Ларри Гансельман: Карьера в автоспорте NASCAR

American stock car racing driver and team owner

Larry Gunselman (born December 1, 1960) 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 to 2012.

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 Japan's 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.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Nextel Cup 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1996 Race Stuff Motorsports 35 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON36 CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHODNQ ATL 62nd 55 1997 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON38 TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 67th 49 1998 Gunselman Racing 37 Ford DAY CAR LVSDNQ ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL NA 2000 LJ Racing 91 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLTDNQ TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL NA 2004 Mach 1 Motorsports 98 Ford DAY CAR LVSDNQ ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOVDNQ POC MCH GLN43 MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL33 KAN42 CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM 59th 248 Dodge SON37 96 Ford DAY34 CHI NHA POC IND 2005 Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA 2006 Dodge DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA

NASCAR Nationwide 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2002 Weber Racing 84 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL16 CAL RCH NHA CLTDNQ DOV NSH DAY23 41st 1094 8 NZH41 PF2 Motorsports 94 Chevy KEN33 MLW CHI37 GTY25 PPR31 IRP26 MCH28 BRI35 DAR35 RCH DOV34 KAN36 CLTDNQ MEM33 ATL31 CAR43 PHO42 HOMDNQ 2003 Day Enterprises Racing 16 Chevy DAY35 CAR33 LVS28 DAR37 BRI28 TEX39 NSH34 RCH26 GTY22 NZH23 NSH32 KEN23 MLW34 DAY32 CHI38 NHA20 PPR30 IRP32 MCH38 DAR26 RCH23 DOV32 KAN23 CLT33 MEM22 ATL39 PHO32 CAR42 HOM40 21st 2371 Pontiac TAL18 CAL30 CLT42 DOV32 BRI39 2004 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY22 CAR31 LVSDNQ DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 99th 167 2008 MSRP Motorsports 91 Ford DAYDNQ TAL43 RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH 55th 737 Chevy CAL42 LVS38 ATL39 BRI39 NSH42 TEX41 PHO39 MXC41 CFK Motorsports 73 Dodge KEN41 MLW NHA DAY JD Motorsports 0 Chevy CHI43 GTY42 IRP42 CGV GLNDNQ MCHDNQ BRI38 CAL36 RCHDNQ DOV36 KANDNQ CLTDNQ MEMDNQ TEX 01 PHO36 HOM

NASCAR Craftsman 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 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 CIC32 RCH26 DOVDNQ TEX26 CAL 61st 286 2001 MB Motorsports 63 Ford DAY18 HOM36 MMR26 MAR17 GTY23 MLW19 KAN16 KEN22 NHA31 IRP31 NSH CIC24 TEX35 LVS33 PHO CAL29 23rd 1461 Chevy DAR36 PPR32 DOV NZH33 RCH SBO Troxell Racing 93 Dodge TEX30 MEM 2002 MB Motorsports 63 Ford DAY31 DAR32 MAR GTY30 PPR 54th 298 Troxell Racing 93 Chevy DOV25 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 DOV34 TEX35 MCH 109th 61 73 MLW34 MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM

NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 1990 Gunselman Racing 07 Pontiac MMR SON SGS POR EVG RAS TCR 11 MMR PHO 40th 130 1991 60 EVG 6 MMR 19 SON SGS POR EVG 36 SSS MMR PHO 27th 311 1992 MMR SGS SON SHA POR 9 EVG 18 SSS CAJ TWS MMR PHO 25th 247 1993 TWS MMR SGS SON TUS SHA EVG 17 POR 7 CBS 9 SSS 5 CAJ TCR 13 MMR PHO 18th 675 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 1995 TUS MMR SON CNS MMR POR SGS TUS AMP MAD POR 21 LVS 12 SON MMR PHO 37th 227 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 35 SON 36 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 35 SON 38 1998 37 TUS 19 LVS 28 PHO CAL 13 HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS 42nd 309