Gregory Rayl

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Gregory Rayl
Greg Rayl Sonoma 2011.jpg
Rayl competing in the 2011 Thunder Valley Casino Resort 200 at Sonoma Raceway.
NationalityUnited States American
BornGregory S. Rayl
(1963-11-20) November 20, 1963 (age 58)
Salida, California
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season2008
Former teamsSpectator Racing, GSR Racing
Starts32
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish11th in 2011
Finished last season53rd (2014)
Previous series
1993
2011		NASCAR Southwest Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2019 position81st
Best finish81st (2019)
First race2019 CarShield 200 (Gateway)
Last race2019 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of March 26, 2020.
Last updated on: March 26, 2020.

Gregory S. Rayl (pronounced "rail", born November 20, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Silverado for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing and the No. 32 Toyota Tundra for Reaume Brothers Racing.

He has 32 career starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, most of which came as an owner-driver for GSR Racing.

Racing career[]

A native of Salida, California, Rayl's first NASCAR action came in 1993 with the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour at ; he finished 16th after crashing on lap 49.[1] In 2008, he began racing part-time in the NASCAR Camping World West Series; two years later, he ran a full schedule in the now-K&N Pro Series West in the No. 07 Ford, finishing 12th in the standings.[2] At season's end, Rayl received the NASCAR Sportsmanship Award. He formed GSR Racing in 2011, racing the full schedule and finishing 11th in points. For the 2012 season, he stepped back to serve as GSR's crew chief for drivers Cassie Gannis and .[3][4]

In 2019, he joined Reaume Brothers Racing in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series as a crew chief for their No. 34 team.[5] In June, he made his Truck debut in the CarShield 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing, but finished last after wrecking on lap two.[6] He made one more start as a driver, this time for the Reaume team, in their No. 32 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park road course race. It was a start-and-park field filler entry at that race as a result of only 29 trucks showing up instead of the usual 32. For the rest of that year, he crew chiefed one of Reaume's trucks (the No. 32, 33, or 34) in each race.

Personal life[]

On October 14, 2012, he married Nancy J Rayl in El Dorado Hills, California.

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Gander Outdoors Truck Series[]

NASCAR Gander Outdoors 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 NGOTC Pts Ref
2019 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW
32 		CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI 81st 14 [7]
Reaume Brothers Racing 32 Toyota MSP
28 		LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM

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
2008 Spectator Racing 07 Chevy AAS PHO IOW CNS SON IRW DCS EVG MMP IRW AMP
DNQ 		AAS
17 		46th 182 [8]
2009 Ford AAS PHO IOW DCS
17 		SON IRW PIR
20 		MMP CNS IOW AAS
17 		30th 327 [9]
AAS
18 		PHO
19 		IOW
15 		DCS
16 		SON
26 		IRW
22 		PIR
18 		MRP
15 		CNS
14 		MMP
13 		AAS
17 		PHO
36 		12th 1269 [10]
GSR Racing 01 Ford PHO
28 		AAS
17 		MMP
10 		LVS
9 		SON
40 		IRW
21 		EVG
12 		PIR
16 		CNS
18 		MRP
15 		SRP
13 		11th 1496 [11]
0 IOW
DNQ
07 AAS
13 		PHO
28
2013 GSR Racing 07 Ford PHO
17
DNQ 		BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 48th 45 [12]
2014 Chevy PHO
23 		53rd 39 [13]
Ford IRW
26 		IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References[]

  1. ^ "1993 Coors 100". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Kicks Off 2010 Campaign This Weekend". The Spokesman-Review. March 24, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "GSR Racing Announces Drivers For 2012". NASCAR Race Mom. January 12, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "GSR Racing announces driver for remainder of season". Female Racing News. September 2, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Gander Outdoors Truck Series Team/Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Beard, Brock (June 23, 2019). "TRUCKS: Greg Rayl finishes last as one of three hard-luck first-time starters in Gateway". LASTCAR. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  13. ^ "Greg Rayl – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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