Joey Gase

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Joey Gase
Born (1993-02-08) February 8, 1993
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
43 race(s) run over 3 year(s)
Car no., team No. 52 (Jimmy Means Racing)
2013 position 31st
Best finish 30th (2012)
First race 2011 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2013 ServiceMaster 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

Joey Gase (born February 8, 1993 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American stock car racing driver. He has won several track championships at short tracks in the midwestern United States. He currently competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving for Jimmy Means Racing.

Early career and personal life

Gase started racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in the track's junior classes in 2001.[1] He won the track Modified B championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 2007, the youngest driver ever to do so.[1] In 2009, he became the youngest driver ever to win the track Late Model championship at Hawkeye Downs Speedway.[2] Gase graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2011.[3]

Nationwide Series

After running a limited schedule of American Speed Association races starting in 2008, and selected ARCA Racing Series, USAR Pro Cup Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races in 2010 and 2011,[1] Gase made his first start in NASCAR's Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway in August 2011.[3] Driving for Go Green Racing in the No. 39 Ford, Gase made five starts during the second half of the 2011 season; over the course of those races he posted a best finish of 20th and an average finish of 25th.[3]

In January 2012, it was announced that Gase would drive the No. 39 Ford for Go Green Racing for the entire 2012 Nationwide Series season, competing for Rookie of the Year honors.[3][4] Gase was planned as the lead driver of a two-car team for Go Green Racing; the team's second car, the No. 04, would be driven by several drivers.[4] A lack of sponsorship meant that Gase only ran a partial season, competing for several teams.[5]

In December 2012, Gase announced that he would be driving for Jimmy Means Racing full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2013;[6] partway through the season he began running for Go Green Racing as well as Means due to a lack of sponsorship.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Joey Gase biography". JoeyGase.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  2. ↑ Pilcher, K. J. (October 1, 2009). "Gase makes his mark quickly with Hawkeye Downs title". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA). p. 1B. Retrieved 2012-08-25. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Update: Gase to run full-time on Nationwide Series for Go Green Racing". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. January 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mahoney, Larry (January 4, 2012). "Young Guns competition to put Maine youngster in car at Loudon speedway". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  5. ↑ Pilcher, K.J. (May 16, 2012). "Gase back in Nationwide driver’s seat". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Retrieved 2012-05-20. 
  6. ↑ Pilcher, K.J. (December 24, 2012). "Gase strikes deal with Means Racing". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, IA. Retrieved 2012-12-25. 

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