Robbie Ray (racing driver)

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Not to be confused|Robert Ray (disambiguation)|Rob Ray}}

File:3 Robbie Ray Midget Car 2012 Angell Park Speedway.jpg in 2012]]

Robbie Ray (born November 3, 1982, in Davenport, Iowa) is an American professional auto racing driver. He races midget cars on the United States Auto Club (USAC) National tour. He won the 2003 Indiana (Midwest) regional midget championship and the 2005 national championship.

Racing career

Ray began his career in go-karts at the age of nine. He is most noted for winning the United Midget Racing Association sanctioned Rushville Nationals in 2001. He won the 2003 Midwest regional (Indiana) championship{{cite web|title=Ford Racing and USAC Agree to 5 Year USAC Ford Focus Midget Series Commitment|url=http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=17316|publisher=Ford|accessdate=April 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051111101109/http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=17316|archivedate=November 11, 2005|df=}} and the inaugural United States Auto Club Ford Focus Midget National Championship in 2005.{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Tim|title=Bowman Dominates Turkey Night USAC Ford Focus Midgets at Irwindale|url=http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/19591-bowman-dominates-turkey-night-usac-ford-focus.html|publisher=Racing West|accessdate=April 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001073936/http://www.racingwest.com/news/articles/19591-bowman-dominates-turkey-night-usac-ford-focus.html|archivedate=October 1, 2015|df=}} He won the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association 'Rookie of the Year' honors in 2007;{{cite web|title=Badger Rookie to receive $1,000 bonus Four Corner Hoosier rule returns for 2011|url=http://www.bmara.com/archives/news2.html|publisher=BMARA|accessdate=April 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120204247/http://www.bmara.com/archives/news2.html|archivedate=November 20, 2011|df=}} the series mainly features races at Angell Park Speedway.

References

{{reflist}}