Tanner Gray

Tanner Gray
Nationality American
Born (1999-04-15) April 15, 1999
Artesia, New Mexico
Pro Stock
Years active 2017 - Present
Teams Gray Motorsports
Wins 11 in 15 final rounds
Fastest laps 6.501 (ET) 213.37 (MPH)
Best finish 4th in 2017
Awards
2017 Auto Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award Winner

Tanner Gray (born April 15, 1999) is a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) driver in the Pro Stock class. He races in the Gray Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro sponsored by Valvoline. Gray is the youngest professional driver to win a national event in NHRA history.[1]

Background

Born April 15, 1999 to Professional Drag Racer and National event Champion Shane Gray and Amber Gray in Artesia, New Mexico. He is the Grandson of Funny Car and Pro Stock Champion Johnny Gray, making Tanner a third generation Gray to race in the NHRA.

The Gray Family moved from New Mexico to Mooresville, North Carolina in 2010 to allow father Shane Gray to pursue a career in professional drag racing for the NHRA.

Drag racing

2017 marked the first year for Tanner Gray racing in the Pro Stock class within the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series alongside his Father Shane Gray.

Gray made NHRA history 13 days before his 18th birthday at the 18th Annual Denso Spark Plug Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on April 2, 2017 by winning the final round against Bo Butner. He was 17 years, 11 months, and 18 days which was younger than 40 year record holder Jeb Allen, who was 18 years, 1 month, and 8 days.[1]

He won the 2017 Auto Club Road to the Future Award.[2] The award is given to the top rookie from all of the sport’s pro categories, including Pro Stock Motorcycle, Top Fuel and Funny Car.

NASCAR

On September 25, 2018, Gray announced he will race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for DGR-Crosley in 2019.[3]

Other racing

Gray has raced in different types of cars, including Late models, modifieds, Midget cars, and stock cars. He has raced on oval dirt tracks in the area of Mooresville, including racing in the Mini Outlaw Karts category alongside Kyle Larson and Rico Abreu on Wednesday nights at Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury.

References

  1. 1 2 "Youngest Pro winners". NHRA. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Tanner Gray Adds "Rookie Of The Year" To His Historical 2017 NHRA Season". Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Tanner Gray to transition to NASCAR K&N East Series". Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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