Larry Gunselman
Larry Gunselman | |||||||
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Born | Bremerton, Washington | December 1, 1960||||||
Awards | 1996 Winston West Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 59th (2004) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 (Sonoma) | ||||||
Last race | 2004 Banquet 400 (Kansas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
70 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 21st (2003) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) | ||||||
Last race | 2008 Hefty Odor Block 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
28 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 23rd (2001) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Sears Craftsman 175 (Chicago) | ||||||
Last race | 2008 Camping World RV Sales 200 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 21, 2012. |
Larry Gunselman (born December 1, 1960)[1] is an American former stock car racing driver and team owner. He was the owner of Max Q Motorsports, which fielded the No. 37 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from 2009–12.
Career
Gunselman began racing in various West Coast series before moving to the Winston West Series, where he won the Most Popular Driver award in 1996. That same year, he made his NASCAR debut in the Winston Cup Series at Sonoma. He qualified 43rd and finished 36th in the No. 35 Race Stuff/Olson Technology Ford Thunderbird. He would qualify the next year, picking up sponsorship from Caterpillar, Inc. after David Green's entry failed to qualify. Gunselman attempted two races in Cup in 1998 in the No. 37 and No. 58 cars, but failed to qualify for both of them. Gunselman also was invited to compete in Japans Suzuka Thunder 100 in both 1996 and 1997.
He would return to competition in 2000 driving for Brevak Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series. He crashed out of his debut at Cicero, and had two twenty-sixth-place finishes in the next two races. In 2001, he joined MB Motorsports and picked up sponsorship from Waterloo Tool Storage. He drove seventeen races that season with a best finish of 16th at Kansas Speedway, as well as including an additional start at Texas Motor Speedway for Troxell Racing. He started out 2002 with MB, but was released after three starts due to sponsor conflicts between Waterloo Tool Storage and Sears Craftsman brand as Waterloo builds the Craftsman tool box brand. This opened the opportunity for Carl Edwards to join the Mittler Brothers team. Gunselman then took his sponsorship to DF2 Motorsports. After making a few Busch Series starts for Brian Weber, Gunselman hooked up with DF2 Motorsports and ran fourteen races with the team, his best finish a 16th at Talladega Superspeedway. He would move to Day Enterprise Racing the following season, and qualified for every race. He had an eighteenth-place finish at Talladega and finished 21st in points at season's end.
Gunselman began 2004 by running the first two races of the season for MacDonald Motorsports, Gunselman and Chris Edwards formed Mach 1 Motorsports and started competition in the 3rd Cup race of the year at Las Vegas. Mach 1 went on to attempt all the remaining Cup races that year. Gunselman remained out of the drivers seat until the middle of the year, when he ran five races for Mach 1 Racing in the Lucas Oil Ford Taurus, where he failed to finish higher than 33rd. Gunselman sold his interest in Mach 1 to Edwards at the end of 2004. He attempted to qualify for the 2005 and 2006 Daytona 500 for Ware Racing Enterprises, but did not make either race. After spending 2007 out of the sport, he returned to the Nationwide Series in 2008 when he was hired as the driver of the No. 91 Chevy for MSRP Motorsports, but was released after ten races. Shortly afterwards, he was hired by Derrike Cope to drive his No. 74 Dodge Ram in the Truck Series, and later by Johnny Davis to drive the No. 0 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Nationwide Series.
Following the 2008 season, he formed Gunselman Motorsports, which fielded the start-and-park No. 64 Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series for parts of three seasons. After the 2011 Daytona 500, Gunselman partnered with Front Row Motorsports to purchase the No. 37 and No. 64 teams he owned. Under Gunselman the 37 team attempted every event in 2004 with 39th place finish in the owners standings. In 2012, Gunselman fielded the No. 37 with the intent of Timmy Hill going for Rookie of the Year honors, but parked the team after one crash and five DNQs. Max Q reformed the No. 37 in July 2012 fielding Chevrolets for J.J. Yeley through a technical alliance with Tommy Baldwin Racing.
