| Birth date | April 30, 1993 (age 33) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Stockbridge, Georgia, U.S. |
| Achievements | 2011 K&N Pro Series East Champion |
| Total truck races | 53 |
| Years in truck | 4 |
| Prev truck pos | 32nd |
| Prev truck year | 2014 |
| Best truck pos | 16th (2013) |
| First truck race | 2011 Smith's 350 (Las Vegas) |
| Last truck race | 2014 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas) |
| Truck wins | 0 |
| Truck top tens | 5 |
| Truck poles | 0 |
| Updated | October 31, 2014 |
Max Gresham (born April 30, 1993) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He was the winner of the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship.
Personal life and early career
Born in Stockbridge, Georgia in 1993, Gresham's racing career started at the age of eight.[1] He has won track championships at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, and won the Legends Car Semi-Pro National Championship in 2006 at the age of 13.[1] He graduated from high school in 2011.[2]
Racing career
K&N Pro Series East and ARCA Racing Series
Starting in 2009 and running through the 2011 racing season, Gresham competed in the K&N Pro Series East, a NASCAR regional touring series, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.[3] He won four races during his career in the K&N Pro Series East, with the first coming at South Boston Speedway in April 2010; he also won once in twelve starts in the ARCA Racing Series, at Mansfield Motorsports Park.[1]
In 2011, Gresham won the K&N Pro Series East series championship by 63 points over Bubba Wallace[4][5] Gresham's K&N Pro Series East championship was the second won by Joe Gibbs Racing, following the team's winning the 2007 series championship with Joey Logano.[4][5]
Camping World Truck Series
Gresham made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[2][3] He made three starts late in the season in the series, finishing 54th in the final season standings,[6] in preparation for 2012, when he will be competing for Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 24 for Joe Denette Motorsports as a teammate to four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr.[3] However, Gresham's performance in the Trucks failed to live up to expectations, and he parted ways with JDM after eight races in the 2012 season.[7] He signed with Eddie Sharp Racing to run selected races later in the year shortly thereafter;[8] he returned to ESR for the full 2013 season.[9] His team ESR shut down midway the season, but his ride was secured by SGR allowing him to finish the season. He finished 16th in the point standings, including a best finish of third at Charlotte.
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.)
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 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2011 | Turn One Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS 25 | TAL | MAR 25 | TEX | HOM 31 | 54th | 51 | [10] |
| 2012 | Joe Denette Motorsports | 24 | Chevy | DAY 26 | MAR 19 | CAR 18 | KAN 22 | CLT 24 | DOV 30 | TEX 21 | KEN 30 | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | 24th | 291 | [11] | ||||||||||||
| Eddie Sharp Racing | 8 | Chevy | ATL 22 | IOW | KEN 23 | LVS | TAL | MAR 11 | TEX 12 | PHO | HOM 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 24 | MAR 30 | CAR 16 | KAN 25 | CLT 3 | DOV 28 | TEX 22 | KEN 31 | IOW 15 | ELD 10 | POC 13 | 16th | 579 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sharp Gallaher Racing | MCH 18 | BRI 15 | MSP 24 | IOW 13 | CHI 19 | LVS 10 | TAL 8 | MAR 11 | TEX 18 | PHO 15 | HOM 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GMS Racing | 23 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | KAN | CLT 31 | DOV | TEX | GTW | KEN 11 | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 12 | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 22 | TEX 7 | PHO | HOM | 32nd | 137 | [13] | |||
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 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | GRE | TRI | IOW | SBO 5 | GLN | NHA | TMP | ADI 16 | LRP | NHA 9 | DOV | 27th | 408 | [14] | |
| 2010 | GRE 23 | SBO 1* | IOW 1 | MAR 17 | NHA 21 | LRP 3 | LEE 16 | JFC 12 | NHA 24 | DOV 18* | 8th | 1303 | [15] | |||||
| 2011 | GRE 21 | SBO 3 | RCH 4* | IOW 2 | BGS 4 | JFC 1* | LGY 3 | NHA 1* | COL 7 | GRE 5 | NHA 7 | DOV 3 | 1st | 1937 | [16] | |||
Camping World West Series
| NASCAR Camping World West Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCWWSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2009 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Toyota | CTS | AAS | PHO | MAD | IOW | DCS | SON | IRW | PIR | MMP | CNS | IOW 3 | AAS | 47th | 165 | [17] |
* 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | Gresham Motorsports | 71 | Toyota | DAY | PBE | SLM 6 | TEX | TAL | TOL | POC | MCH | IOW 10 | MFD 1* | POC | BLN 13 | NJE | ISF | CHI | DSF | TOL 23 | SLM | KAN | CAR | 28th | 940 | [18] |
| 2011 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY | TAL | SLM 15 | TOL | NJE | CHI | POC | IRP 11 | 21st | 1360 | [19] | ||||||||||||
| Toyota | MCH 2 | WIN | BLN 13 | IOW | POC 6 | ISF | MAD | DSF | KAN 4 | TOL | ||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Chevy | SLM 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Joe Denette Motorsports | 9 | Chevy | DAY 6 | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | WIN | NJE | IOW | CHI | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | SLM | DSF | KAN | 90th | 200 | [20] |
References
- ^ "Max Gresham bio". Max Gresham Racing. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Truck Preview: Gresham more excited than nervous about debut". The Sporting News. Yahoo! Sports. October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "Max Gresham Joins Joe Denette Motorsports For 2012 NCWTS Season". Iowa Speedway. December 7, 2011. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ "Wallace Wins, Gresham Wears Crown". National Speed Sport News. September 30, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ Pearce, Al (October 1, 2011). "NASCAR: Max Gresham wins K&N East Pro Series title at Dover". AutoWeek. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Camping World Truck Series Standings". The Sporting News. AOL.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ "Max Gresham and Joe Denette part ways". NBC Sports. July 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "Max Gresham Joins Eddie Sharp Racing for Five Races". Catchfence.com. August 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "Max Gresham to return with Eddie Sharp Racing in 2013". Eddie Sharp Racing. December 6, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Max Gresham – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.