Wayne Grubb

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Wayne Grubb
Born (1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 (age 48)
Mechanicsville, Virginia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
52 races run over 4 years
Best finish36th (1998)
First race 1997 United Cellular 200 (Loudon)
Last race 2000 Dura Lube/All Pro Bumper to Bumper 200 (Darlington)
WinsTop tens Poles
031
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
Best finish49th (1997)
First race 1996 Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout (Richmond)
Last race 1997 The No Fear Challenge (Fontana)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 26, 2012.

For the American former football- and baseball coach, see Wayne Grubb (American football).

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Wayne Grubb (born July 19, 1976) is a former NASCAR driver and now a crew chief for GC Motorsports International. He ran 52 NASCAR Busch Series races and 7 Craftsman Truck Series races before he retired late in the 2000 season. He is the older brother of former NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb, who died on May 6, 2009, at age 31. Grubb was born in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Busch Series career

In 1997, Wayne made some laps as he was getting ready for a Rookie of the Year run in 1998. His debut came at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving his family-owned to 35th on the starting grid. He was making his way through the field in his #83 Chevy, but an engine failure put him 36th on the final rundown. He ran at South Boston Speedway next, finishing 25th with engine problems, despite his first top-10 qualifying effort of 8th. His potential showed, however, when after qualifying 31st at Indianapolis Raceway Park, he drove through the field, led 28 laps, and finished 5th, his first career top-10 finish.

In 1998, Wayne had a decent rookie run. He had an average start of 17.8 and an average finish of 22.5. Wayne secured his best weekend of his career when he secured his first career pole in the spring race at Richmond International Raceway. He led 3 laps in that race, and finished a career-best 4th place. Wayne also finished 7th at Bristol Motor Speedway. He also had an outside pole at South Boston and a 5th place qualifying effort at New Hampshire to his credit. However, he often DNQed and the budget was tight, only competing in half the races and finishing 36th in the points.

In 1999, Wayne had a disappointing year. He had no top-10 runs or qualifying efforts. He only ran 17 of 32 races. His average start was 28th and average finish of 31st. Once again, his best weekend of the year came at Richmond in September. He qualified and finished in 15th. He had two other top-20 runs: 15th at Gateway and 17th at South Boston. He ended 45th in points

Things did not get any better in 2000. His average finish was 29th. Even with an 8th place start at IRP and a 5th place at Darlington, Wayne finished his Busch Series career at Darlington with a 32nd-place finish. He gave the car over to Brandon Butler, watched his team finish out 2000, and then dismantled it due to lack of sponsorship before 2001. Wayne ran 15 races in 2000 and finished 40th in points.

In his Busch Series career, Wayne had one pole, 2 top-5s, 3 top-10s and his best finish in a race was 4th (Richmond 1998). His best points finish was 1998 in 36th.

Craftsman Truck Series

Before Wayne was racing in the Busch series, he was actually making some races in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #4 Chevy in 7 races during 1996 and 1997.

He made his debut in the 1996 race at Richmond. He qualified a solid 13th, but became involved in an accident, and he finished that race a disappointing 32nd. Wayne also ran in 1996 at Martinsville, finishing a solid 18th after starting deep in the pack. This would end up being his best Craftsman Truck finish.

After those two races in 1996, Wayne added 5 more to his resume in 1997. He finished 36th at New Hampshire, 27th twice at Louisville and Martinsville, 23rd at Richmond, and a 22nd at Fontana. He finished the year 49th in points.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132NBSCPtsRef
1997 Grubb Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY CAR RCH
DNQ		 ATL LVS DAR HCY
DNQ		 TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA
36		 NZH CLT DOV SBO
25		 GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP
5		 MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM
28		62nd377 [1]
1998 DAY CAR LVS
36		 NSV
23		 DAR BRI TEX
41		 HCY TAL NHA
18		 NZH
21		 CLT DOV RCH
4		 PPR
15		 GLN MLW
25		 MYB CAL
13		 SBO
24		 IRP
19		 MCH
21		 BRI
7		 DAR RCH
39		 DOV CLT
DNQ		 GTY
20		 CAR ATL HOM
34		36th1546 [2]
1999 DAY
DNQ		 CAR
30		 LVS
DNQ		 ATL
32		 DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL
38		 CAL NHA
DNQ		 RCH
40		 NZH
DNQ		 CLT
30		 DOV
38		 SBO
17		 GLN MLW
38		 MYB
32		 PPR
42		 GTY
15		 IRP
30		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI
31		 DAR
43		 RCH
15		 DOV
23		 CLT
DNQ		 CAR MEM
34		 PHO HOM
DNQ		45th1187 [3]
2000 DAY
41		 CAR
DNQ		 LVS
23		 ATL
20		 DAR
DNQ		 BRI
29		 TEX
21		 NSV TAL CAL RCH
39		 NHA
DNQ		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
22		 SBO
43		 MYB
20		 GLN MLW
29		 NZH
32		 PPR
15		 GTY
24		 IRP
39		 MCH BRI
DNQ		 DAR
32		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 40th1158 [4]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526NCTCPtsRef
1996 Grubb Motorsports 4 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH
32		 NHA MAR
18		 NWS SON MMR PHO LVS 78th176 [5]
1997 WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA
36		 TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL
27		 CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH
23		 MAR
27		 SON MMR CAL
22		 PHO LVS 49th410 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Wayne Grubb – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
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