Max Gresham
| Max Gresham | |||||||
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| Born |
April 30, 1993 Stockbridge, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2011 K&N Pro Series East Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 53 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 32nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 16th (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2011 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of October 31, 2014. | |||||||
Max Gresham (born April 30, 1993 in Stockbridge, Georgia) is an American stock car racing driver. Winner of the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship, he has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Personal life and early career
Born in Stockbridge, Georgia in 1993, Gresham's racing career started at age 8.[1] He has won track championships at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, and won the Legends Car Semi-Pro National Championship in 2006 at the age of 13.[1] He graduated from high school in 2011.[2]
K&N Pro Series and ARCA
Starting in 2009 and running through the 2011 racing season, Gresham competed in the K&N Pro Series East, a NASCAR regional touring series, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.[3] He won four races during his career in the K&N Pro Series East, with the first coming at South Boston Speedway in April 2010; he also won once in twelve starts in the ARCA Racing Series, at Mansfield Motorsports Park.[1]
In 2011, Gresham won the K&N Pro Series East series championship by 63 points over Darrell Wallace, Jr.[4][5] Gresham's K&N Pro Series East championship was the second won by Joe Gibbs Racing, following the team's winning the 2007 series championship with Joey Logano.[4][5]
Camping World Truck Series
Gresham made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[2][3] He made three starts late in the season in the series, finishing 54th in the final season standings,[6] in preparation for 2012, when he will be competing for Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 24 for Joe Denette Motorsports as a teammate to four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday, Jr.[3] However, Gresham's performance in the Trucks failed to live up to expectations, and he parted ways with JDM after eight races in the 2012 season.[7] He signed with Eddie Sharp Racing to run selected races later in the year shortly thereafter;[8] he returned to ESR for the full 2013 season.[9]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 24 | 25 | Pos | Points | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Turn One Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS 25 |
TAL | MAR 25 |
TEX | HOM 31 |
54th | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Joe Denette Motorsports | 24 | Chevy | DAY 26 |
MAR 19 |
CAR 18 |
KAN 22 |
CLT 24 |
DOV 30 |
TEX 21 |
KEN 30 |
IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | 24th | 291 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Sharp Racing | 8 | Chevy | ATL 22 |
IOW | KEN 23 |
LVS | TAL | MAR 11 |
TEX 12 |
PHO | HOM 23 |
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| 2013 | DAY 24 |
MAR 30 |
CAR 16 |
KAN 25 |
CHA 3 |
DOV 28 |
TEX 22 |
KEN 31 |
IOW 15 |
ELD 10 |
POC 13 |
16th | 579 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sharp Gallaher Racing | MCH 18 |
BRI 15 |
MSP 24 |
IOW 13 |
CHI 19 |
LVS 10 |
TAL 8 |
MAR 11 |
TEX 18 |
PHO 15 |
HOM 22 |
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| 2014 | GMS Racing | 23 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CHA 31 |
DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN 11 |
IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 12 |
MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 22 |
TEX 7 |
PHO | HOM | 32nd | 137 | |||||||||||||||||
* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Max Gresham bio". Max Gresham Racing. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Truck Preview: Gresham more excited than nervous about debut". The Sporting News. Yahoo! Sports. October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Max Gresham Joins Joe Denette Motorsports For 2012 NCWTS Season". Iowa Speedway. December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Wallace Wins, Gresham Wears Crown". National Speed Sport News. September 30, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pearce, Al (October 1, 2011). "NASCAR: Max Gresham wins K&N East Pro Series title at Dover". AutoWeek. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ↑ "2011 Camping World Truck Series Standings". The Sporting News. AOL.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ↑ "Max Gresham and Joe Denette part ways". NBC Sports. July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Max Gresham Joins Eddie Sharp Racing for Five Races". Catchfence.com. August 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ↑ "Max Gresham to return with Eddie Sharp Racing i n 2013". Eddie Sharp Racing. December 6, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
External links
- Official website
- Max Gresham driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Ryan Truex |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Kyle Larson |
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