Gray Gaulding
Gray Gaulding | |||||||
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Gaulding at Richmond International Raceway in 2013 | |||||||
Born | (1998-02-10) February 10, 1998 Colonial Heights, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | youngest winner ever in a NASCAR sanctioned series (15) youngest winner ever in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (15) youngest Legend Car winner ever (12) youngest Legend Car Champion ever (12) youngest Asphalt Super late model winner ever (12) | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
49 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2018 position | 36th | ||||||
Best finish | 34th (2017) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
8 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 08 (SS-Green Light Racing) | ||||||
2018 position | 108th | ||||||
Best finish | 108th (2016, 2018) | ||||||
First race | 2016 Food City 300 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2018 position | 116th | ||||||
Best finish | 26th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 JAG Metals 350 (Texas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 18, 2018. |
Gray Gaulding (born February 10, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 08 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing
Contents
1 Racing career
1.1 K&N Pro Series East
1.2 Camping World Truck Series
1.3 Xfinity Series
1.4 Monster Energy Cup Series
2 Personal life
3 Motorsports career results
3.1 Career summary
3.2 NASCAR
3.2.1 Monster Energy Cup Series
3.2.1.1 Daytona 500
3.2.2 Xfinity Series
3.2.3 Camping World Truck Series
3.2.4 K&N Pro Series East
3.2.5 K&N Pro Series West
3.3 ARCA Racing Series
4 References
5 External links
Racing career
Gaulding began racing motorbikes at age 4, and raced cars five years later. When he was 10, Gaulding received two Bandolero cars, and won in his first Bandolero race. At age 12, Gaulding was the youngest driver in a NASCAR Legends Division, and won a Legends car national championship, gaining sponsorship from firearm distributor GunBroker.com.[1] Also at age 12, Gaulding defeated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick at Harvick's karting track, which prompted Harvick to sign Gaulding to Kevin Harvick Incorporated's driver development program.[2] At 13, Gaulding became the youngest Super late model race winner, and was also the youngest driver to win the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Rookie of the Year Award.[3] After KHI shut down in 2011, he was released from the team's driver development program. When he was 14, Gaulding was volunteering at the Victory Junction Gang Camp when he agreed to five one-year contracts with Krispy Kreme as a sponsor.[2]
K&N Pro Series East
In 2013, Gaulding ran the No. 20 Krispy Kreme Toyota in both the K&N Pro Series East and West.[4] He won the pole position at Richmond International Raceway at 15 years, 2 months, 15 days, becoming the youngest pole-sitter in NASCAR history, more than four months younger than Cole Custer, the previous record holder. In the season-ending Pro Series West race at Phoenix International Raceway, Gaulding spun out Custer on the final lap to win,[5] becoming the youngest race winner in K&N series history at 15 years, 8 months and 30 days.[6][7] During the year, Gaulding was named to the NASCAR Next program, which highlights NASCAR's future stars.[8] In 2014, Gaulding was hired by NTS Motorsports to run full-time in the K&N East series.[9]
Camping World Truck Series
Gaulding joined NTS Motorsports in the No. 20, and ran eight races in the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season;[9] he made his Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway.[10] On lap 243, Gaulding was running three-wide, and was turned around. Gaulding finished 19th.[11] Gaulding recorded his best finish of the year at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, finishing 4th in the Chevrolet Silverado 250.[12]
On March 23, 2015, Gaulding was released by NTS Motorsports, and joined Red Horse Racing, making his debut for the team at Martinsville where he finished 17th.[13] He later joined Kyle Busch Motorsports, driving the No. 54 Toyota Tundra in three races at Mosport, New Hampshire and Martinsville.
Xfinity Series
In 2016, Gaulding joined Roush Fenway Racing's driver development program and made his Xfinity Series debut in the No. 60 at Bristol Motor Speedway, while also running another round at Richmond.[14] In 2019, Gaulding is set to drive the No. 08 Chevy for SS-Green Light Racing full-time.
