Ryan Gifford

Ryan Gifford

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Sponsor	Universal Technical Institute/NASCAR Technical Institute
Manufacturer	Toyota
Owner	Max Siegel
Crewchief	Mark Green
Birthdate	March 19, 1989
Hometown	Winchester, Tenn.
Occupation	Employed by Team Dillon Racing

Career Highlights

Earned his first career pole award at Martinsville in 2010, which marked the first pole by an African-American in series history.
Captured his first career win at Richmond in 2013.
Is in his fourth season with Rev Racing and Drive for Diversity.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Statistics

Year	Rank	Races	Wins	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s
2009	19	4	0	0	3	3
2010	9	10	0	1	4	4
2011	10	12	0	0	2	4
2012	11	14	0	0	2	3
2013	2	4	1	0	2	3
TOTALS		44	1	0	13	17

WINS: 1 - Richmond (4/25/13)
POLES: 1 - Martinsville (6/6/10)

Year-by-year K&N Pro Series East Recap

2012: Ranked 11th in points with three top 10s across the 14-race schedule ... Best finish was third in the opener at Bristol ... Led 11 laps at Richmond. 2011: Finished 10th in the standings with four top 10s in 12 events ... Best race finish was fourth - among East competitors - in the East/West combination race at Iowa Speedway. 2010: Recorded four top fives in his first full NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season ... Best finish was third in the inaugural race at Gresham ... Became the first African-American in series history to earn a pole when he accomplished the feat in the inaugural race at Martinsville. 2009: Debuted in the series with four starts ... Finished 17th in his inaugural start at Tri-County, but finished fourth at New Hampshire in June and was the runner-up at South Boston and Dover.

Noteworthy

Started racing go-karts at eight years old … Competed in the World Karting Association from 2000-04 and won two track championships … Finished third nationally in the WKA in 2004 … Moved to dirt Late Models in 2005 … Registered three wins and 17 top fives in 29 starts in 2008 … Ran dirt and asphalt Late Models in 2009 … Competes for Rev Racing as a member of the Drive for Diversity … Is employed at the Team Dillon Racing shop and continues to race dirt Late Models in his spare time … Named one of the NASCAR drivers 25 and under to watch in 2013 by FoxSports.com.