culminating in becoming the youngest NHRA champion in history.

I grew up racing micro sprints, then outlaw karts at Millbridge [Speedway] and some late model stuff with LFR. Gray’s victories this season have come in Gainesville, Fla., Richmond, Va., Norwalk, Ohio, Seattle, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Nothing would be better than getting a championship done for them.”. Hoskins has been a part of five NHRA Pro Stock world championships – 1996 and 1997 (Jim Yates), 2000 (Jeg Coughlin), 2009 (Edwards), 2018 (Tanner Gray). Don’t expect to see him make any return visits to a drag strip. “(Compared to) the NHRA schedule I raced in 24 races. Adrenaline is adrenaline. He considers that chapter of his life over. “If everything goes well, the goal will be to run a fulltime Truck schedule next year.

Pro Stock leader Tanner Gray will compete in the NASCAR K&N East Series full time in 2019 with DGR-Crosley with an eye on a spot in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. I love racing, and with the NHRA, you show up for three days and you’re guaranteed four runs for six seconds. Things took off from there, and this is the direction we decided to take at this time. “I told my dad (former Pro Stock driver Shane Gray) whether I won the championship or even won a race, I said ‘I think this will be it.'”. “I won really everything I could win in it. Coming off a fairly solid debut in the K&N East series, one might expect Gray to be highly anticipating his NASCAR national series debut and taking the next step in his racing progression. “This week I go to Tuscon (for the K&N West race) and then fly straight from Tuscon to Toledo to test … I’m constantly moving around to different places, testing a lot more and everything else.”. “The feeling on a restart is the same feeling you’re going to get lining up for a drag race.”. While he called his first full day of practice “a little rocky to start,” Gray had become more comfortable and confident as the day progressed. Gray, a third-generation drag racer, is taking the next step in his NASCAR immersion by making his first Gander Outdoors Truck Series start on Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. I got a little frustrated with how my circle track career was going so my dad was about to get out of his seat and I tried out his car,” Tanner, now 20, said of his decision to try drag racing.

I didn’t do a very good job showing everything that it’s got.

Gray is known for racing at NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. I’ve wanted to do this since I was a kid, and I had the opportunity to do it, so I’m taking it. Well, I actually read Tanner’s statement in the article, and it specifically mentions the difference in seat-time between drag racing and oval racing. It feels really cool. Tanner is the youngest professional winner in NHRA, eclipsing the mark of Jeb Allen who was 18 years and one month old when he won in Top Fuel in 1972. I agree to receive emails from RacingJunk.com. A bunch of different cool stuff. The win was a “relief” for Gray after his decision to change course in his career and return to racing on ovals after having previously competed in super late models.

He also ran eight ARCA races fielded by DGR-Crosley. Taylor Gray made his stock car debut earlier this year at Hickory Motor Speedway; he will also race full-time at DGR-Crosley in a Late Model Stock Car next year.

“This year I think I have close to 30-something races,” Gray said. Tanner Gray grew up in the world of drag racing but has never wavered in his desire to be a NASCAR driver. During his NHRA Pro Stock career, Gray has won 11 national events in only 44 races.

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