GK Racing

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GK Racing
Owner(s)
In It To Win It 200 (Darlington)
Races competedTruck Series: 55
ARCA Menards Series: 4
Race victories0
Pole positions0

GK Racing (formerly Clay Greenfield Motorsports and Alger Motorsports) is an American professional

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

The team's old logo

The team debuted as Alger Motorsports, running a part-time schedule in the

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.[2]
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

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.[1]

Truck No. 68 results

Year Driver 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 NCTC Pts
2011 Clay Greenfield 68 Dodge DAY
DNQ
PHO
DAR
MAR
NSH
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX

27
KEN

DNQ
IOW
NSH
IRP
POC
MCH
BRI
ATL
KEN

30
LVS
TAL

DNQ
MAR
TEX
22
HOM

30
53rd 36
Wayne Edwards
CHI

DNQ
NHA
2012 Clay Greenfield Ram
DAY

10
MAR

31
CAR

DNQ
KAN
CLT
36
DOV
TEX
KEN

18
IOW
CHI

28
POC
MCH
BRI
DNQ
BRI
ATL
IOW
KEN
TAL

16
MAR

25
TEX
PHO
HOM
39th 144
2013
DAY

26
MAR

DNQ
CAR
DNQ
KAN

16
CLT
DOV
TEX
KEN
IOW
ELD
DNQ
POC
MCH
BRI
34
MSP IOW
CHI
LVS
TAL

13
MAR

27
TEX
PHO
HOM
40th 87
2014
DAY
MAR

30
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
GTW
KEN
IOW
ELD
POC
MCH
BRI MSP
CHI
NHA
LVS
52nd 37
Chevy
TAL

21
MAR
TEX
PHO
HOM
2015
DAY

DNQ
ATL
MAR
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
GTW
IOW
KEN
ELD
POC
MCH
BRI MSP
CHI
TAL

30
MAR
TEX
PHO
HOM
46th 39
Ram NHA
19
LVS
2016 Chevy DAY
DNQ
ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 53rd 0
2017 DAY
29
ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW
24
IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
26
MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
8
MAR TEX PHO HOM 40th 61
2018 DAY
22
ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX
20
IOW GTW CHI KEN
21
ELD POC MCH BRI
20
MSP LVS TAL
32
MAR TEX PHO HOM 40th 77
2019 DAY
12
ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI 40th 73
Toyota KEN
16
POC ELD MCH BRI
26
MSP LVS TAL
25
MAR PHO HOM
2020 DAY
DNQ
LVS CLT
29
ATL
26
HOM
30
POC
31
KEN
26
TEX
20
KAN
28
KAN
31
MCH
20
DRC DOV
32
GTW
19
DAR
21
RCH
21
BRI
22
LVS
22
TAL
14
KAN
25
TEX
35
MAR
21
PHO 29th 233
2021 DAY
DNQ
DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH
DNQ
POC KNX GLN GTW
DNQ
DAR
19
BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 44th 18

Truck No. 86 results

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 NCWTC Pts
2012 Scott Riggs 86 Ram
DAY
MAR
CAR
KAN
CLT
DOV
TEX
KEN

36
IOW
54th 30
Blake Koch
CHI

32
POC
MCH
BRI
QL
Clay Greenfield BRI
34
ATL
IOW
KEN
LVS
TAL
MAR
TEX
PHO
HOM

Truck No. 95 results

Year Driver 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 NCTC Pts
2023 Clay Greenfield 95 Toyota DAY LVS
ATL
COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW
35
NSH MOH
POC
RCH
IRP
MLW
KAN
BRI 50th 2
Chevy
TAL

DNQ
HOM
PHO
2024
DAY

DNQ
ATL
LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR
NWS
CLT GTW NSH
POC
IRP
RCH
MLW
BRI
KAN
TAL
HOM
MAR
PHO

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Srigley, Joseph (May 31, 2023). "GK Racing Attempting Truck Series Debut at Gateway with Owner-Driver Clay Greenfield". TobyChristie.com.
  2. Sporting News
    . Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Christie, Toby (November 30, 2020). "Clay Greenfield to Run Three Races With Rackley Roofing, Seeking Sponsors and Funded Drivers For Balance of 2021". TobyChristie.com.

External links

  • GK Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference