Scott Gaylord

Scott Gaylord (born August 12, 1958)[1] is an American race car driver. He has competed in four NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, all at Sears Point Raceway, most recently in 1996.[2][3] He has been a long time 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).[3]

Scott Gaylord
Gaylord wearing a HANS device in 2005
Born (1958-08-12) August 12, 1958
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 long term competitor in the Winston West / Camping World West Series,[4] competing against Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick.[2] He regularly competed for over a dozen years; accumulating six pole positions and over 24 top five finishes.[2] His best career West finish were two second-place finishes.[2]

Gaylord runs Gaylord's Garage in Lakewood, Colorado when he is not racing.[2]

Personal life

Gaylord's father Les Gaylord was a race car driver.[2] Les' first competed in 1951 on an Aspen, Colorado street course with his wife as the passenger.[2] He won many SCCA regional and national events.[2] Les stopped racing when a serious accident caused the 80-year-old to retire.[3]

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.[2] She continued to race until she became pregnant with their second child.[2] During her career, she won an SCCA Divisional championship and an SCCA Escort Endurance event.[2] Their sons, Tripp and Ryan, are both race winners.[2] When 14-year-old Tripp attempted his first start in racing, he used his mother's driver's suit.[2]

Racing career

Gaylord followed in his father's footsteps by starting to race on road courses and he has over 60 wins on circuits.[2] He has won class championships in SCCA and IMSA, and has also competed in numerous 24 Hours of Daytona events.[2]

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.[2] 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

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 #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 #00 Chevrolet, he qualified 29th and finished 38th, once again at Sears Point.

Nationwide Series

Gaylord made his in the then-NASCAR Busch Series debut in 1997 at Watkins Glen International. He qualified 16th and finished 28th in the #77 Lear Corporation Ford for Moy Racing. In 1999, he would return to Watkins Glen and the #77 car, earning his career-best finish of 25th. Since 2001, Gaylord has run occasionally for Means Racing in the #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 #7 Boudreaux's Butt Paste Chevrolet at Phoenix.

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

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs
YearTrackCarClassFinishStartStatus
1980Road AtlantaMazda RX-7Showroom Stock A1319Running
1985Road AtlantaHonda CRXShowroom Stock C11Running

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series
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 - [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
1993 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON
DNQ		 CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL 74th 76 [8]
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 - [9]
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 - [10]
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 [11]
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 - [12]

Nationwide Series
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
2005 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Ford DAY CAL MXC
QL†		 LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX 125th 70 [18]
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 [19]
2008 55 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO
43		 77th 312 [20]
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 [21]
† - Qualified but replaced by Jimmy Morales

References
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  2. Demere, Mac. "The Flying Gaylords". Auto Media. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  3. "Scott Gaylord NASCAR Cup Series statistics". NASCAR. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. "Jason Bowles wins West Series Race at Miller Motorpsorts Park". Racing West. July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
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  14. "Scott Gaylord – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  15. "Scott Gaylord – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  16. "Scott Gaylord – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  17. "Scott Gaylord – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
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