Spencer Gallagher

Spencer Gallagher
Gallagher at Talladega Superspeedway in 2018
Born	Spencer Moritz Gallagher (1989-11-20) November 20, 1989 (age 35) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2018 position	71st
Best finish	71st (2018)
First race	2018 Go Bowling at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
59 races run over 3 years
2018 position	18th
Best finish	18th (2018)
First race	2016 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2018 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win	2018 Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 12 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
60 races run over 6 years
2018 position	106th
Best finish	10th (2015)
First race	2013 SFP 250 (Kansas)
Last race	2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 15 2
NASCAR Canada Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2015 position	53rd
Best finish	53rd (2015)
First race	2015 Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 17, 2018.

Spencer Moritz Gallagher (born November 20, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for BK Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro, and part-time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is the son of Allegiant Air's CEO, Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. In 2018, Gallagher announced that he would step away from full-time racing at the end of the 2018 season to take on a managerial role at GMS Racing.

Gallagher was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Gallagher, he and fellow driver Dylan Kwasniewski lived in the same neighborhood growing up, though their first encounter was on the racetrack. He is the son of Allegiant Air CEO Maury Gallagher. Gallagher spent time working for a Silicon Valley software company at age 19 while transitioning to a full-time racing career.^[1][2]

Gallagher began racing at age 12 in the Bandolero Bandit Series, then progressing to the Legends Car Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring.^[3] Gallagher began to take his racing prospects seriously in 2009 on the recommendation of car owner and former driver T.J. Clark. He won the Silver State Road Racing Championship that year, and the INEX Legends Road Course World Finals in 2010. He also ran 6 races in the Super Late Model Series with a best finish of fourth. In 2011, Gallagher made 6 starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, then made two in the East Series in both 2011 and 2012.^[2][4]

Gallagher made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2011, and ran two more races with a best finish of 15th in the No. 05 Allegiant Air Chevrolet. He ran the full 19-race schedule in 2012, earning six top 10s and finishing 7th in points. His results improved in 2013, with 12 laps led, five top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes. He failed to qualify for two races, however, and missed a race after a concussion at Michigan, relegating him to a 10th-place points finish.^[5] Gallagher also attempted five races, failing to qualify for two, in the Camping World Truck Series, with a best finish of 20th at Texas.

Gallagher ran the full ARCA schedule in 2014, along with a partial schedule in the No. 23 in the Truck Series, sharing the ride with Max Gresham.

Gallagher was involved in an incident with John Wes Townley at the Iowa truck race in July, leading to a physical confrontation between the two and their respective crew members after the race. Townley and Gallagher, both competitors in the ARCA series as well, felt there was mutual bad blood built up between each other. The two had a friendlier conversation afterwards.^[6]

In October 2014 he got his first win in the 20th and final race of the ARCA season, the ARCA 98.9 at Kansas Speedway. Gallagher started 32nd, and led the final 32 laps of the race.^[1][7] Later that month, he earned a Truck Series best finish of third at Talladega on a last lap charge through the field.^[8]

Gallagher went full-time in GMS Racing's 23 truck for 2015.^[1][2] Gallagher earned a second-place finish at Gateway Motorsports Park in June.^[9]

Gallagher started the season with a low note crashing early at Daytona and recovered for a 21st-place finish. Starting at Phoenix, Gallagher ran a limited Xfinity Series schedule using the No. 21, scoring his first top 10 at Daytona. In the Truck Series he scored five straight top ten finishes until Texas. On June 25, 2016 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Gallagher was involved in a crash with John Wes Townley on lap 155 which led to an awkward fight between the two drivers for several seconds before NASCAR officials separated them.^[10] He was fined $12,000 and placed on probation at the end of the year. Gallagher finished 2nd at Talladega behind teammate Grant Enfinger.

Gallagher moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2017 with GMS, driving the No. 23 Chevy.^[11] During practice for the OneMain Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway, Gallagher spun Joey Gase going into turn three after Gase slowed down. Gase, running for single-car team Means Racing, blasted Gallagher in an interview with Fox Sports 1 afterwards, claiming that Gallagher "really, really sucks" for only being one spot ahead of Gase in the standings despite running for a top-tier team.^[12] This came after Gallagher told Gase to "get the hell away" in their conversation after the incident.^[13]

In April, Gallagher scored his first career Xfinity win at Talladega; he passed leader Tyler Reddick on the final lap in overtime to record the victory.^[14] Four days later, however, he was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating its substance abuse policy.^[15] Due to the suspension, Gallagher lost his Dash 4 Cash spot for the next race to Ryan Sieg and lost his playoff eligibility as well.^[16] His suspension ended, and he was back in the No. 23 car at Kentucky.

