Max Gresham
| Max Gresham | |||||||
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| Born |
April 30, 1993 Stockbridge, Georgia | ||||||
| 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) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He was the winner of the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship.
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]
Racing career
K&N Pro Series East and ARCA Racing Series
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] His team ESR shut down midway the season, but his ride was secured by SGR allowing him to finish the season. He finished 16th in the point standings, including a best finish of 3rd at Charlotte.
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.)
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 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 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 |
CLT 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 | CLT 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 still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- 1 2 3 "Max Gresham bio". Max Gresham Racing. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- 1 2 "Truck Preview: Gresham more excited than nervous about debut". The Sporting News. Yahoo! Sports. October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Max Gresham Joins Joe Denette Motorsports For 2012 NCWTS Season". Iowa Speedway. December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- 1 2 "Wallace Wins, Gresham Wears Crown". National Speed Sport News. September 30, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- 1 2 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 |