Monster Energy Cup Series
Later in the season, he attempted to make his Sprint Cup Series debut at Martinsville, driving the No. 30 car for The Motorsports Group.[15] Gaulding joined BK Racing's No. 23 car for the 2017 season, driving in 33 races.[16] Gaulding was not approved to run the Daytona 500 due to lack of experience on larger tracks (1.5 miles or greater). On June 13, 2017, Gaulding was replaced by Ryan Sieg at Michigan.[17] Later in the month, Gaulding announced he had joined Premium Motorsports' No. 55 Camry for the Cup races at Kentucky and Loudon.[18] On June 5, 2017, BK Racing released Gaulding because of financial issues; however, he would later return to the team at Darlington. At Talladega, Gaulding survived a crash-filled race to post his career-best finish of ninth.[19] Gaulding would return to BK Racing in 2018. He has run every race contested so far, with a best finish of 20th, achieved at both Daytona and Texas. However after missing a few races, Gaulding will run the 99 for StarCom Racing at Michigan , presumably ending his relationship with BK Racing.
Personal life
Gray is the son of Dwayne and Kristin (Martek) Gaulding. A native of Colonial Heights, Virginia, Gaulding's father, Dwayne, was the vice president of operations at NTS Motorsports.[8]
Motorsports career results
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Poles | Points | Position |
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2013 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series West | Steve Urvan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 27th |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | Steve Urvan | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 456 | 8th | |
2014 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | NTS Motorsports | 16 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 562 | 3rd |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West | NTS Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 41st | |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | NTS Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 26th | |
2015 | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | Red Horse Racing Kyle Busch Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 34th |
2016 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | The Motorsports Group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48th |
NASCAR Xfinity Series | Roush Fenway Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108th | |
2017 | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series | BK Racing Premium Motorsports | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 34th |
NASCAR Xfinity Series | RSS Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111th | |
2018 | Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series | BK Racing Premium Motorsports StarCom Racing Rick Ware Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 36th |
NASCAR Xfinity Series | NXT Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106th |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
Monster Energy Cup Series
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | MENCC | Pts | |||
2016 | The Motorsports Group | 30 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | KAN | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | BRI | MCH | DAR | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | CLT | KAN | TAL | MAR 39 | TEX | PHO 37 | HOM DNQ | 48th | 6 | |||
2017 | BK Racing | 23 | Toyota | DAY | ATL 37 | LVS 34 | PHO 36 | CAL 37 | MAR 29 | TEX 34 | BRI 29 | RCH 31 | TAL 20 | KAN 34 | CLT 27 | DOV 24 | POC 29 | MCH | SON | DAY | RCH 35 | 34th | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Premium Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | KEN 35 | NHA 35 | CHI 38 | NHA 33 | DOV | CLT 36 | KAN 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | IND 24 | BRI 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | POC 31 | GLN | MCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BK Racing | 83 | Toyota | DAR 36 | TAL 9 | MAR 31 | TEX 40 | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 23 | DAY 20 | ATL 36 | LVS 33 | PHO 34 | CAL 32 | MAR 36 | TEX 20 | BRI 31 | RCH 35 | TAL 24 | DOV 30 | KAN 29 | CLT 31 | POC 33 | MCH 31 | SON 30 | CHI 31 | DAY | KEN | NHA | 36th | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Premium Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | POC QL† | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
StarCom Racing | 99 | Chevy | MCH 33 | BRI 40 | DAR | IND | LVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rick Ware Racing | 52 | Ford | RCH 40 | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
†- Qualified for Ross Chastain. |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2018 | BK Racing | Toyota | 34 | 20 |
Xfinity Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | |||
2016 | Roush Fenway Racing | 60 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI 13 | ROA | DAR | RCH 13 | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 108th | 01 | |||
2017 | RSS Racing | 38 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV 34 | 111th | 01 | ||||||||
