NASCAR team
GK Racing
(formerly
Clay Greenfield Motorsports
and
Alger Motorsports
) is an American professional
stock car racing
team that competes part-time in the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
, fielding the No. 95
Chevrolet Silverado
for
Clay Greenfield
, who is also a co-owner of the team. The other co-owners of the team are Greenfield's wife Tandra, a former
NFL cheerleader
, and Jordan and Theresa Kiss, who own Backyard Blues Pools, one of the team's sponsors.
[1]
The team was previously co-owned by
Billy Alger
, who drove for the team in what is now the
ARCA Menards Series
.
History
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The team debuted as Alger Motorsports, running a part-time schedule in the
2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
season. After failing to qualify at Daytona, the team debuted in
the spring race
at
Texas
.
Wayne Edwards
drove the team's No. 68 truck at
Chicago
but failed to qualify.
In 2012, the team fielded two trucks, the No. 68 for Greenfield and the No. 86 for
Scott Riggs
and
Blake Koch
in a
start and park
effort.
In 2013, the team was renamed to Clay Greenfield Motorsports. The team started out strong by earning the fastest time at the
Daytona International Raceway
during practice. Greenfield's 2013 season was most memorable in the last chance qualifier at the
Eldora Speedway
when he put up a hard fight against
Norm Benning
to qualify for the race.
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The season concluded with six starts with a best finish of 13th. The next few seasons were based on a part-time effort whenever funding was available as starts have mainly been attempted at super speedways.
The team also fielded a part-time
ARCA Racing Series
team, the No. 70
Chevrolet SS
, for team co-owner Billy Alger in
2015
and
2016
. Sometime after this, Alger would leave the team, making Greenfield its sole owner.
Greenfield's team intended on running 8 races in
2020
. However, the team ended up running nearly the full season, which was due to the fact that after the two month break in the season due to COVID-19, the field size for the series was expanded from 32 to 40 trucks due to the absence of qualifying. Also that year, CGM hired
NASCAR on Fox
studio commentator
Jeff Hammond
to come out of retirement and crew chief the truck in its part-time schedule of races.
[3]
Bobby Reuse
was also scheduled to drive the No. 68 at the Daytona RC in a partnership with
Jordan Anderson Racing
, but failed to do so due to the chassis not properly admitted.
For
2021
, Greenfield announced that his team would run the full season in the Truck Series for the first time. However, Greenfield himself would only run three races while the team seeks funded drivers who bring sponsorship to run the remaining 19 after the team's primary sponsor, Rackley Roofing, left the team to partner with
Willie Allen
to form a new team,
Rackley WAR
.
[4]
CGM only ended up attempting four races that year, all with Greenfield driving.
The team did not attempt any races in 2022 and Greenfield drove part-time for
Cook Racing Technologies
in their No. 84 truck instead with his own team's former crew chief, Tucker Wingo, also moving over to crew chief him at that team. In 2023, Greenfield re-started his own team with new co-owners Jordan and Theresa Kiss, who own Backyard Blues Pools, one of the team's sponsors and also one of Greenfield's sponsors when he drove the No. 84 truck for Cook Racing Enterprises. As a result, the team was renamed GK Racing, which stands for each of their last initials.
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Truck No. 68 results
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Truck No. 86 results
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Truck No. 95 results
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References
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Srigley, Joseph (May 31, 2023).
"GK Racing Attempting Truck Series Debut at Gateway with Owner-Driver Clay Greenfield"
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TobyChristie.com
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Pockrass, Bob (July 25, 2013).
"Norm Benning flips the bird, thrills Tony Stewart, fans at Eldora"
.
Sporting News
. Archived from
the original
on July 27, 2013
. Retrieved
June 20,
2017
.
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"Clay Greenfield Motorsports plans 8 races, Jeff Hammond to crew chief"
.
Jayski's Silly Season Site
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 28, 2020
. Retrieved
November 30,
2020
.
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Christie, Toby (November 30, 2020).
"Clay Greenfield to Run Three Races With Rackley Roofing, Seeking Sponsors and Funded Drivers For Balance of 2021"
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TobyChristie.com
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External links
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- GK Racing
owner statistics at Racing-Reference
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