Spencer Gallagher

Spencer Gallagher (born November 20, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for BK Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro, and part-time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is also the third of four sons of Allegiant Air's CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. In 2018, Gallagher announced that he would step away from full-time racing at the end of the 2018 season to take on a managerial role at GMS Racing.

Spencer Gallagher
Gallagher at Talladega Superspeedway in 2018
Born (1989-11-20) November 20, 1989
Las Vegas, Nevada
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2018 position71st
Best finish71st (2018)
First race2018 Go Bowling at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
59 races run over 3 years
2018 position18th
Best finish18th (2018)
First race2016 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win2018 Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 12 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
60 races run over 6 years
2018 position106th
Best finish10th (2015)
First race2013 SFP 250 (Kansas)
Last race2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 15 2
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2015 position53rd
Best finish53rd (2015)
First race2015 Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 17, 2018.

Early career

Gallagher was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Gallagher, he and fellow driver Dylan Kwasniewski lived in the same neighborhood growing up, though their first encounter was on the racetrack. He is the son of Allegiant Air CEO Maury Gallagher. Gallagher spent time working for a Silicon Valley software company at age 19 while transitioning to a full-time racing career.[1][2]

Gallagher began racing at age 12 in the Bandolero Bandit Series, then progressing to the Legends Car Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.[3] Gallagher began to take his racing prospects seriously in 2009 on the recommendation of car owner and former driver T.J. Clark. He won the Silver State Road Racing Championship that year, and the INEX Legends Road Course World Finals in 2010. He also ran 6 races in the Super Late Model Series with a best finish of fourth. In 2011, Gallagher made 6 starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, then made two in the East Series in both 2011 and 2012.[2][4]

Developmental series

2011–2013
Gallagher's 2013 ARCA car on display at Road America

Gallagher made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2011, and ran two more races with a best finish of 15th in the No. 05 Allegiant Air Chevrolet. He ran the full 19-race schedule in 2012, earning six top 10s and finishing 7th in points. His results improved in 2013, with 12 laps led, five top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes. He failed to qualify for two races, however, and missed a race after a concussion at Michigan, relegating him to a 10th-place points finish.[5] Gallagher also attempted five races, failing to qualify for two, in the Camping World Truck Series, with a best finish of 20th at Texas.

2014

Gallagher ran the full ARCA schedule in 2014, along with a partial schedule in the No. 23 in the Truck Series, sharing the ride with Max Gresham.

Gallagher was involved in an incident with John Wes Townley at the Iowa truck race in July, leading to a physical confrontation between the two and their respective crew members after the race. Townley and Gallagher, both competitors in the ARCA series as well, felt there was mutual bad blood built up between each other. The two had a friendlier conversation afterwards.[6]

In October 2014 he got his first win in the 20th and final race of the ARCA season, the ARCA 98.9 at Kansas Speedway. Gallagher started 32nd, and led the final 32 laps of the race.[1][7] Later that month, he earned a Truck Series best finish of third at Talladega on a last lap charge through the field.[8]

NASCAR

2015

Gallagher went full-time in GMS Racing's 23 truck for 2015.[1][2] Gallagher earned a second-place finish at Gateway Motorsports Park in June.[9]

2016

Gallagher started the season with a low note crashing early at Daytona and recovered for a 21st-place finish. Starting at Phoenix, Gallagher ran a limited Xfinity Series schedule using the No. 21, scoring his first top 10 at Daytona. In the Truck Series he scored five straight top ten finishes until Texas. On June 25, 2016 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Gallagher was involved in a crash with John Wes Townley on lap 155 which led to an awkward fight between the two drivers for several seconds before NASCAR officials separated them.[10] He was fined $12,000 and placed on probation at the end of the year. Gallagher finished 2nd at Talladega behind teammate Grant Enfinger.

2017
Gallagher racing at Road America in 2017

Gallagher moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2017 with GMS, driving the No. 23 Chevy.[11] During practice for the OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway, Gallagher spun Joey Gase going into turn three after Gase slowed down. Gase, running for single-car team Means Racing, blasted Gallagher in an interview with Fox Sports 1 afterwards, claiming that Gallagher "really, really sucks" for only being one spot ahead of Gase in the standings despite running for a top-tier team.[12] This came after Gallagher told Gase to "get the hell away" in their conversation after the incident.[13]

2018

In April, Gallagher scored his first career Xfinity win at Talladega; he passed leader Tyler Reddick on the final lap in overtime to record the victory.[14] Four days later, however, he was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating its substance abuse policy.[15] Due to the suspension, Gallagher lost his Dash 4 Cash spot for the next race to Ryan Sieg and lost his playoff eligibility as well.[16] He is no longer suspended and was back in the No. 23 car at Kentucky.

In August, Gallagher joined BK Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen International.[17] After starting 34th, he finished 35th.[18]

Gallagher was originally supposed to replace Dalton Sargeant at Mosport due to his release, but aggravated his shoulder in a workout session a few days prior and Timothy Peters drove the No. 25 truck instead.[19] While Peters continued piloting the truck for the next few races, Gallagher stepped in for Cody Coughlin at the Talladega Race in the No. 2 truck because of his release. He got caught up in the big one in the middle of the race and finished 25th. On October 19, 2018 it was announced that Gallagher will be stepping away from NASCAR competition to be focusing on managing his father's racing organization in efforts to bring exploring new opportunities off the track.

