Scott Gaylord | |||||||
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Born | Lakewood, Colorado | August 12, 1958||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
8 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 65th (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sonoma) | ||||||
Last race | 1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 9 years | |||||||
2009 position | 121st | ||||||
Best finish | 77th (2008) | ||||||
First race | 1997 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
Last race | 2009 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 26, 2010. |
Scott Gaylord (born August 12, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in four NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, all at Sears Point Raceway, most recently in 1996. [1] [2] He has been a long time competitor in the NASCAR Camping World West Series. Many of his starts in NASCAR's highest levels have been on the West Coast of the United States (Infineon, Phoenix) and on road courses (Watkins Glen). [2]
He has been a longtime competitor in the Winston West / Camping World West Series, [3] competing against Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick. [1] He regularly competed for over a dozen years; accumulating six pole positions and over 24 top five finishes. [1] His best career West finish were two second-place finishes. [1]
Gaylord followed in his father's footsteps by starting to race on road courses and he has over 60 wins on circuits. [1] He has won class championships in SCCA and IMSA, and has also competed in numerous 24 Hours of Daytona events. [1]
Gaylord regularly competes in the NASCAR Camping World West Series, a regional touring series on the west coast of the United States. He was named the "Most Popular Driver" in the series in 1998 and 2002. [1] Since entering the series in 1988, he has accumulated 87 top 5s and five poles, but has yet to earn a win.
Gaylord's first attempt in the series came in 1988, when he failed to qualify at Phoenix International Raceway. He would make his next attempt in 1991 at Sears Point Raceway. Driving the #00 Oldsmobile for Geoff Burney, he qualified 31st and finished 33rd, thirteen laps down. In 1992 and 1993, Gaylord ran the Sears Point race in the No. 52 Chevrolet for Means Racing, earning a career-best finish of 29th in 1993. After failing to qualify for any races in 1994 or 1995, he made his final series start to date in 1996. In a self-prepared No. 00 Chevrolet, he qualified 29th and finished 38th, once again at Sears Point.
Gaylord made his in the then-NASCAR Busch Series debut in 1997 at Watkins Glen International. He qualified 16th and finished 28th in the No. 77 Lear Corporation Ford for Moy Racing. In 1999, he would return to Watkins Glen and the No. 77 car, earning his career-best finish of 25th. Since 2001, Gaylord has run occasionally for Means Racing in the No. 52 Chevrolet. His best season with the team came in 2008 when he drove in six races, finishing 29th at both Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Kansas Speedway. In 2005, he made one start for NEMCO Motorsports, finishing 31st in the No. 7 Boudreaux's Butt Paste Chevrolet at Phoenix.
Gaylord's father Les Gaylord was a race car driver. [1] Les' first competed in 1951 on an Aspen, Colorado street course with his wife as the passenger. [1] He won many SCCA regional and national events. [1] Les stopped racing when a serious accident caused the 80-year-old to retire. [2]
Gaylord asked his future wife, Donna, for their first date over his pit radio while driving slowly during a caution period of an SCCA Escort Endurance Championship event and competing against her. [1] She continued to race until she became pregnant with their second child. [1] During her career, she won an SCCA Divisional championship and an SCCA Escort Endurance event. [1] Their sons, Tripp and Ryan, are both race winners. [1] When 14-year-old Tripp attempted his first start in racing, he used his mother's driver's suit. [1]
Gaylord runs Gaylord's Garage in Lakewood, Colorado when he is not racing. [1]
Gaylord's son, Tripp Gaylord, made his West Series debut in 2022 in the race at Kern County Raceway Park.
