Ryan Gifford

Ryan Gifford

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Sponsor	Toyota Racing Development
Manufacturer	Toyota
Owner	Max Siegel
Crewchief	Wayne Orme
Birthdate	March 19, 1989
Hometown	Winchester, Tenn.
Occupation	Race car driver

Career Highlights

Earned his first career pole award at Martinsville in 2010, which marked the first pole by an African-American in series history

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Statistics

Year	Rank	Races	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s
2009	19	4	0	3	3
2010	9	10	1	4	4
2011	10	12	0	2	4
TOTALS		26	1	9	11

BEST RACE FINISH: 2nd - twice (most recent, Dover - 9/25/09)
POLES: 1 - Martinsville (6/6/10)

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

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 Motor Speedway, 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 … Is a development driver for Richard Childress Racing … Is a member of the Drive for Diversity, which was the subject of the BET show “Changing Lanes” … Continues to compete on the dirt circuit withTeam Dillon Racing.