Gray Gaulding

Gray Gaulding
Gaulding at Richmond International Raceway in 2013
Born (1998-02-10) February 10, 1998
Colonial Heights, Virginia
Achievements youngest Legend Car winner ever
youngest Legend Car Champion ever
youngest Super late model winner ever
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
49 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 23 (BK Racing)
No. 99 (StarCom Racing)
No. 52 (Rick Ware Racing)
2017 position 34th
Best finish 34th (2017)
First race 2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500 (Martinsville)
Last race 2018 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 54 (NXT Motorsports)
2017 position 111th
Best finish 108th (2016)
First race 2016 Food City 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2018 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
17 races run over 3 years
Truck no., team No. 50 (Beaver Motorsports)
2017 position 95th
Best finish 26th (2014)
First race 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 JAG Metals 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of September 22, 2018.

Gray Gaulding (born February 10, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for StarCom Racing and the No. 52 Camaro ZL1 for Rick Ware Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Camry for NXT Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado for Beaver Motorsports.

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

Gaulding's No. 20 Toyota in the K&N Pro Series East race at Richmond International Raceway

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 intentionally 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]

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
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

StarCom Racing

 27 0 0 1 0 164 34th

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
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 -* -*
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
2018 BK Racing Toyota 34 20

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 -* 01

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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 -* -*

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
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
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
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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Pockrass, Bob (April 27, 2012). "Remember this name: Gray Gaulding". Sporting News. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ O'Sullivan, Tim (September 21, 2013). "Teenager Gaulding growing up fast on NASCAR tracks". Concord Monitor. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gaulding to Compete in K&N Pro Series". Motor Racing Network. January 7, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Lee (January 20, 2014). "Custer, turning 16 this week, to run limited Truck schedule". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Hardin, Ed (February 7, 2014). "Gaulding, 15, ready to go racing". News & Record. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gray Gaulding". NTS Motorsports. March 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  8. 1 2 "Gaulding Set to Make Truck Series Debut". Motor Racing Network. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Gaulding Teams With Newberry At NTS". NASCAR Home Tracks. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ Eberly, Brian (March 26, 2014). "GRAY GAULDING TO MAKE TRUCK SERIES DEBUT THIS WEEKEND AT MARTINSVILLE". Motor Racing Digest. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Gray Gaulding's Debut gets Turned Around late in the Kroger 250". Catchfence. March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ "2014 Chevrolet Silverado 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (March 23, 2015). "NTS Motorsports ends relationship with Gray Gaulding". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ Wilhelm, Chase (March 7, 2016). "Gray Gaulding signs with Roush Fenway Racing developmental program". Foxsports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ "GRAY GAULDING TO MAKE SPRINT CUP DEBUT AT MARTINSVILLE". NASCAR. October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  16. ↑ Knight, Chris (January 24, 2017). "Gray Gaulding set for nearly full Cup Series schedule at BK Racing". Catchfence. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  17. ↑ Durr, Tim (June 13, 2017). "Ryan Sieg to replace Gray Gaulding in No. 23 for Michigan". Foxsports.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  18. ↑ Douglas, John (June 28, 2017). "Gray Gaulding Signs with Premium Motorsports for Two Races". Frontstretch. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (October 16, 2017). "NASCAR Cup rookie Gray Gaulding earns career-best finish at Talladega". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
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  21. ↑ "Gray Gaulding – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
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