Henley Gray

Henley Gray
Henley Gray
Born	Clarence Henley Gray Jr.; January 12, 1933 (age 91); Rome, Georgia, U.S.A.
NASCAR Cup Series career
	374 races run over 14 years
Best finish	4th (1966)
First race	1964 Nashville 400 (Nashville)
Last race	1977 Nashville 420 (Nashville)

Last updated October 02, 2024

Clarence Henley Gray Jr. (born January 12, 1933) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1977.^[1]

Career

Out of the 76045 laps committed in his career, Gray only led two of them.^[1] Gray's total career earnings as a driver is $265,324 in American dollars ($1,334,050.82 when adjusted for inflation)^[1] while his earnings as an owner was $538,130 ($1,135,019.18 when adjusted for inflation).^[2] His average start is 24th while his average finish is 19th place.^[1] Henley has officially raced the equivalent of 66,089.0 miles (106,359.9 km).^[1] One of his main sponsors was Belden Asphalt.

Henley Gray would also own vehicles for drivers like Bob Burcham, Frog Fagan, Dale Earnhardt, and J.D. McDuffie in an ownership career that lasted until 1993.^[2] The vehicles that Gray owned in NASCAR travelled a distance of 97,899.9 miles (157,554.6 km).^[2] These cars had an average start of 26th place and an average finish of 21st place.^[2]

