Shane Gray

Hometown:        Carlsbad, New Mexico
Residence:        Artesia, New Mexico
Date of Birth:     May 9, 1972
Height:               6’ 1”
Weight:              200 pounds
Marital Status:    Married to Amber for 15 years
                           3 sons – Bryce , Tanner, Taylor
Occupation:        Vice President, Gray Motorsports
Hobbies:             Working out at gym and 
                                dirt bike riding with his sons
Personal Car:      2008 GMC Denali pick-up truck
Favorite Food:     Italian
Favorite Music:    Nickelback
Favorite Movie:    Man On Fire
Crew Chief:          Mike Earle
Career Best Elapsed Time:     6.94 in Houston, 2009
Career Best Speed:                197.98 in Houston, 2009

2010            Rookie year competing in NHRA Pro Stock class

                   Earned NHRA Pro Stock license

2009            Finished third in Division 4 Competition Eliminator points

                   Finished 15^th in Lucas Oil Competition Eliminator national  points

       Set personal best Competition Eliminator E.T. of 6.94 and speed

             of 197.98 mph at the O’Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston

2008            First year competing in NHRA Competition Eliminator class

                   Earned NHRA Competition Eliminator license
2006-7         Won ADRL event in Houston with 1967 Chevy II

       Runner-up with 1967 Chevy II in Dallas

       Competed in 10.5 second Outlaw class with a Don Ness built

 1967 Chevy II powered by a 748 cubic inch Reher-Morrison

 engine with 4 stage nitrous

2001-5         Competed in Open Wheel Modified on quarter and half mile

                         tracks, winning 12 heat races and four feature races.

1999-2000    Competed in Quick 8 Bracket races with a small block powered

 23 T altered purchased from Lou Ficco

1990-9         Competitively roped in the United States Team Roping Association, collecting over
                         40 event wins, including a $12,000 win with teammate and wife, Amber.

1989            Attended first NHRA National Event – Mopar Mile-High Nationals

 in Denver, CO, competing in Super Comp

       Took over driving dad’s Spitzer built 23 T altered

1988            Drove a Super Comp Dragster – at 16 years old

1986            Crewed for dad who went NHRA Drag Racing for the first time

1983            Competed in a few Motocross events and decided after a few falls

 that there had to be a better way to have fun

1982            Crewed for dad as he ran on quarter and half mile dirt tracks
1979-82        Very successfully competed on BMX bicycles