Cale Gale

Cale Gale (born March 5, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief.

Cale Gale
Gale in 2008
Born (1985-03-05) March 5, 1985
Mobile, Alabama
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 4 years
2009 position138th
Best finish37th (2008)
First race2006 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last race2009 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 1
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
36 races run over 6 years
2017 position60th
Best finish12th (2012)
First race2007 Chevy Silverado HD 250 (Daytona)
Last race2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
First win2012 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 12 1
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
5 races run over 1 year
Best finish22nd (2009)
First race2009 Vortex Brake Pads 200 (Mosport)
Last race2009 Z-Line Designs 250 (Kawartha)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 28, 2017.

Karting

His racing career began when his father placed him on a go-kart at age 4. In 1989 at the age of five years, he began racing competitively at Mobile Motorsports Park in Kushla, Alabama, winning five features in his first year. The following season, Gale raced a full schedule, winning 25 feature races and the track championship.

In 1991, Gale started competing at tracks other than Mobile Motorsports Park, racing at three different go-kart facilities winning a total of 12 feature races. From 1992 through 1994 he went on the road watching his father, Bubba Gale, compete in the NASCAR All-Pro touring series. After a three-year break, Gale resumed his go-kart career at Gulf Oaks Speedway in Saucier, Mississippi, winning ten features, the track championship, and also capturing his first state championship. He won his second state championship the following year, and he won seven features at Gulf Oaks.

Modifieds, Late Models and Supertrucks

Gale spent 1997 and 1998 working on his Dad's crew at Mobile International Speedway. He raced in the limited modified division (an adult class) at J & J Speedway the following year, 14-year-old Gale won three feature races and received the Hardcharger Award.

In 2000, he began his full bodied car racing career at Mobile International Speedway in the pure stock division winning nine feature races, finishing third in the point standings, and capturing rookie of the year honors. Gale won 12 feature races and the super stock track championship in just his second year at the speedway. In his first late model race at MIS, he finished third in the 40-lap Lee Fields Memorial race. The same year, at the Snowball Derby in Pensacola, Florida, Gale was the fast qualifier in the super stock division in a field of 42 cars.

In the 2002 season, Gale competed in his first full year in the late model class. He was fast qualifier five times, winning four feature races. He is the only competitor in the 28 years of racing at MIS to ever capture rookie of the year honors and the late model track championship simultaneously. He competed in the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, Gale qualified 7th in the Snowflake Late Model event and finished 14th.

In Gale’s sophomore season, 2003, at MIS in the late model series, he won four feature races and finished second in the points race just 24 points out of another championship.

In 2004, competing in the Southern All Stars Supertruck Touring Series, Gale won two feature races and also broke two qualifying records at Sunny South Raceway in Grand Bay, Alabama and Lanier Speedway (Gainesville, Georgia). He also raced in the Snowflake 100 (Snowball Derby), qualified eighth and finished fifth in a 28 car field in a brand new late model.

In 2005, Gale ventured down to Lakeland for speed week in his Chevy truck and sat on the pole. He started there and led every lap to win against Matt Martin, son of Mark Martin, and Jamie Skinner, (son of Mike Skinner). Two weeks later at New Smyrna Speedway, Gale broke the track qualifying record, and also won again taking both Florida races against some very well known drivers. At Birmingham International Raceway, Gale added another track qualifying record to his resume, breaking the old mark held by Jeff Wainwright. Also on April 23, Gale broke the three-year-old track record at Mobile Speedway in the super late model series with the time of 16.920 sec. Around July, Gale seized the opportunity to move to Spartanburg, South Carolina as 2005 Snowball Derby winner Eddie Mercer presented Gale with the chance to be the shock specialist for Phoenix Racing, which is owned by James Finch of Panama City, Florida. Later in the year, Finch decided to give Gale a chance to do some testing in both his Busch and Nextel Cup car.

ARCA and Busch debut

The 2006 racing season started out the same way as 2005, Gale and his dad going to Lakeland in the truck and getting the same results. They made the trip to New Smyrna as well and produced the same results, a track record and a win two weeks later. Gale competed in his first ARCA Re/MAX Series race in April at Nashville Superspeedway driving the No. 09 Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Dodge Charger. He qualified ninth and finished sixth. In June, Finch decided to let Gale make his first NASCAR Busch Series debut at the same track as his ARCA race, Nashville Superspeedway. He qualified tenth and finished 20th in the No. 1 Miccosukee Charger. Gale's next race was another Busch Series event at Chicagoland Speedway in July. He had to compete against 21 Cup drivers. He qualified 39th and finished 37th with a faulty transmission. Gale had come in on lap 192, and he had worked his way up to sixth place. He went a lap down, only to get it back 67 laps later. When his transmission started giving him problems he was running ninth. Bobby Jones Racing decided to let Gale run his number in the Shop ‘n Save 150 ARCA race at Gateway International Raceway. Gale started the No. 50 Miccosukee Charger in the fourth starting spot. He never went any further back. Finch made the call to take on two tires on lap 77. Gale took the lead on lap 90, and what looked like would be a victory was delayed by four green-white-checkered restarts. He held off Steve Wallace for the victory.