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.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National 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	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1964	John Black	81	Ford	CON	AUG	JSP	SVH	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	AWS	HBO	PIF	CLB	NWS	MAR	SVH	DAR	LGY	HCY	SBO	CLT	GPS	ASH	ATL	CON	NSV	CHT	BIR	VAL	PIF	DAY	ODS	OBS	BRR	ISP	GLN	LIN	BRI	NSV 20	MBS	AWS	DTS	ONA	CLB	BGS	STR	DAR	HCY	RCH	ODS	HBO	MAR	SVH	NWS	CLT	HAR	AUG	JAC	NA	0	^[3]
1965	Gene Cline	97	Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	RCH	HBO	ATL	GPS 8	NWS 18	MAR 13	CLB 7	BRI 26	DAR	LGY 13	BGS 13	HCY 17	CLT 16	CCF 10	ASH 10	HAR 10	NSV 5	BIR 11	ATL 28	GPS 17	MBS 14	VAL 11	DAY 39	ODS 23	OBS DNQ	ISP	GLN	BRI	NSV 12	CCF 9	AWS 22	SMR 23	PIF 16	AUG 16	CLB 16	DTS 17	BLV 16	BGS 19	DAR 38	HCY 24	LIN 13	ODS 24	RCH 14	MAR 30	NWS 29	CLT 14	HBO	CAR	DTS								26th	9552	^[4]
1966	Gene Cline		Ford	AUG 18	RSD																																																													4th	22468	^[5]
	Gray Racing		Ford			DAY 16	DAY	DAY 17	CAR 9	BRI 9	ATL 40	HCY 13	CLB 10	GPS 6	BGS 13	NWS 5	MAR 15	DAR 13	LGY 11	MGR 7	MON 5	RCH 8	CLT	DTS	ASH 7	PIF 7	SMR 11			GPS 5	DAY 23	ODS 7	BRR 15	OXF 17	FON 10	ISP 10	BRI 9	SMR 9		ATL 15	CLB 15	AWS 23	BLV 17	BGS 9	DAR 22	HCY 13	RCH 17	HBO 11	MAR 15	NWS 13		CAR 18
	Gene Cline	95	Ford																									AWS 20	BLV 25
	Gene Black	74	Ford																																				NSV 4
	Gene Black	75	Ford																																																CLT 18
1967	Gray Racing	97	Ford	AUG 13	RSD 27	DAY	DAY 18	DAY 17	AWS 12	BRI 18	GPS 13	BGS 7	ATL	CLB 10	HCY	NWS 22	MAR 13	SVH 10	RCH	DAR 21	BLV 16	LGY 14		ASH 7	MGR 6	SMR 10	BIR 10	CAR 27	GPS 15	MGY 7	DAY 37	TRN 22	OXF 27	FDA 11	ISP 17	BRI 13	SMR 13	NSV 13	ATL 16	BGS	CLB 9	SVH 19	DAR 19	HCY 15	RCH 9	BLV 30	HBO 22	MAR 14	NWS 25																	17th	17502	^[6]
	DeWitt Racing	4	Ford																				CLT 28
	Roy Dutton	19	Ford																																															CLT 12	CAR	AWS 30
1968	Gray Racing	19	Ford	MGR 26	MGY 13	RSD 12	DAY 19	BRI 20	RCH 10	ATL 44	HCY 12	GPS 18	CLB 16	NWS 12	MAR 14	AUG 19	AWS 9	DAR 17	BLV 10	LGY 20	CLT 30	ASH 10	MGR 17	SMR 10	BIR 15	CAR 12	GPS 9	DAY	ISP DNQ	OXF	FDA	TRN	BRI	SMR 19	NSV	ATL											MAR 29	NWS	AUG	CLT	CAR 21	JFC 16														20th	1559	^[7]
1968		95																																			CLB 14	BGS 20	AWS	SBO	LGY	DAR	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO																				20th	1559	^[7]
1969		19		MGR 9	MGY 8																																										TAL DNQ																			17th	2517	^[8]
	Harry Melton	19	Ford			RSD 14	DAY 18	DAY	DAY 24	CAR 30	AUG 12	BRI 16		CLB 11	HCY 17	GPS 12	RCH 9	NWS 25	MAR 15	AWS 13	DAR	BLV 18	LGY 16			SMR 14	MCH 18	KPT	GPS 11	NCF 17	DAY 27	DOV 11	TPN 13	TRN 23	BLV 13	BRI 15	NSV 14	SMR 12	ATL 26	MCH 42	SBO 13	BGS 15	AWS 18	DAR 39	HCY 22	RCH		CLB 16	MAR 30	NWS 28	CLT 21	SVH 16	AUG 18	CAR 38	JFC 9	MGR 9	TWS 17
	Larry Wehrs	00	Chevy										ATL 15
	E.C. Reid	80	Chevy																					CLT 40	MGR
1970	Gray Racing	19	Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH 20	CAR 23	SVH 13	ATL 32	BRI 7	TAL 34	NWS 19	CLB 26	DAR 12	BLV 13	LGY 21	CLT 19		MAR 17	MCH 34	RSD	HCY	KPT	GPS 23	DAY 40	AST	TPN	TRN	BRI 12	SMR 30	NSV 24	ATL	CLB	ONA 18	MCH 35	TAL 25	BGS 15	SBO 20	DAR 27		RCH 18	DOV 26					MGR 16	CAR 28	LGY 15															19th	1871	^[9]
	Gray Racing	9	Ford																	SMR 10
	Gordon Racing	24	Ford																																							HCY 22
	Gray Racing	24	Ford																																										NCF 15	NWS
	Negre Racing	8	Ford																																												CLT 20	MAR
1971	Gray Racing	19	Ford	RSD 9	DAY	DAY 19	DAY 31	ONT 29	RCH 19	CAR 37	HCY 17	BRI 9	ATL 30	CLB 20	GPS	SMR 11	NWS	MAR 13	DAR 11	SBO 11	TAL 40	ASH	KPT 20	CLT	DOV 31	MCH 21	RSD 18	HOU 8	GPS 21	DAY	BRI 12	AST 12	ISP 13	TRN 33	NSV 8	ATL 20	BGS	ONA 33	MCH 37	TAL 43	CLB 28	HCY	DAR 12		CLT 27	DOV 16	CAR 18	MGR 27	RCH 15	NWS	TWS 23															14th	2392	^[10]
1971	McDuffie Racing	78	Chevy																																									MAR 27																						14th	2392	^[10]

