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Rylan Gray

{{Short description|Australian racing driver}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Rylan Gray

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| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2006|11|21}}

| birth_place = Muswellbrook, New South Wales

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| retired =

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| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver

| last series = Super2 Series

| years active = 2024

| teams = Tickford Racing

| starts = 12

| wins = 1

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 1

| best finish = 7th

| year = 2024

| prev series = {{nowrap|Australian Circuit Hyundai Excel Nationals}}
GR Cup
Aussie Racing Cars
Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand
ADAC GT4 Germany
Super3 Series
GT4 Australia
Touring Car Masters

| prev series years = 2022
2022–23
2022–23
2023
2023
2023
2024
2024

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|car number=55}}

Rylan Gray (born 21 November 2006) is a racing driver from Australia who currently competes in the Super2 Series.{{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/drivers/rylan-gray|title=Rylan Gray|publisher=Supercars Championship|accessdate=28 December 2024}}

Biography

Gray’s career began in motocross as a toddler before switching to cars at 14, initially in Hyundai Excels before stepping up to Toyota 86 competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/tickford-teens-unconventional-route-to-the-top/|title=Tickford teen's unconventional route to the top|publisher=V8 Sleuth|date=17 March 2024}} Having finished 5th in the New Zealand series, Tickford Racing signed Gray to their academy program leading to his V8 Supercar debut in Super3 at the Adelaide 500 where he scored a class podium.{{cite news|url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/tickford-enters-super3-with-teen-prodigy/|title=Tickford enters Super3 with teen prodigy|publisher=V8 Sleuth|date=13 November 2023}} The Denman resident was promoted to Super2 in 2024, finishing on the podium in both races at Bathurst en route to the round win and 7th in the standings.{{cite news|url=https://www.2nm.com.au/sport/local/rylan-gray-wins-bathurst-super2-series-event/|title=Rylan Gray wins Bathurst Super2 series event|publisher=2NM|date=14 October 2024}}

Through his results in New Zealand Toyota 86, Gray made a cameo in the 2023 ADAC GT4 Germany series at the Nürburgring with KCMG, finishing 20th and 10th across the races with co-driver Brock Gilchrist.{{cite news|url=https://www.velocitynews.co.nz/gilchrist-and-gray-impress-in-adac-gt4-germany-cameo/|title=Gilchrist and Gray impress in ADAC GT4 Germany cameo|publisher=Velocity News|date=7 August 2023}} In 2024, he competed in GT4 Australia with Miedecke Motorsport – alongside George Miedecke, the team won the Ford Mustang GT4's first race outside North America in the opening round at Phillip Island and narrowly missed out on the championship to Method Motorsport.{{cite news|url=https://speedcafe.com/miedecke-motorsport-appointed-australias-multimatic-agent/|title=Miedecke Motorsport appointed Australia's Multimatic agent|publisher=Speedcafe|date=31 October 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://autoaction.com.au/2024/11/10/ford-win-not-enough-to-topple-mclaren|title=Ford win not enough to topple McLaren|publisher=Auto Action|date=10 November 2024}}

Gray is the son of former V8 Utes and Touring Car Masters driver Jeremy Gray.{{cite news|url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/tickford-teen-to-race-fathers-old-school-ford/|title=Tickford teen to race father's old-school Ford|publisher=V8 Sleuth|date=17 July 2024}}

Career results

=Summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

rowspan=3| 2022

|nowrap| Australian Circuit Hyundai Excel Nationals

| align="center"| 7th

|nowrap| Hyundai Excel X3

|nowrap| N/A

nowrap| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series

| align="center"| 48th

|nowrap| Toyota 86

|nowrap| JMG Racing

nowrap| Aussie Racing Cars

| align="center"| 22nd

|nowrap| ARC Camaro

|nowrap| N/A

rowspan=5| 2023

|nowrap| Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand

| align="center"| 5th

|nowrap| Toyota 86

|nowrap| Action Motorsport

nowrap| Aussie Racing Cars

| align="center"| 22nd

|nowrap| ARC Camaro

|nowrap| Rylan Gray Motorsport

nowrap| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series

| align="center"| N/A

|nowrap| Toyota 86

|nowrap| JMG Racing

nowrap| ADAC GT4 Germany

| align="center"| {{tooltip|IE|Ineligible to score points as a guest entry.}}

|nowrap| Toyota GR Supra GT4

|nowrap| KCMG

nowrap| Super3 Series

| align="center"| 10th

|nowrap| Ford Falcon FG X

|nowrap| Tickford Racing

rowspan=3| 2024

|nowrap| Super2 Series

| align="center"| 7th

|nowrap| Ford Mustang S550

|nowrap| Tickford Racing

nowrap| GT4 Australia Series

|style="background:#DFDFDF" align="center"| 2nd

|nowrap| Ford Mustang S650 GT4

|nowrap| Miedecke Motorsport

nowrap| Touring Car Masters

| align="center"| N/A

|nowrap| Ford Capri

|nowrap| JMG Racing

rowspan="2" |2025

|Super2 Series

| align="center" |1st*

|Ford Mustang S550

|Tickford Autosport

GT4 Australia Series

| align="center" |

|Ford Mustang S650 GT4

|Miedecke Motorsport

=GT4 Australia Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=41| GT4 Australia results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Position

