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Scott Gaylord

Scott Gaylord (born August 12, 1958) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in four NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, all at Sears Point Raceway, most recently in 1996.[1][2] He has been a longtime competitor in the NASCAR Camping World West Series. Many of his starts in NASCAR's highest levels have been on the West Coast of the United States (Infineon, Phoenix) and on road courses (Watkins Glen).[2]

Scott Gaylord
Gaylord wearing a HANS device in 2005
Born (1958-08-12) August 12, 1958 (age 66)
Lakewood, Colorado
NASCAR Cup Series career
8 races run over 4 years
Best finish65th (1996)
First race1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sonoma)
Last race1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
17 races run over 9 years
2009 position121st
Best finish77th (2008)
First race1997 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
Last race2009 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 26, 2010.

He has been a longtime competitor in the Winston West / Camping World West Series,[3] competing against Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick.[1] He regularly competed for over a dozen years, accumulating six pole positions and over 24 top five finishes.[1] His best career West finish were two second-place finishes.[1]

Racing career

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Gaylord first Cup car in the pits at Sears Point in 1991
 
Gaylord on the track in his West Series car in 2005

Gaylord followed in his father's footsteps by starting to race on road courses and he has over 60 wins on circuits.[1] He has won class championships in SCCA and IMSA, and has also competed in numerous 24 Hours of Daytona events.[1]

Gaylord regularly competes in the NASCAR Camping World West Series, a regional touring series on the west coast of the United States. He was named the "Most Popular Driver" in the series in 1998 and 2002.[1] Since entering the series in 1988, he has accumulated 87 top 5s and five poles, but has yet to earn a win.

Winston Cup Series

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Gaylord's first attempt in the series came in 1988, when he failed to qualify at Phoenix International Raceway. He would make his next attempt in 1991 at Sears Point Raceway. Driving the #00 Oldsmobile for Geoff Burney, he qualified 31st and finished 33rd, thirteen laps down. In 1992 and 1993, Gaylord ran the Sears Point race in the No. 52 Chevrolet for Means Racing, earning a career-best finish of 29th in 1993. After failing to qualify for any races in 1994 or 1995, he made his final series start to date in 1996. In a self-prepared No. 00 Chevrolet, he qualified 29th and finished 38th, once again at Sears Point.

Nationwide Series

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Gaylord made his in the then-NASCAR Busch Series debut in 1997 at Watkins Glen International. He qualified 16th and finished 28th in the No. 77 Lear Corporation Ford for Moy Racing. In 1999, he would return to Watkins Glen and the No. 77 car, earning his career-best finish of 25th. Since 2001, Gaylord has run occasionally for Means Racing in the No. 52 Chevrolet. His best season with the team came in 2008 when he drove in six races, finishing 29th at both Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Kansas Speedway. In 2005, he made one start for NEMCO Motorsports, finishing 31st in the No. 7 Boudreaux's Butt Paste Chevrolet at Phoenix.

Personal life

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Gaylord's father Les Gaylord was a race car driver.[1] Les' first competed in 1951 on an Aspen, Colorado street course with his wife as the passenger.[1] He won many SCCA regional and national events.[1] Les stopped racing when a serious accident caused the 80-year-old to retire.[2]

Gaylord asked his future wife, Donna, for their first date over his pit radio while driving slowly during a caution period of an SCCA Escort Endurance Championship event and competing against her.[1] She continued to race until she became pregnant with their second child.[1] During her career, she won an SCCA Divisional championship and an SCCA Escort Endurance event.[1] Their sons, Tripp and Ryan, are both race winners.[1] When 14-year-old Tripp attempted his first start in racing, he used his mother's driver's suit.[1]

Gaylord runs Gaylord's Garage in Lakewood, Colorado when he is not racing.[1]

Gaylord's son, Tripp Gaylord, made his West Series debut in 2022 in the race at Kern County Raceway Park.

Motorsports career results

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SCCA National Championship Runoffs

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Year Track Car Class Finish Start Status
1980 Road Atlanta Mazda RX-7 Showroom Stock A 13 19 Running
1985 Road Atlanta Honda CRX Showroom Stock C 1 1 Running

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.)

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 NWCC Pts Ref
1988 Oliver Racing 20W Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD
DNQ 		POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO
DNQ 		ATL NA - [4]
1991 Oliver Racing 00 Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON
33 		POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
DNQ 		ATL 80th 64 [5]
1992 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
37 		ATL 87th 52 [6]
1993 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL 74th 76 [7]
Olds GLN
29 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
Ford PHO
DNQ 		ATL
1994 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL NA - [8]
Oliver Racing 00W Ford IND
DNQ 		PHO
DNQ 		ATL
00 GLN
DNQ 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
1995 00W DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
DNQ 		ATL NA - [9]
1996 00 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
38 		CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO
DNQ 		ATL 65th 49 [10]
1997 00W DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON
DNQ 		TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL NA - [11]