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston 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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Gray Racing	19	Ford	RSD 21	DAY 14	RCH	ONT 31	CAR 20	ATL 24	BRI 12	DAR 34	NWS 17	MAR 15	TAL 25	CLT	DOV 39	MCH	RSD 15	TWS 39	DAY 22	BRI 16	TRN 29	ATL 30	TAL 8	MCH 24	NSV 7	DAR 24	RCH 14	DOV 19	MAR 23		CLT 22		TWS 39	17th	5093.64	^[11]
	Robertson Racing	23	Plymouth																												NWS 27
	Hollar Racing	29	Mercury																														CAR 37
1973	Gray Racing	19	Mercury	RSD 10						NWS 24	DAR		TAL 34			DOV 13	TWS 19	RSD 27	MCH 34	DAY 23	BRI 10		TAL 28	NSV 13	DAR 20	RCH 9	DOV 21	NWS 15	MAR 14	CLT 10	CAR 17				14th	5215.5	^[12]
1973			Ford		DAY DNQ	RCH 16	CAR 18	BRI 19	ATL			MAR 14		NSV 25	CLT							ATL 13													14th	5215.5	^[12]
1974			Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV 13	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH 22	DAY	BRI						DAR 32	RCH	DOV 9	NWS	MAR DNQ	CLT	CAR	ONT		55th	15.76	^[13]
1974	Dalton Racing	7	Chevy																		NSV 14	ATL	POC	TAL	MCH										55th	15.76	^[13]
1975	McDuffie Racing	70	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI 16	ATL 19	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV																					39th	747	^[14]
1975	Gray Racing	19	Chevy												DOV 9	CLT 28	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH 27	DAR 36	DOV 19	NWS 29	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR 33	BRI	ATL	ONT		39th	747	^[14]
1976	Gray Racing	19	Chevy	RSD	DAY	CAR 26	RCH	BRI 30	ATL 23	NWS	DAR 29	MAR	TAL	NSV 25	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH 33	DAY	NSV	POC 20	TAL 17	MCH 11	BRI 15	DAR 21	RCH 12	DOV 13	MAR	NWS 19	CLT			ONT 37		27th	1425	^[15]
1976	GC Spencer Racing	49	Dodge																												CAR 36	ATL			27th	1425	^[15]
1977	Gray Racing	19	Chevy	RSD 32		RCH 19	CAR 16	ATL 33		DAR 28	BRI 23	MAR 18		NSV 25	DOV 32	CLT 38	RSD	MCH 22	DAY	NSV 17	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		28th	1214	^[16]
	Wawak Racing	32	Chevy		DAY QL^†
	Langley Racing	64	Ford						NWS 14
	GC Spencer Racing	49	Dodge										TAL 39
^† - Qualified but replaced by Bobby Wawak

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1966	Gray Racing	Ford	31	17
1967			36	17
1968			49	19
1969	Harry Melton	Ford	39	24
1971	Gray Racing	Ford	40	31
1972			37	14
1973			DNQ
1977	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	QL^†
^† - Qualified but replaced by Bobby Wawak

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Driver Henley Gray Career Statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
1 2 3 4 "Henley Gray's ownership career information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Henley Gray – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

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[ownershipcareer-2] 1 2 3 4 "Henley Gray's ownership career information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

[3] "Henley Gray – 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[4] "Henley Gray – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[5] "Henley Gray – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[6] "Henley Gray – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[7] "Henley Gray – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[8] "Henley Gray – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[9] "Henley Gray – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[10] "Henley Gray – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

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[13] "Henley Gray – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

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v t e DeWitt Racing
Years active	1965–1980
Personnel	L. G. DeWitt
NASCAR Hall of Fame	Benny Parsons
Former drivers	Henley Gray Ray Hendrick Elmo Langley Joe Millikan Benny Parsons John Sears LeeRoy Yarbrough
Winston Cup Series Championships	1973 (Parsons)
Daytona 500 wins	1975 (Parsons)