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Gregory Rayl

{{short description|American racing driver and crew chief}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Gregory Rayl

| image = Greg Rayl Sonoma 2011.jpg

| caption = Rayl competing in the 2011 Thunder Valley Casino Resort 200 at Sonoma Raceway.

| birth_name = Gregory S. Rayl

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|20}}

| birth_place = Salida, California, U.S.

| current series = NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

| first year = 2008

| current team =

| car number =

| engine =

| crew chief =

| spotter =

| former teams = Spectator Racing, GSR Racing

| starts = 32

| championships =

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| best finish = 11th

| year = 2011

| last finish = 53rd (2014)

| prev series = NASCAR Southwest Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

| prev series years = 1993
2011

| awards =

| award years =

| updated = March 25, 2023

| module =

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|embed=yes

| Total_Truck_Races = 2

| Years_In_Truck = 1

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos = 81st

| Prev_Truck_Year = 2019

| Best_Truck_Pos = 81st (2019)

| First_Truck_Race = 2019 CarShield 200 (Gateway)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

}}

}}

Gregory S. Rayl (pronounced "rail", born November 20, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who currently works for Reaume Brothers Racing as the crew chief of their No. 22 Ford F-150 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. 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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1993_Coors_100_(May)/SWC|title=1993 Coors 100|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/keepingpace/2010/mar/24/nascar-kn-pro-series-west-kicks-2010-campaign-weekend/|title=NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Kicks Off 2010 Campaign This Weekend|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=March 24, 2010|access-date=November 11, 2019}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nascarracemom.com/2012/01/|title=GSR Racing Announces Drivers For 2012|work=NASCAR Race Mom|date=January 12, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://femaleracingnews.com/circle_track/gsr-racing-announces-driver-for-remaining-nascar-kn-pro-series-west-2011-season/|title=GSR Racing announces driver for remainder of season|work=Female Racing News|date=September 2, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

In 2019, he joined Reaume Brothers Racing in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series as a crew chief for their No. 34 team.{{cite web|url=https://www.jayski.com/truck-series/2019-gots-team-chart/|title=2019 Gander Outdoors Truck Series Team/Driver Chart|work=Jayski's Silly Season Site|access-date=November 11, 2019}} 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.{{cite web|last=Beard|first=Brock|url=http://brock.lastcar.info/2019/06/trucks-greg-rayl-finishes-last-as-one.html|title=TRUCKS: Greg Rayl finishes last as one of three hard-luck first-time starters in Gateway|publisher=LASTCAR|date=June 23, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2019}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/03/21/josh-williams-suspended-one-race-in-nascar-xfinity-series/ |title=Atlanta penalty report: Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams suspended one race |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}

Personal life

On October 14, 2012, he married Nancy J. Rayl in El Dorado Hills, California.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=30| 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

! {{Tooltip|NGOTC|NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2019

! Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing

! 0

! Chevy

| DAY

| ATL

| LVS

| MAR

| TEX

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| TEX

| IOW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTW
32

| CHI

| KEN

| POC

| ELD

| MCH

| BRI

| colspan=6|

! rowspan=2| 81st

! rowspan=2| 14

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2019/C|title=Greg Rayl – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

Reaume Brothers Racing

! 32

! Toyota

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MSP
28

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| PHO

| HOM

==K&N Pro Series West==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=23| 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

! {{Tooltip|NKNPSWC|NASCAR K&N Pro Series West classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2008

! rowspan=3| Spectator Racing

! rowspan=3| 07

! Chevy

| AAS

| PHO

| CTS

| IOW

| CNS

| SON

| IRW

| DCS

| EVG

| MMP

| IRW

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| AMP
DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AAS
17

| colspan=2|

! 46th

! 182

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2008/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

2009

! rowspan=2| Ford

| CTS

| AAS

| PHO

| MAD

| IOW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DCS
17

| SON

| IRW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIR
20

| MMP

| CNS

| IOW

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AAS
17

| colspan=2|

! 30th

! 327

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2009/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

2010

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AAS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOW
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DCS
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRW
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MRP
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CNS
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MMP
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AAS
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
36

| colspan=3|

! 12th

! 1269

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2010/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

rowspan=3| 2011

! rowspan=3| GSR Racing

! 01

! rowspan=3| Ford

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AAS
17

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MMP
10

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVS
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
40

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRW
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EVG
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PIR
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CNS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MRP
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPO
13

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=3| 11th

! rowspan=3| 1496

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2011/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

0

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IOW
DNQ

| colspan=11|

07

| colspan=12|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AAS
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
28

|

2013

! rowspan=3| GSR Racing

! rowspan=3| 07

! Ford

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
17

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| S99
DNQ

| BIR

| IOW

| L44

| SON

| CNS

| IOW

| EVG

| SPO

| MMP

| SMP

| AAS

| KCR

| PHO

! 48th

! 45

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2013/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

rowspan=2| 2014

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
23

| colspan=14|

! rowspan=2| 53rd

! rowspan=2| 39

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/raylgr01/2014/P|title=Greg Rayl – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

Ford

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRW
26

| S99

| IOW

| KCR

| SON

| SLS

| CNS

| IOW

| EVG

| KCR

| MMP

| AAS

| PHO

|

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Greg_Rayl}}
  • {{Racing-Reference crewchief|Greg_Rayl}}

{{Reaume Brothers Racing}}

{{JJC Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayl, Gregory}}

Category:1963 births

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:NASCAR crew chiefs

Category:NASCAR team owners

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Category:Racing drivers from California

Category:People from Salida, California

Category:Sportspeople from Stanislaus County, California