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Gregory S. Rayl (pronounced "rail", born November 20, 1963) is an American professionalstock car racing driver and crew chief who currently works forReaume Brothers Racing as the crew chief of their No. 22Ford F-150 in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He has also previously competed in the Truck Series as well as what is now theARCA Menards Series West as a driver. Most of his 32 career starts in the West Series came as anowner-driver for GSR Racing.

Racing career

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A native ofSalida, California, Rayl's firstNASCAR action came in 1993 with theNASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour atStockton 99 Speedway; he finished 16th after crashing on lap 49.^[1] In 2008, he began racing part-time in theNASCAR 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.^[2] 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 driversCassie Gannis andTrevor Cristiani.^[3]^[4]

In 2019, he joinedReaume Brothers Racing in theNASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series as a crew chief for their No. 34 team.^[5] In June, he made his Truck debut in theCarShield 200 atWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway forJennifer Jo Cobb Racing, but finished last after wrecking on lap two.^[6] He made one more start as a driver, this time for the Reaume team, in their No. 32 at theCanadian Tire Motorsport Park road course race. It was astart-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 byMason 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 duringthe race atAtlanta.^[7]

Personal life

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On October 14, 2012, he married Nancy J. Rayl in El Dorado Hills, California.^{[citation needed]}

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(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

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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	NGOTC	Pts	Ref
2019	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	0	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW 32	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI							81st	14	^[8]
2019	Reaume Brothers Racing	32	Toyota																		MSP 28	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM	81st	14	^[8]

K&N Pro Series West

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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	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2008	Spectator Racing	07	Chevy	AAS	PHO	CTS	IOW	CNS	SON	IRW	DCS	EVG	MMP	IRW	AMP DNQ	AAS 17			46th	182	^[9]
2009			Ford	CTS	AAS	PHO	MAD	IOW	DCS 17	SON	IRW	PIR 20	MMP	CNS	IOW	AAS 17			30th	327	^[10]
2010			Ford	AAS 18	PHO 19	IOW 15	DCS 16	SON 26	IRW 22	PIR 18	MRP 15	CNS 14	MMP 13	AAS 17	PHO 36				12th	1269	^[11]
2011	GSR Racing	01	Ford	PHO 28	AAS 17	MMP 10		LVS 9	SON 40	IRW 21	EVG 12	PIR 16	CNS 18	MRP 15	SPO 13				11th	1496	^[12]
		0					IOW DNQ
		07														AAS 13	PHO 28
2013	GSR Racing	07	Ford	PHO 17	S99 DNQ	BIR	IOW	L44	SON	CNS	IOW	EVG	SPO	MMP	SMP	AAS	KCR	PHO	48th	45	^[13]
2014			Chevy	PHO 23															53rd	39	^[14]
2014			Ford		IRW 26	S99	IOW	KCR	SON	SLS	CNS	IOW	EVG	KCR	MMP	AAS	PHO		53rd	39	^[14]