series West schedule for Shockwave after forming an alliance with Naake-Klauer Motorsports despite Smith's team running Toyotas while Naake-Klauer runs Fords.

In 2020, Smith was diagnosed with prostate cancer but was able to get treatment for it in the United States.
Smith is the president of SHOCKWAVE Marine Suspension Seats, and has served as Smith's sponsor whenever he races. The company has also sponsored Derek Kraus in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.