Driver development

Gale was signed to Kevin Harvick Incorporated's driver development program for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons he has appeared in both NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as well as a handful of ARCA events for the team. He has 24 career Nationwide starts, three top 10s with a best finish of 4th in the 2008 Food City 250. He has made 6 truck starts with the best finish of 9th in the O'Reilly 200 in 2007. He also drove a limited schedule in the No. 11 in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2009.

2010–2017

Gale returned to KHI's Truck Series team in 2011, driving for six races with sponsorship from Rheem.

For 2012, Gale ran the full Camping World Truck Series season with Eddie Sharp Racing, driving the No. 33;[1] in addition to competing for the series' Rookie of the Year title, he also competed in selected ARCA Racing Series events in the team's No. 6.[2]

On November 16, 2012, Gale won his first Camping World Truck Series at the season finale Ford EcoBoost 200 in a thrilling finish, winning by .014 seconds. Gale failed to clear Kyle Busch coming out of turn 4 but pinned Busch against the outside wall from the turn to the finish line where the trucks separated finally.

For 2013, Gale joined Turner Scott Motorsports as crew chief for rookie driver Brandon Jones in the K&N Pro Series East;[3] he returned to the racetrack as a driver in June at Kentucky Speedway in the Truck Series.[4]

In 2017, Gale ran his first Truck Series race since 2013 at Martinsville Speedway's Texas Roadhouse 200, driving the No. 99 Rheem-sponsored truck for MDM Motorsports.[5]

Outside of NASCAR

Although Gale has not raced in NASCAR since 2017, he has remained involved in the sport, building shocks and consulting for different teams. He owns the shock manufacturer and consultant group Velocity Racing Suspensions.[6]

Gale also races super late models in the southeast.

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.)

Nationwide Series
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 NNSC Pts
2006 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
20		 KEN MLW DAY CHI
37		 NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH
34		 BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT 81st 309
Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy MEM
25		 TEX PHO HOM
2007 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH
27		 TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
26		 KEN
13		 MLW
23		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
29		 IRP
14		 CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
29		 TEX PHO HOM 61st 658
2008 77 DAY
23		 CAL LVS ATL
20		 BRI CLT
30		 DOV 37th 1464
33 NSH
8		 TEX PHO MXC TAL
22		 RCH DAR NSH
34		 KEN
18		 MLW
12		 NHA DAY CHI GTY
12		 IRP
6		 CGV GLN MCH
19		 BRI
4		 CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
11		 TEX PHO HOM
2009 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
31		 KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW
QL†		 GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 138th 70
† – Qualified for Kevin Harvick.

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC Pts
2007 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 2 Chevy DAY
14		 CAL ATL MAR KAN
32		 CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP
24		 NSH BRI
9		 GTW NHA LVS TAL
22		 MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 45th 514
2008 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX
30		 PHO HOM 96th 73
2011 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 2 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH
29		 DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA 40th 105
33 KEN
15		 LVS
20		 TAL
21 MAR
7		 TEX HOM
2012 Eddie Sharp Racing 33 Chevy DAY
32		 MAR
15		 CAR
17		 KAN
11		 CLT
19		 DOV
5		 TEX
8		 KEN
25		 IOW
26		 CHI
6		 POC
14		 MCH
20		 BRI
28		 ATL
15		 IOW
5		 KEN
19		 LVS
7		 TAL
10		 MAR
35		 TEX
15		 PHO
7		 HOM
1		 12th 634
2013 Turner Scott Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN
13		 IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX 37th 103
33 PHO
6		 HOM
10
2017 MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
18		 TEX PHO HOM 60th 20

Whelen Southern Modified Tour
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NSWMTC Pts
2014 Bubba Gale 95 Chevy CRW SNM SBO LGY CRW BGS BRI
14		 LGY CRW SBO SNM CRW CRW CLT 29th 30
2015 CRW CRW SBO LGY CRW BGS BRI
DNQ		 LGY SBO CLT
18		 28th 26

Canadian Tire Series
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2009 Farwell Racing Inc. 13 Chevy ASE DEL MOS ASE MPS EDM SAS MOS
14		 CTR
11		 MTL
11		 BAR
19		 RIS KWA
26		 22nd 572

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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 ARSC Pts
2006 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY NSH
6		 SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC 57th 630
Bobby Jones Racing 50 Dodge GTW
1		 NSH MCH
6		 ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW
2007 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy DAY USA NSH
3*		 SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
2		 POC NSH
4		 ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 48th 680
2011 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 33 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH
19*		 WIN BLN IOW
2		 IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN
5		 TOL 39th 595
2012 Eddie Sharp Racing 6 Chevy DAY
13		 54th 405
33 MOB
1*		 SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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gollark: Except speed, but who cares about *that*?
gollark: For most stuff, though, rationals are *probably better*.
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gollark: Floating Points: Who needs associative addition anyway?

References
  1. "Skinner In Eddie Sharp Racing Entry At Daytona". SPEEDtv.com. Fox Sports. February 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  2. Moody, Dave (February 13, 2012). "Gale Set For Daytona Double". Sirius-Speedway.com. Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. "Brandon Jones Signs 2013 Multi-Series Agreement With Turner Motorsports". The Auto Channel. January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
  4. Inabinnett, Mark (June 24, 2013). "Cale Gale returning to NASCAR Camping World Truck Series". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, AL. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  5. Jayski's Silly Season Site (September 14, 2017). "Gale to return to Truck action with MDM at Martinsville". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2018-11-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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