Greg Ray

Quick Facts

Full Name	Greg Ray
Occupation	Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Aug 3, 1966(1966-08-03)
Age	58
Birthplace	Dallas
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Leo

Greg Ray Biography

Greg Ray is one of the most popular and richest Racing Driver who was born on August 3, 1966 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Gregory “Greg” Ray (born August 3, 1966 located in Dallas, Texas) is an ex- IRL IndyCar Series driver.

In 1994, Ray switched towards CART’s CART version of the Atlantic championship, called the Player’s/ Toyota Atlantic Championship still driving the same car he took home the 1993 championship in. Ray was a dominant driver in this championship as well, winning on the track at Phoenix International Raceway, Mosport International Raceway along with the Milwaukee Mile. Ray will also score seven podium places and six pole positions and eight fastest laps when he won the championship.

Greg Ray made his debut Indy Racing League start during the 1997 portion of the 1996-97 Indy Racing League season driving the #97 Thomas Knapp Motorsports Dallara-Oldsmobile Aurora in 5 of 10 events including the Indianapolis 500 where he would finish 25th due to a water pump failure. Ray’s best finish came at the True Value 500 at Texas Motor Speedway near Ray’s hometown of Dallas, Texas to finish 29th-place finish in points.

In 1997 he made his Indy Racing League debut driving for Thomas Knapp in an unsponsored black #97 car. He made his mark on the series a year later during qualifying for the 1998 Indianapolis 500. Driving the same, plain, black #97, he qualified second behind A. J. Foyt’s driver Billy Boat. The car attracted sponsorship from local businesses and the national anti-tobacco campaign, and became known as Ash Kicker Racing. Though he failed to finish that race, he scored several good results in subsequent races and caught the eye of successful businessman and team owner John Menard.

Following his win in the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993 He then moved to the CART sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994.

Greg Ray Net Worth

Greg Ray is one of the richest Racing Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Greg Ray 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ray began his career as a driver in different categories of the SCCA when he first enrolled in SCCA driving courses in September of 1991. In 1992, Ray is racing in a variety of SCCA sanctioned Formula Ford 2000 series. In the season that followed, Ray was a podium finisher in seven races and also set an all- time track record time for the Formula Ford 2000 car at Sears Point Raceway and would win the championship.

In 1993, Ray made the move in The Formula Atlantic series and would be the champion in the series with a dominant style.

By 1996 Ray was competing in the PPG/ Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered by Buick driving for Team KOOL Green in the #27 KOOL Lola-Buick V6. Ray’s best race of the season came at the race at the Milwaukee Mile where Ray started 4th and finished in 2nd place. Ray would finish in 12th place in the overall championship.

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In 2001 Ray would continue to drive for Menard in the #2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara-Oldsmobile Aurora. Ray continued to be an excellent qualifier with four poles in the series’ first ten races but had trouble finishing races with a win at the zMax Atlanta 500 Classic at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ray’s relationship with Menard got even worse after the Indianapolis 500 where Ray qualified 2nd and would lead 40 laps before finishing 17th, 8 laps down. Ray split from Menard after the Belterra Resort Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway while Ray’s replacement, Jaques Lazier won in his second race in the car at the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Ray would drive the season ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway returning to AJ Foyt’s team in the #11 A.J. Foyt Racing Dallara-Nissan Infiniti where Ray would start 13th and finish 8th in his only other top 10 of the year besides his Atlanta win.

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Things continued to go downhill from there, as Ray bounced around three separate cars in 2002 before starting his own team in 2003, Access Motorsports, the lone team utilizing a Panoz chassis with Honda engines. He gained sponsorship from TrimSpa but failed to light up the scoreboard and in 2004, he ran a few races before giving his seat to former Infiniti Pro Series champion Mark Taylor. The team closed at the end of the year from a lack of sponsorship.