Nationwide Series

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NASCAR Nationwide 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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
1997 PRW Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
28 		MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 102nd 79 [12]
1999 PRW Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
25 		MLW MYB 112nd 88 [13]
52 PPR
DNQ 		GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM
2000 77 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR
37 		GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 107th 52 [14]
2001 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAR LVS
42 		ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR
42 		IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 119th 74 [15]
2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL
40 		RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 119th 43 [16]
2005 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAL MXC
QL† 		LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX 125th 70 [17]
GIC-Mixon Motorsports 7 Chevy PHO
31 		TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2007 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
39 		GLN
40 		MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 132nd 89 [18]
2008 55 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO
43 		77th 312 [19]
52 MXC
42 		TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
29 		GLN MCH BRI
Chevy CAL
40 		RCH DOV KAN
29 		CLT MEM TEX PHO
39 		HOM
2009 DAY CAL
32 		LVS
36 		BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
DNQ 		MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 121st 122 [20]
† - Qualified but replaced by Jimmy Morales

West Series

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NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NWSC Pts Ref
1988 SON
7 		MMR
8 		RSD
DNQ 		SGP
12 		POR
14 		EVG
11 		MMR
13 		PHO
DNQ 		8th 309 [21]
1991 EVG
19 		MMR
9 		SON
33 		SGS POR EVG SSS MMR PHO
DNQ 		14th 531 [22]
1992 MMR SGS SON SHA POR EVG SSS CAJ TWS MMR PHO
37 		37th 146 [23]
1993 TWS MMR SGS SON
DNQ 		TUS SHA EVG POR CBS SSS CAJ TCR MMR PHO
DNQ 		N/A 0 [24]
1994 MMR
16 		TUS SON
DNQ 		SGS YAK MMR POR
6 		IND
DNQ 		CAJ TCR LVS MMR
7 		PHO
DNQ 		TUS 17th 862 [25]
1995 TUS
14 		MMR
3 		SON
DNQ 		CNS
15 		MMR
2 		POR
18 		SGS
11 		TUS
11 		AMP
19 		MAD
4 		POR
22 		LVS
11 		SON
3 		MMR
22 		PHO
DNQ 		6th 1839 [26]
1996 TUS
25 		AMP
2 		MMR
18 		SON
38 		MAD
13 		POR
5 		TUS
16 		EVG
12 		CNS
11 		MAD
3 		MMR
3 		SON
4 		MMR
20 		PHO
DNQ 		LVS
9 		5th 1883 [27]
1997 TUS
16 		AMP
6 		SON
DNQ 		TUS
9 		MMR
4 		LVS
7 		CAL
9 		EVG
4 		POR
13 		PPR
6 		AMP
12 		SON
23 		MMR
19 		LVS
31 		6th 1706 [28]
1998 TUS
14 		LVS
14 		PHO
24 		CAL
31 		HPT
5 		MMR
13 		AMP
7 		POR
11 		CAL
15 		PPR
17 		EVG
7 		SON
10 		MMR
6 		LVS
16 		9th 1748 [29]
1999 TUS
11 		LVS
36 		PHO

10 		CAL
36 		PPR
15 		MMR IRW EVG POR IRW RMR
9 		LVS MMR
24 		MOT
16 		20th 846 [30]
2000 PHO
9 		MMR
11 		LVS
14 		CAL
12 		LAG
12 		IRW
15 		POR
19 		EVG
10 		IRW
3 		RMR
5 		MMR
21 		IRW
8 		10th 1568 [31]
2001 PHO
10 		LVS
9 		TUS
10 		MMR
8 		CAL
13 		IRW
6 		LAG
6 		KAN
15 		EVG
20 		CNS
11 		IRW
7 		RMR
7 		LVS
6 		IRW
24 		8th 1861 [32]
2002 PHO
24 		LVS
5 		CAL
9 		KAN
15 		EVG
6 		IRW
6 		S99
11 		RMR
3 		DCS
17 		LVS
9 		8th 1382 [33]
2003 PHO
9 		LVS
7 		CAL
12 		MAD
9 		TCR
3 		EVG
3 		IRW
4 		S99
10 		RMR
5 		DCS
20 		PHO
6 		MMR
8 		5th 1733 [34]
2004 PHO
7 		MMR
4 		CAL
4 		S99
20 		EVG
5 		IRW
3 		S99
4 		RMR
13 		DCS
4 		PHO
2 		CNS
15 		MMR
13 		IRW
5 		4th 1900 [35]
2005 PHO
22 		MMR
20 		PHO
14 		S99
4 		IRW
6 		EVG
7 		S99
11 		PPR
15 		CAL
14 		DCS
6 		CTS
3 		MMR
5 		7th 1626 [36]
2006 PHO
10 		PHO
32 		S99
6 		IRW
3 		SON
15 		DCS
10 		IRW
9 		EVG
6 		S99
5 		CAL
8 		CTS
14 		AMP
2 		7th 1644 [37]
2007 CTS
17 		PHO AMP ELK IOW CNS SON DCS IRW MMP
5 		EVG CSR AMP 37th 272 [38]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Demere, Mac. "The Flying Gaylords". Auto Media. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Scott Gaylord NASCAR Cup Series statistics". NASCAR. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  3. ^ "Jason Bowles wins West Series Race at Miller Motorsports Park". Racing West. July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
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