! Points

2024

! Miedecke Motorsport Group

! Ford Mustang GT4

|style=background:#ffffff| SAN
R1
{{small|C}}

|style=background:#ffffff| SAN
R2
{{small|C}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| PHI
R3
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| PHI
R4
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| BEN
R5
{{small|DSQ}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| BEN
R6
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| QLD
R7
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| QLD
R8
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| PHI
R9
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#efcfff| PHI
R10
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfdfdf| SMP
R11
{{small|2}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R12
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#dfdfdf| BAT
R13
{{small|2}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| BAT
R14
{{small|1}}

!style=background:#dfdfdf| 2nd

!style=background:#dfdfdf| 237

2025

! Miedecke Motorsport Group

! Ford Mustang GT4

|style=background:#ffdf9f| PHI
R1
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| PHI
R2
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R3
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| SMP
R4
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| QLD
R5
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| QLD
R6
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#| SAN
R7
{{small

}

|style=background:#| SAN
R8
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BEN
R9
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BEN
R10
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| HAM
R11
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| HAM
R12
{{small|}}

|colspan=2|

!style=background:#dfdfdf| 2nd*

!style=background:#dfdfdf| 103*

|-

|}

=Super2 Series results=

(key) (Race results only)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
colspan=17| Super2 Series results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! Position

! Points

2024

!nowrap| Tickford Racing

!nowrap| Ford Mustang S550

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R1
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT1
R2
{{small|6}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R3
{{small|18}}

|style=background:#efcfff| BAR
R4
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R5
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R6
{{small|15}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R7
{{small|14}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R8
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| BAT2
R9
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| BAT2
R10
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R11
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R12
{{small|6}}

!style=background:| 7th

!style=background:| 1044

2025

!nowrap| Tickford Racing

!nowrap| Ford Mustang S550

|style=background:#ffdf9f| SMP
R1
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R2
{{small|9}}

|style=background:#ffffbf| SYM
R3
{{small|1}}

|style=background:#ffdf9f| SYM
R4
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#| TOW
R5
{{small

}

|style=background:#| TOW
R6
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| QLD
R7
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| QLD
R8
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BAT
R9
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BAT
R10
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| ADE
R11
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| ADE
R12
{{small|}}

!

!

|}

=Supercars Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=41| Supercars results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 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

! Position

! Points

2025

! Tickford Racing

! Ford Mustang S650

|style=background:#| SYD
R1
{{small

}

|style=background:#| SYD
R2
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| SYD
R3
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| MEL
R4

|style=background:#| MEL
R5

|style=background:#| MEL
R6

|style=background:#| MEL
R7

|style=background:#| TAU
R8

|style=background:#| TAU
R9

|style=background:#| TAU
R10

|style=background:#| SYM
R11

|style=background:#| SYM
R12

|style=background:#| SYM
R13

|style=background:#| BAR
R14
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BAR
R15
{{small|}}

|style=background:#| BAR
R16
{{small|}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R17
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R18
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R19
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#| TOW
R20

|style=background:#| TOW
R21

|style=background:#| TOW
R22

|style=background:#| QLD
R23

|style=background:#| QLD
R24

|style=background:#| QLD
R25

|style=background:#| BEN
R26

|style=background:#| BAT
R27

|style=background:#| SUR
R28

|style=background:#| SUR
R29

|style=background:#| SAN
R30

|style=background:#| SAN
R31

|style=background:#| ADE
R32

|style=background:#| ADE
R33

|style=background:#| ADE
R34

!

!

|}

=Bathurst 12 Hour results=

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! Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! Position

! {{tooltip|Class
pos.|Class position}}

2024

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} MRA Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Darren Currie
{{flagicon|AUS}} Axel Donaldson

|align="left"| MARC II V8

| align="center" | I

| align="center" | 198

| align="center" colspan=2| DNF

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|rylan-gray-66284087}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Rylan}}

Category:2006 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen

Category:Sportspeople from Muswellbrook

Category:Racing drivers from the Hunter Region

Category:KCMG drivers