Gregory Rayl

Gregory S. Rayl (pronounced "rail", born November 20, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who last worked part time for Reaume Brothers Racing as a crew chief of their No. 2 and No. 22 Ford F-150 entries 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. 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. 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 eleventh in points. For the 2012 season, he stepped back to serve as GSR's crew chief for drivers Cassie Gannis and Trevor Cristiani.

In 2019, Rayl joined Reaume Brothers Racing in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series as a crew chief for their No. 34 team. 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. 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.

Personal life On October 14, 2012, he married Nancy J. Rayl in El Dorado Hills, California.

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 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 Pts Ref 2019 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW32 CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI 81st 14 Reaume Brothers Racing 32 Toyota MSP28 LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series West 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 Pts Ref 2008 Spectator Racing 07 Chevy AAS PHO CTS IOW CNS SON IRW DCS EVG MMP IRW AMPDNQ AAS17 46th 182 2009 Ford CTS AAS PHO MAD IOW DCS17 SON IRW PIR20 MMP CNS IOW AAS17 30th 327 2010 AAS18 PHO19 IOW15 DCS16 SON26 IRW22 PIR18 MRP15 CNS14 MMP13 AAS17 PHO36 12th 1269 2011 GSR Racing 01 Ford PHO28 AAS17 MMP10 LVS9 SON40 IRW21 EVG12 PIR16 CNS18 MRP15 SPO13 11th 1496 0 IOWDNQ 07 AAS13 PHO28 2013 GSR Racing 07 Ford PHO17 S99DNQ BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 48th 45 2014 Chevy PHO23 53rd 39 Ford IRW26 S99 IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points