Wayne Grubb

For the American former football- and baseball coach, see Wayne Grubb (American football).

Wayne Grubb
Born	(1976-07-19) July 19, 1976 Mechanicsville, Virginia
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
52 races run over 4 years
Best finish	36th (1998)
First race	1997 United Cellular 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2000 Dura Lube/All Pro Bumper to Bumper 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
Best finish	49th (1997)
First race	1996 Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout (Richmond)
Last race	1997 The No Fear Challenge (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 26, 2012.

Wayne Grubb (born July 19, 1976) is a former NASCAR driver and now a crew chief for GC Motorsports International. He ran 52 NASCAR Busch Series races and 7 Craftsman Truck Series races before he retired late in the 2000 season. He is the older brother of former NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb, who died on May 6, 2009, at age 31. Grubb was born in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Busch Series career

In 1997, Wayne made some laps as he was getting ready for a Rookie of the Year run in 1998. His debut came at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving his family-owned to 35th on the starting grid. He was making his way through the field in his #83 Chevy, but an engine failure put him 36th on the final rundown. He ran at South Boston Speedway next, finishing 25th with engine problems, despite his first top-10 qualifying effort of 8th. His potential showed, however, when after qualifying 31st at Indianapolis Raceway Park, he drove through the field, led 28 laps, and finished 5th, his first career top-10 finish.

In 1998, Wayne had a decent rookie run. He had an average start of 17.8 and an average finish of 22.5. Wayne secured his best weekend of his career when he secured his first career pole in the spring race at Richmond International Raceway. He led 3 laps in that race, and finished a career-best 4th place. Wayne also finished 7th at Bristol Motor Speedway. He also had an outside pole at South Boston and a 5th place qualifying effort at New Hampshire to his credit. However, he often DNQed and the budget was tight, only competing in half the races and finishing 36th in the points.

In 1999, Wayne had a disappointing year. He had no top-10 runs or qualifying efforts. He only ran 17 of 32 races. His average start was 28th and average finish of 31st. Once again, his best weekend of the year came at Richmond in September. He qualified and finished in 15th. He had two other top-20 runs: 15th at Gateway and 17th at South Boston. He ended 45th in points

Things did not get any better in 2000. His average finish was 29th. Even with an 8th place start at IRP and a 5th place at Darlington, Wayne finished his Busch Series career at Darlington with a 32nd-place finish. He gave the car over to Brandon Butler, watched his team finish out 2000, and then dismantled it due to lack of sponsorship before 2001. Wayne ran 15 races in 2000 and finished 40th in points.

In his Busch Series career, Wayne had one pole, 2 top-5s, 3 top-10s and his best finish in a race was 4th (Richmond 1998). His best points finish was 1998 in 36th.

Craftsman Truck Series

Before Wayne was racing in the Busch series, he was actually making some races in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #4 Chevy in 7 races during 1996 and 1997.

He made his debut in the 1996 race at Richmond. He qualified a solid 13th, but became involved in an accident, and he finished that race a disappointing 32nd. Wayne also ran in 1996 at Martinsville, finishing a solid 18th after starting deep in the pack. This would end up being his best Craftsman Truck finish.

After those two races in 1996, Wayne added 5 more to his resume in 1997. He finished 36th at New Hampshire, 27th twice at Louisville and Martinsville, 23rd at Richmond, and a 22nd at Fontana. He finished the year 49th in points.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1997	Grubb Motorsports	83	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH DNQ	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY DNQ	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA 36	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO 25	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP 5	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH DNQ	DOV	CLT	CAL	CAR	HOM 28			62nd	377
1998				DAY	CAR	LVS 36	NSV 23	DAR	BRI	TEX 41	HCY	TAL	NHA 18	NZH 21	CLT	DOV	RCH 4	PPR 15	GLN	MLW 25	MYB	CAL 13	SBO 24	IRP 19	MCH 21	BRI 7	DAR	RCH 39	DOV	CLT DNQ	GTY 20	CAR	ATL	HOM 34		36th	1546
1999				DAY DNQ	CAR 30	LVS DNQ	ATL 32	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL 38	CAL	NHA DNQ	RCH 40	NZH DNQ	CLT 30	DOV 38	SBO 17	GLN	MLW 38	MYB 32	PPR 42	GTY 15	IRP 30	MCH DNQ	BRI 31	DAR 43	RCH 15	DOV 23	CLT DNQ	CAR	MEM 34	PHO	HOM DNQ	45th	1187
2000				DAY 41	CAR DNQ	LVS 23	ATL 20	DAR DNQ	BRI 29	TEX 21	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH 39	NHA DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 22	SBO 43	MYB 20	GLN	MLW 29	NZH 32	PPR 15	GTY 24	IRP 39	MCH	BRI DNQ	DAR 32	RCH DNQ	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM	40th	1158

Craftsman Truck Series

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	26	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1996	Grubb Motorsports	4	Chevy	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH 32	NHA	MAR 18	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS			78th	176
1997				WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA 36	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL 27	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH 23	MAR 27	SON	MMR	CAL 22	PHO	LVS	49th	410

External links

• Wayne Grubb driver statistics at Racing-Reference