Gregory Rayl

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Gregory Rayl
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Rayl competing in the 2011 Thunder Valley Casino Resort 200 at Sonoma Raceway.
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornGregory S. Rayl
(1963-11-20) November 20, 1963 (age 60)
Salida, California
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career
Debut season 2008
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 Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2019 position81st
Best finish81st (2019)
First race 2019 CarShield 200 (Gateway)
Last race 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Last updated on: March 25, 2023.

Gregory S. Rayl (pronounced "rail", born November 20, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who last worked for Reaume Brothers Racing as the crew chief of their No. 33 Ford F-150 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driven by Memphis Villarreal. He has also previously competed in the Truck Series as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series West as a driver. Most of his 32 career starts in the West Series came as an owner-driver for GSR Racing.

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Racing career

A native of Salida, California, Rayl's first NASCAR action came in 1993 with the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour at Stockton 99 Speedway; 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 his own team, 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 Trevor Cristiani. [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.

In 2023, Rayl returned to RBR as the crew chief of their No. 33 truck driven by Mason Massey. On March 21, NASCAR suspended Rayl and two of the truck's pit crew members for three races after the truck lost its ballast during the race at Atlanta. [7]

Personal life

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

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NGOTCPtsRef
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 81st14 [8]
Reaume Brothers Racing 32 Toyota MSP
28		 LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415NKNPSWCPtsRef
2008 Spectator Racing07 Chevy AAS PHO CTS IOW CNS SON IRW DCS EVG MMP IRW AMP
DNQ		 AAS
17		46th182 [9]
2009 Ford CTS AAS PHO MAD IOW DCS
17		 SON IRW PIR
20		 MMP CNS IOW AAS
17		30th327 [10]
2010 AAS
18		 PHO
19		 IOW
15		 DCS
16		 SON
26		 IRW
22		 PIR
18		 MRP
15		 CNS
14		 MMP
13		 AAS
17		 PHO
36		12th1269 [11]
2011 GSR Racing01 Ford PHO
28		 AAS
17		 MMP
10		 LVS
9		 SON
40		 IRW
21		 EVG
12		 PIR
16		 CNS
18		 MRP
15		 SPO
13		11th1496 [12]
0 IOW
DNQ
07 AAS
13		 PHO
28
2013 GSR Racing07 Ford PHO
17		 S99
DNQ		 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 48th45 [13]
2014 Chevy PHO
23		53rd39 [14]
Ford IRW
26		 S99 IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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  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.
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  7. ↑ "Atlanta penalty report: Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams suspended one race". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media. March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Greg Rayl – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Greg Rayl – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Greg Rayl – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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