(1966-08-03) August 3, 1966 (age 57) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Retired
2004
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active
1997-2004
Teams
Knapp Motorsports A. J. Foyt Enterprises Team Menard Sam Schmidt Motorsports Access Motorsports
Starts
73
Wins
5
Poles
14* (does not include Charlotte 1999)
Fastest laps
0
Best finish
1st in 1999
Previous series
1992-1994 1996
Toyota Atlantic Indy Lights
Championship titles
1999
Indy Racing League Champion
Gregory Ray (born August 3, 1966) is an American former race car driver.
After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994.
In 1997 he made his Indy Racing League debut driving for Thomas Knapp in an unsponsored black #97 car. He made his mark on the series a year later during qualifying for the 1998 Indianapolis 500. Driving the same, plain, black #97, he qualified second behind A. J. Foyt's driver Billy Boat. The car attracted sponsorship from local businesses and the national anti-tobacco campaign, and became known as Ash Kicker Racing. Though he failed to finish that race, he scored several good results in subsequent races and caught the eye of successful businessman and team owner John Menard Jr.
In 1999 he won the IRL championship on the strength of three victories. However, 2000 was a difficult season with only one victory. He qualified on pole for the Indianapolis 500 but subsequently finished last (33rd). In 2001 Ray and Menard had split, and his replacement Jaques Lazier won his first victory at the Chicagoland Speedway.
Things continued to go downhill from there, as Ray bounced around three separate cars in 2002 before starting his own team in 2003, Access Motorsports, the lone team utilizing a Panoz chassis with Honda engines. He gained sponsorship from TrimSpa but failed to light up the scoreboard and in 2004, he ran a few races before giving his seat to former Infiniti Pro Series champion Mark Taylor. The team closed at the end of the year from a lack of sponsorship.
at the end of the year from a lack of sponsorship. Ray had 5 wins in his 74 IRL starts. GregRay made his debut Indy Racing League start during the 1997...
order of the year. Team Menard had a very good season with their driver GregRay capturing 3 race wins and the series championship. This was the last year...
Oval/Speedway. This race was held January 29 at Walt Disney World Speedway. GregRay won the pole. Top ten results 24- Robbie Buhl 91- Buddy Lazier 51- Eddie...
Oval/Speedway. This race was held March 18 at Phoenix International Raceway. GregRay won the pole. Top ten results 4- Sam Hornish Jr. 14- Eliseo Salazar 91-...
Infiniti Pro Series. Many of the IRL's old guard including Robbie Buhl, GregRay, and Buddy Lazier had difficulty competing in this new manufacturer-driven...
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changes, with 1997 season champion Tony Stewart departing for NASCAR. GregRay was hired to fill the vacancy. Robbie Buhl also left Menard and joined...
Kaplan, Jared; Edwards, Harri; Burda, Yuri; Joseph, Nicholas; Brockman, Greg; Ray, Alex (2021-07-14). "Evaluating Large Language Models Trained on Code"...
full-time to the IRL in 2000. During qualifying, defending IRL champion GregRay took the pole position. However, on race day, reigning CART champion Juan...
Kaplan, Jared; Edwards, Harri; Burda, Yuri; Joseph, Nicholas; Brockman, Greg; Ray, Alex (14 July 2021). "Evaluating Large Language Models Trained on Code"...
want to implement a hard rule like the "Lucky Dog" in NASCAR. IRL regular GregRay led the practice speeds for four of the first six days. Casey Mears, Eliseo...
MasterCard Lola team, and GregRay, third in the 1994 Atlantic Championship and 12th in the previous Indy Lights season. Ray was run by Knapp Motorsports...
regulations, the team continued to shine winning the 1999 championship with GregRay. However, with the influx of former CART teams to the IRL in the early...
champion GregRay after failing to find a ride for the 2003 season, the team debuted at the 2003 Indianapolis 500 and ran the rest of the season with Ray as...
does not deter Greg, who eventually tells Jenny that he loves her and wants to marry her. Jenny eventually finds out that her father, Ray Gardner (Gil Rodgers)...
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In addition, the Atlantics served as a springboard for such drivers as GregRay, Sam Hornish Jr. and Richie Hearn to enter the IRL. The Atlantics effectively...
Scott Sharp and Eddie Cheever among those making the field. At 5:15 p.m., GregRay squeezed onto the front row, as the second-fastest qualifier (221.125 mph)...
3- Hélio Castroneves 7- Bryan Herta 12- Tora Takagi 15- Buddy Rice 13- GregRay This race was held at Twin Ring Motegi on April 17. This was Honda's first...
Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rusty Wallace Bobby Labonte Dale Jarrett GregRay Jeff Gordon Eddie Cheever Mark Dismore This would be Dale Earnhardt's 34th...
[citation needed] TrimSpa was the primary sponsor for GregRay during the 2003 Indianapolis 500. Ray finished eighth, his career best finish in the 500....
Stewart qualified on the pole position. Top 10 results 11- Billy Boat 97- GregRay 14- Kenny Bräck 4- Scott Goodyear 8- Scott Sharp 3- Robbie Buhl 6- Davey...
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