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 (age 39) Mobile, Alabama
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
25 races run over 4 years
2009 position	138th
Best finish	37th (2008)
First race	2006 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last race	2009 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
36 races run over 6 years
2017 position	60th
Best finish	12th (2012)
First race	2007 Chevy Silverado HD 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2017 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
First win	2012 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 12 1
NASCAR Canada Series career
5 races run over 1 year
Best finish	22nd (2009)
First race	2009 Vortex Brake Pads 200 (Mosport)
Last race	2009 Z-Line Designs 250 (Kawartha)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 28, 2017.

Karting

Gale's 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.^{[citation needed]}

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	Ref
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	^[7]
	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	^[8]
2008		77		DAY 23	CAL	LVS	ATL 20	BRI								CLT 30	DOV																						37th	1464	^[9]
		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	^[10]
^† – 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	Ref
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	^[11]
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	^[12]
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	^[13]
		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	^[14]
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	^[15]
		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	^[16]

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	Ref
2014	Bubba Gale	95	Chevy	CRW	SNM	SBO	LGY	CRW	BGS	BRI 14	LGY	CRW	SBO	SNM	CRW	CRW	CLT	29th	30	^[17]
2015				CRW	CRW	SBO	LGY	CRW	BGS	BRI DNQ	LGY	SBO	CLT 18					28th	26	^[18]

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	Pts	Ref
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	^[19]

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	Ref
2006	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge	DAY	NSH 6	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC												57th	630	^[20]
	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	^[21]
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	^[22]
2012	Eddie Sharp Racing	6	Chevy	DAY 13																							54th	405	^[23]
		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

References

1. . 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). . Sirius-Speedway.com. Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. 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 from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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12. "Cale Gale – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
13. "Cale Gale – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
14. "Cale Gale – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
15. "Cale Gale – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
16. "Cale Gale – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
17. "Cale Gale – 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
18. "Cale Gale – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
19. "Cale Gale – 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
20. "Cale Gale – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
21. "Cale Gale – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
22. "Cale Gale – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
23. "Cale Gale – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Cale Gale driver statistics at Racing-Reference