In August, Gallagher joined BK Racing for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen International.^[17] After starting 34th, he finished 35th.^[18]

Gallagher was originally supposed to replace Dalton Sargeant at Mosport due to his release, but aggravated his shoulder in a workout session a few days prior and Timothy Peters drove the No. 25 truck instead.^[19] While Peters continued piloting the truck for the next few races, Gallagher stepped in for Cody Coughlin at the Talladega Race in the No. 2 truck because of his release. He got caught up in the big one in the middle of the race and finished 25th. On October 19, 2018 it was announced that Gallagher will be stepping away from NASCAR competition to be focusing on managing his father's racing organization in efforts to bring exploring new opportunities off the track.

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

Monster Energy NASCAR 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	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2018	BK Racing	23	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN 35	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	71st	01	[20]

NASCAR Xfinity 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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2016	GMS Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO 23	CAL 24	TEX	BRI	RCH 17	TAL	DOV	CLT 29	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY 8	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN 22	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT 24	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	105th	01	[21]
2017		23		DAY 36	ATL 28	LVS 23	PHO 18	CAL 19	TEX 14	BRI 18	RCH 10	TAL 39	CLT 37	DOV 31	POC 18	MCH 18	IOW 30	DAY 24	KEN 13	NHA 35	IND 28	IOW 37	GLN 32	MOH 36	BRI 23	ROA 24	DAR 34	RCH 22	CHI 14	KEN 15	DOV 24	CLT 34	KAN 21	TEX 15	PHO 17	HOM 19	19th	433	[22]
2018				DAY 6	ATL 14	LVS 10	PHO 14	CAL 11	TEX 10	BRI 5	RCH 17	TAL 1	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN 20	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH 8	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS 10	RCH 12	CLT 19	DOV 5	KAN 33	TEX 9	PHO 10	HOM 17	18th	524	[23]

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2013	GMS Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR DNQ	KAN 22	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR DNQ	TEX 20	PHO	HOM 32		42nd	58	[24]
2014		23		DAY	MAR 32	KAN 30	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW 11	ELD	POC 15	MCH 13	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS 13	TAL 3	MAR	TEX	PHO 31	HOM 14		27th	234	[25]
2015				DAY 21	ATL 13	MAR 14	KAN 17	CLT 10	DOV 12	TEX 12	GTW 2	IOW 7	KEN 24	ELD 17	POC 14	MCH 16	BRI 22	MSP 8	CHI 8	NHA 28	LVS 15	TAL 18	MAR 29	TEX 12	PHO 6	HOM 11	10th	677	[26]
2016				DAY 21	ATL 10	MAR 6	KAN 10	DOV 6	CLT 6	TEX 27	IOW 13	GTW 22	KEN 16	ELD 29	POC 15	BRI 12	MCH 25	MSP 22	CHI 7	NHA 14	LVS 11	TAL 2	MAR 29	TEX 7*	PHO 32	HOM 21	12th	402	[27]
2017				DAY 13	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	87th	01	[28]
2018		2		DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL 25	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	106th	01	[29]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2011	Clark Racing	23	Chevy	GRE	SBO	RCH	IOW	BGS	JFC	LGY	NHA 20	COL	GRE	NHA 22	DOV DNQ			39th	264	[30]
2012				BRI 17	GRE	RCH	IOW	BGS	JFC	LGY	CNB	COL	IOW					50th	43	[31]
	David Hirsch													NHA 28	DOV	GRE	CAR

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2011	Clark Racing	23	Chevy	PHO 27	AAS DNQ	MMP 17	IOW DNQ	LVS 24	SON 27	IRW	EVG	PIR 7	CNS	MRP	SPO	AAS	PHO 27	18th	792	[32]

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	NCTSC	Pts	Ref
2015	22 Racing	24	Dodge	MSP	ACD	SSS	ICAR	EIR	SAS	ASE	CTR	RIS	MSP 22	KWA	53rd	22	[33]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2011	Clark Racing	05	Chevy	DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN	BLN	IOW	IRP 17	POC	ISF								64th	355	[34]
	Chris Diederich Racing																	MAD 15	DSF	SLM	KAN 33	TOL
2012		23		DAY 29	MOB 28	SLM 22	TAL 19																		7th	3720	[35]
	Clark Racing							TOL 34	ELK 14	POC 13	MCH 8	WIN 7	NJE 14	IOW 8	CHI 26			BLN 15
	GMS Racing		Chevy													IRP 9	POC 29		ISF 10	MAD 15	SLM 9	DSF C	KAN 21
2013				DAY 21	MOB 22	SLM 2	TAL 27	TOL 26	ELK 8	POC 8	MCH 17	ROA	WIN	CHI 13	NJE 16	POC 5	BLN 11	ISF 2	MAD 4	DSF	IOW 14	SLM 16	KEN 3	KAN 7	10th	3790	[36]
2014				DAY DNQ	MOB 7	SLM 2	TAL 5	TOL 13	NJE 17	POC 11	MCH 5	ELK 12	WIN	CHI 6*	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN 1*		12th	2320	[37]
		20		DAY 20

• GMS Racing

• Spencer Gallagher driver statistics at Racing-Reference