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.)
Nextel Cup Series
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2005 | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
2006 | Dodge | DNQ |
Nationwide Series
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
2000 | Brevak Racing | 31 | Ford | DAY | HOM | PHO | MMR | MAR | PIR | GTY | MEM | PPR | EVG | TEX | KEN | GLN | MLW | NHA | NZH | MCH | IRP | NSV | CIC 32 |
RCH 26 |
DOV DNQ |
TEX 26 |
CAL | 61st | 286 | [13] | ||||||||||||||
2001 | MB Motorsports | 63 | Ford | DAY 18 |
HOM 36 |
MMR 26 |
MAR 17 |
GTY 23 |
MLW 19 |
KAN 16 |
KEN 22 |
NHA 31 |
IRP 31 |
NSH | CIC 24 |
TEX 35 |
LVS 33 |
PHO | CAL 29 |
23rd | 1461 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chevy | DAR 36 |
PPR 32 |
DOV | NZH 33 |
RCH | SBO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troxell Racing | 93 | Dodge | TEX 30 |
MEM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | MB Motorsports | 63 | Ford | DAY 31 |
DAR 32 |
MAR | GTY 30 |
PPR | 54th | 298 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troxell Racing | 93 | Chevy | DOV 25 |
TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Derrike Cope Inc. | 74 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | MFD | DOV 34 |
TEX 35 |
MCH | 109th | 61 | [16] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | MLW 34 |
MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM |
Winston West Series
NASCAR Winston West Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NWWSC | Pts | Ref |
1990 | Gunselman Racing | 07 | Pontiac | MMR | SON | SGS | POR | EVG | RAS | TCR 11 |
MMR | PHO | 40th | 130 | [17] | ||||||
1991 | 60 | EVG 6 |
MMR 19 |
SON | SGS | POR | EVG 36 |
SSS | MMR | PHO | 27th | 311 | [18] | ||||||||
1992 | MMR | SGS | SON | SHA | POR 9 |
EVG 18 |
SSS | CAJ | TWS | MMR | PHO | 25th | 247 | [19] | |||||||
1993 | TWS | MMR | SGS | SON | TUS | SHA | EVG 17 |
POR 7 |
CBS 9 |
SSS 5 |
CAJ | TCR 13 |
MMR | PHO | 18th | 675 | [20] | ||||
1994 | MMR 19 |
TUS 20 |
SON | SGS | YAK 8 |
MMR | POR 16 |
IND | CAJ | TCR 11 |
LVS 7 |
MMR 3 |
PHO | TUS 15 |
12th | 1025 | [21] | ||||
1995 | TUS | MMR | SON | CNS | MMR | POR | SGS | TUS | AMP | MAD | POR 21 |
LVS 12 |
SON | MMR | PHO | 37th | 227 | [22] | |||
1996 | Race Stuff Motorsports | 37 | Ford | TUS 16 |
AMP 7 |
MMR 1 |
MAD 3 |
POR 2 |
TUS 13 |
EVG 3 |
CNS 3 |
MAD 6 |
MMR 4 |
SON 14 |
MMR 5 |
PHO DNQ |
LVS 4 |
3rd | 2070 | [23] | |
35 | SON 36 |
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1997 | 37 | TUS 5 |
AMP 11 |
TUS 6 |
MMR 6 |
LVS 18 |
CAL 19 |
EVG 6 |
POR 4 |
PPR 20 |
AMP 2 |
SON 21 |
MMR 2* |
LVS 24 |
4th | 1833 | [24] | ||||
35 | SON 38 |
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1998 | 37 | TUS 19 |
LVS 28 |
PHO | CAL 13 |
HPT | MMR | AMP | POR | CAL | PPR | EVG | SON | MMR | LVS | 42nd | 309 | [25] |
References
- ^ Larry Gunselman Career Statistics
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1991 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1994 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1995 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1996 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Gunselman – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Larry Gunselman driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Larry Gunselman owner statistics at Racing-Reference