Year | Track | Car | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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1980 | Road Atlanta | Mazda RX-7 | Showroom Stock A | 13 | 19 | Running |
1985 | Road Atlanta | Honda CRX | Showroom Stock C | 1 | 1 | Running |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR West Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NWSC | Pts | Ref |
1988 | SON 7 | MMR 8 | RSD DNQ | SGP 12 | POR 14 | EVG 11 | MMR 13 | PHO DNQ | 8th | 309 | [21] | ||||||||||
1991 | EVG 19 | MMR 9 | SON 33 | SGS | POR | EVG | SSS | MMR | PHO DNQ | 14th | 531 | [22] | |||||||||
1992 | MMR | SGS | SON | SHA | POR | EVG | SSS | CAJ | TWS | MMR | PHO 37 | 37th | 146 | [23] | |||||||
1993 | TWS | MMR | SGS | SON DNQ | TUS | SHA | EVG | POR | CBS | SSS | CAJ | TCR | MMR | PHO DNQ | N/A | 0 | [24] | ||||
1994 | MMR 16 | TUS | SON DNQ | SGS | YAK | MMR | POR 6 | IND DNQ | CAJ | TCR | LVS | MMR 7 | PHO DNQ | TUS | 17th | 862 | [25] | ||||
1995 | TUS 14 | MMR 3 | SON DNQ | CNS 15 | MMR 2 | POR 18 | SGS 11 | TUS 11 | AMP 19 | MAD 4 | POR 22 | LVS 11 | SON 3 | MMR 22 | PHO DNQ | 6th | 1839 | [26] | |||
1996 | TUS 25 | AMP 2 | MMR 18 | SON 38 | MAD 13 | POR 5 | TUS 16 | EVG 12 | CNS 11 | MAD 3 | MMR 3 | SON 4 | MMR 20 | PHO DNQ | LVS 9 | 5th | 1883 | [27] | |||
1997 | TUS 16 | AMP 6 | SON DNQ | TUS 9 | MMR 4 | LVS 7 | CAL 9 | EVG 4 | POR 13 | PPR 6 | AMP 12 | SON 23 | MMR 19 | LVS 31 | 6th | 1706 | [28] | ||||
1998 | TUS 14 | LVS 14 | PHO 24 | CAL 31 | HPT 5 | MMR 13 | AMP 7 | POR 11 | CAL 15 | PPR 17 | EVG 7 | SON 10 | MMR 6 | LVS 16 | 9th | 1748 | [29] | ||||
1999 | TUS 11 | LVS 36 | PHO 10 | CAL 36 | PPR 15 | MMR | IRW | EVG | POR | IRW | RMR 9 | LVS | MMR 24 | MOT 16 | 20th | 846 | [30] | ||||
2000 | PHO 9 | MMR 11 | LVS 14 | CAL 12 | LAG 12 | IRW 15 | POR 19 | EVG 10 | IRW 3 | RMR 5 | MMR 21 | IRW 8 | 10th | 1568 | [31] | ||||||
2001 | PHO 10 | LVS 9 | TUS 10 | MMR 8 | CAL 13 | IRW 6 | LAG 6 | KAN 15 | EVG 20 | CNS 11 | IRW 7 | RMR 7 | LVS 6 | IRW 24 | 8th | 1861 | [32] | ||||
2002 | PHO 24 | LVS 5 | CAL 9 | KAN 15 | EVG 6 | IRW 6 | S99 11 | RMR 3 | DCS 17 | LVS 9 | 8th | 1382 | [33] | ||||||||
2003 | PHO 9 | LVS 7 | CAL 12 | MAD 9 | TCR 3 | EVG 3 | IRW 4 | S99 10 | RMR 5 | DCS 20 | PHO 6 | MMR 8 | 5th | 1733 | [34] | ||||||
2004 | PHO 7 | MMR 4 | CAL 4 | S99 20 | EVG 5 | IRW 3 | S99 4 | RMR 13 | DCS 4 | PHO 2 | CNS 15 | MMR 13 | IRW 5 | 4th | 1900 | [35] | |||||
2005 | PHO 22 | MMR 20 | PHO 14 | S99 4 | IRW 6 | EVG 7 | S99 11 | PPR 15 | CAL 14 | DCS 6 | CTS 3 | MMR 5 | 7th | 1626 | [36] | ||||||
2006 | PHO 10 | PHO 32 | S99 6 | IRW 3 | SON 15 | DCS 10 | IRW 9 | EVG 6 | S99 5 | CAL 8 | CTS 14 | AMP 2 | 7th | 1644 | [37] | ||||||
2007 | CTS 17 | PHO | AMP | ELK | IOW | CNS | SON | DCS | IRW | MMP 5 | EVG | CSR | AMP | 37th | 272 | [38] |
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