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.)

Monster Energy Cup Series
Monster Energy NASCAR 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 33 34 35 36 MENCC Pts Ref
2018 BK Racing 23 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN
35		 MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 71st 01 [20]

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2016 GMS Racing 21 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
23		 CAL
24		 TEX BRI RCH
17		 TAL DOV CLT
29		 POC MCH IOW DAY
8		 KEN NHA IND IOW GLN
22		 MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT
24		 KAN TEX PHO HOM 105th 01 [21]
2017 23 DAY
36		 ATL
28		 LVS
23		 PHO
18		 CAL
19		 TEX
14		 BRI
18		 RCH
10		 TAL
39		 CLT
37		 DOV
31		 POC
18		 MCH
18		 IOW
30		 DAY
24		 KEN
13		 NHA
35		 IND
28		 IOW
37		 GLN
32		 MOH
36		 BRI
23		 ROA
24		 DAR
34		 RCH
22		 CHI
14		 KEN
15		 DOV
24		 CLT
34		 KAN
21		 TEX
15		 PHO
17		 HOM
19		 19th 433 [22]
2018 DAY
6		 ATL
14		 LVS
10		 PHO
14		 CAL
11		 TEX
10		 BRI
5		 RCH
17		 TAL
1		 DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN
20		 NHA IOW GLN MOH
8		 BRI ROA DAR IND LVS
10		 RCH
12		 CLT
19		 DOV
5		 KAN
33		 TEX
9		 PHO
10		 HOM
17		 18th 524 [23]

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2013 GMS Racing 21 Chevy DAY MAR CAR
DNQ		 KAN
22		 CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR
DNQ		 TEX
20		 PHO HOM
32		 42nd 58 [24]
2014 23 DAY MAR
32		 KAN
30		 CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW
11		 ELD POC
15		 MCH
13		 BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS
13		 TAL
3		 MAR TEX PHO
31		 HOM
14		 27th 234 [25]
2015 DAY
21		 ATL
13		 MAR
14		 KAN
17		 CLT
10		 DOV
12		 TEX
12		 GTW
2		 IOW
7		 KEN
24		 ELD
17		 POC
14		 MCH
16		 BRI
22		 MSP
8		 CHI
8		 NHA
28		 LVS
15		 TAL
18		 MAR
29		 TEX
12		 PHO
6		 HOM
11		 10th 677 [26]
2016 DAY
21		 ATL
10		 MAR
6		 KAN
10		 DOV
6		 CLT
6		 TEX
27		 IOW
13		 GTW
22		 KEN
16		 ELD
29		 POC
15		 BRI
12		 MCH
25		 MSP
22		 CHI
7		 NHA
14		 LVS
11		 TAL
2		 MAR
29		 TEX
7*		 PHO
32		 HOM
21		 12th 402 [27]
2017 DAY
13		 ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 87th 01 [28]
2018 2 DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL
25		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 106th 01 [29]

K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2011 Clark Racing 23 Chevy GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS GRE LGY NHA
20		 COL GRE NHA
22		 DOV
DNQ		 39th 264 [30]
2012 BRI
17		 GRE RCH IOW BGS GRE LGY CNB COL IOW 50th 43 [31]
David Hirsch NHA
28		 DOV GRE CAR

K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2011 Clark Racing 23 Chevy PHO
27		 AAS
DNQ		 MMP
17		 IOW
DNQ		 LVS
24		 SON
27		 IRW EVG PIR
7		 CNS MRP SRP AAS PHO
27		 18th 792 [32]

Canadian Tire Series
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NCTSC Pts Ref
2015 22 Racing 24 Dodge MSP ACD SSS ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR RIS MSP
22		 KWA 53rd 22 [33]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2011 Clark Racing 05 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP
17		 POC ISF 64th 355 [34]
Chris Diederich Racing MAD
15		 DSF SLM KAN
33		 TOL
2012 23 DAY
29		 MOB
28		 SLM
22		 TAL
19		 7th 3720 [35]
Clark Racing TOL
34		 ELK
14		 POC
13		 MCH
8		 WIN
7		 NJE
14		 IOW
8		 CHI
26		 BLN
15
GMS Racing Chevy IRP
9		 POC
29		 ISF
10		 MAD
15		 SLM
9		 DSF
C		 KAN
21
2013 DAY
21		 MOB
22		 SLM
2		 TAL
27		 TOL
26		 ELK
8		 POC
8		 MCH
17		 ROA WIN CHI
13		 NJE
16		 POC
5		 BLN
11		 ISF
2		 MAD
4		 DSF IOW
14		 SLM
16		 KEN
3		 KAN
7		 10th 3790 [36]
2014 DAY
DNQ		 MOB
7		 SLM
2		 TAL
5		 TOL
13		 NJE
17		 POC
11		 MCH
5		 ELK
12		 WIN CHI
6*		 IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN
1*		 12th 2320 [37]
20 DAY
20

See also

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