93 | CLT 39 | KAN 39 | TEX 33 | PHO 40 | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | NXT Motorsports | 54 | Toyota | DAY 38 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 108th | 01 |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | NTS Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | MAR 19 | KAN | CLT | DOV 21 | TEX | GTW 20 | KEN | IOW | ELD 20 | POC | MCH | BRI 23 | MSP 4 | CHI | NHA 16 | LVS | TAL | MAR 14 | TEX | PHO 17 | HOM | 26th | 243 | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Red Horse Racing | 7 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR 17 | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | 34th | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Busch Motorsports | 54 | Toyota | MSP 11 | CHI | NHA 10 | LVS | TAL | MAR 21 | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Premium Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI 25 | NHA 25 | LVS | TAL | MAR 31 | TEX 27 | PHO | HOM | 95th | 01 | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Beaver Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI DNQ | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 116th | 01 |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | SS-Green Light Racing | 20 | Toyota | BRI 6 | GRE 10 | PEN 2 | RCH 24* | BGS 8 | IOW 6 | LGY 17 | COL 14 | IOW 23 | VIR 5 | GRE 3 | NHA 8 | DOV 21 | RAL 15 | 7th | 456 | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | NTS Motorsports | Chevy | NSM 7 | DAY 7 | BRI 2 | GRE 11 | RCH 11 | IOW 17 | BGS 6 | FFL 5* | LGY 18 | NHA 8* | COL 15 | IOW 11 | GLN 18 | VIR 4 | GRE 3 | DOV 8 | 3rd | 562 | [21] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | NSM 3 | 17th | 282 | [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Precision Performance Motorsports | 12 | Toyota | GRE 2 | BRI 11 | IOW 21 | BGS 5 | LGY 4 | COL 17 | NHA 7 | IOW | GLN | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV |
K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | |
2013 | SS-Green Light Racing | 02 | Toyota | PHO 6 | S99 | BIR | IOW | L44 | SON | CNS | IOW | EVG | SRP | MMP | SMP | AAS | KCR 21 | PHO 1 | 27th | 109 | [23] | |
2014 | NTS Motorsports | Chevy | PHO 29 | IRW | S99 | IOW | KCR | SON | SLS | CNS | IOW | EVG | KCR | MMP | AAS | 41st | 57 | [24] | ||||
20 | PHO 2 |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Lira Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY 9 | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 100th | 185 |
References
^ Henigan, Dennis (August 13, 2010). "Gray Gaulding, 12-Year-Old Race Car Driver, Sponsored By Gun Web Site (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 1, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab Pockrass, Bob (April 27, 2012). "Remember this name: Gray Gaulding". Sporting News. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ O'Sullivan, Tim (September 21, 2013). "Teenager Gaulding growing up fast on NASCAR tracks". Concord Monitor. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Gaulding to Compete in K&N Pro Series". Motor Racing Network. January 7, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
^ Spencer, Lee (January 20, 2014). "Custer, turning 16 this week, to run limited Truck schedule". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ Hardin, Ed (February 7, 2014). "Gaulding, 15, ready to go racing". News & Record. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Gray Gaulding". NTS Motorsports. March 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
^ ab "Gaulding Set to Make Truck Series Debut". Motor Racing Network. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ ab "Gaulding Teams With Newberry At NTS". NASCAR Home Tracks. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ Eberly, Brian (March 26, 2014). "GRAY GAULDING TO MAKE TRUCK SERIES DEBUT THIS WEEKEND AT MARTINSVILLE". Motor Racing Digest. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Gray Gaulding's Debut gets Turned Around late in the Kroger 250". Catchfence. March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "2014 Chevrolet Silverado 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ McFadin, Daniel (March 23, 2015). "NTS Motorsports ends relationship with Gray Gaulding". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ Wilhelm, Chase (March 7, 2016). "Gray Gaulding signs with Roush Fenway Racing developmental program". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
^ "GRAY GAULDING TO MAKE SPRINT CUP DEBUT AT MARTINSVILLE". NASCAR. October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
^ Knight, Chris (January 24, 2017). "Gray Gaulding set for nearly full Cup Series schedule at BK Racing". Catchfence. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
^ Durr, Tim (June 13, 2017). "Ryan Sieg to replace Gray Gaulding in No. 23 for Michigan". Foxsports.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ Douglas, John (June 28, 2017). "Gray Gaulding Signs with Premium Motorsports for Two Races". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^ Bonkowski, Jerry (October 16, 2017). "NASCAR Cup rookie Gray Gaulding earns career-best finish at Talladega". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ "Gray Gaulding – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
^ "Gray Gaulding – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
^ "Gray Gaulding – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
^ "Gray Gaulding – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
^ "Gray Gaulding – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
External links
- Official website
Gray Gaulding driver statistics at Racing-Reference