Travis Gregg

Born: March 28, 1978
Hometown: Camden, Ohio
Resides: Camden, Ohio
Ht./Wt.: 5'9/150
Spouse: Single
VISIT HIS WEBSITE !!!
Web Site: www.travisgregg.com

Lucas Oil Products to sponsor Schmidt entry
Indianapolis, Indiana - Friday, February 4, 2005

By indyracing.com

Lucas Oil Products will be the primary sponsor of the Sam Schmidt Motorsports car driven by Travis Gregg in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series in 2005.
    “We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Forrest and Charlotte Lucas, which began at the 2004 Indianapolis 500,” team owner Sam Schmidt said. “Lucas Oil is known worldwide for its high quality line of additives and we are proud to represent the company’s first sponsorship in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series. We will work very hard to make it productive for them both on and off the track through new business relationships.”
    Based in Southern California, Lucas Oil Products is one of the fastest growing additive lines in the consumer automotive industry. It offers a premium line of oils, greases and problem-solving additives that have firmly established the company as a prominent figure in the heavy duty, agricultural, marine, automotive and racing industries.
    Through innovative product research and development, along with aggressive marketing programs, Lucas Oil Products has established itself as the top-selling additive line in the auto part retailers and American truck stop markets.
    “Growing up in Indiana and actually racing a few times myself, I never would have dreamed I would be able to be a primary sponsor of a team at this level of American open-wheel racing,” Forrest Lucas said. “We focus a great deal of our marketing and advertising efforts towards motorsports.
    "This avenue has proven highly successful for our company and with this new involvement with last year’s championship team and Travis Gregg, Lucas Oil Products will be brought to a whole new level of accomplishments.”
    Gregg, who competed in three races for the team in 2004, started his first-ever race in the series from the pole and finished second in the season finale at Texas.
    Lucas Oil also will be an associate sponsor on the team’s other entries driven by Chris Festa and Jaime Camara.

TRAVIS GREGG

By indyracing.com

    Travis Gregg will drive for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series™ in 2005.
    Gregg, 26, from Camden, Ohio, contested three races with the team in 2004. He debuted at Kentucky where he qualified on the pole position and led 57 laps before finishing fifth. Gregg also started on the front row at Chicagoland and Texas and finished the season with a second-place finish.
    “We are very pleased to add Travis to our team for 2005,” said team owner Sam Schmidt, who will also field a car for Chris Festa in 2005.
    “With his past racing experience and his excellent performances with us last year, the crew is looking forward to contending for the championship. Travis honed his skills and gained sufficient confidence to compete for victories immediately. In addition, I believe Travis and Chris will make excellent teammates due to their varied backgrounds, but similar driving styles.”
    Gregg began racing go-karts at age 7, raced Formula Atlantics in the late 1990s and spent the past few years racing sprint cars on dirt tracks in the Midwest before testing and racing with Sam Schmidt Motorsports last season.
    “With the three races last year, learning from driving legends like Rick Mears and testing this winter, I feel we are prepared to win races and the championship,” Gregg said. “The team is fantastic, and I feel like we can pick up right where we left off at Texas. I’m looking forward to the tests at Homestead and Phoenix with the other series participants.”
    Sam Schmidt Motorsports captured the Menards Infiniti Pro Series championship in 2004 with Thiago Medeiros. The team recorded six wins, nine pole positions and led 645 of 850 laps in 12 races.

Camden, Ohio's, Travis Gregg
Wins pole at Kentucky Speedway
IN His VERY First Race !!!

    Seven rookies will take the track at Kentucky Speedway on Aug. 14 for the IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series™ Kentucky 100. While six of those rookies have competed in previous events this season, Travis Gregg will make his series debut in the No. 5 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone.
    Gregg, 26, hails from Camden, Ohio, which is less than two hours from the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.
    “Travis tested with us twice,” said Michael Crawford, team manager for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. “He tested with us in the fall of 2003 in Las Vegas, and he was fantastic. We were really, really pleased with his comfort and skills in the car. He was outstanding. He tested with us again on May 1. We really had fun with him. He’s a really likeable fellow. We think he’ll do well in Kentucky, and we have high hopes for him in the future.”
    Gregg began racing go-karts when he was 7 years old and moved into SCCA Formula Atlantics for two seasons in the late 1990s. He’s spent the past several years racing sprint cars on dirt tracks primarily in Indiana. He recorded two feature wins at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
    “I’m going to try and make it a learning weekend,” Gregg said of his plans for his first race weekend in a Menards Infiniti Pro Series car. “We still want to try and be fast, but we don’t want to jump ahead of ourselves and get into trouble. You can see that worked well with P.J. Chesson who was able to win in his fourth race.”

CAREER
Earned two Sprint Car feature wins at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.
-Recorded a pair of second-place finishes in SCCA Formula Atlantic Series.

2004
- Qualified on the pole position in his Menards Infiniti Pro Series debut at Kentucky Speedway.
- Tested a Menards Infiniti Pro Series car with Sam Schmidt Motorsports at Las Vegas in Dec. 2003 and at Kentucky in May 2004.

2000-2004
- Competed in numerous Sprint Car events, primarily in non-winged, 410-hp sprint cars.
- Recorded feature wins at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway in 2002 and 2003.
- Qualified fifth for the USAC Indiana Sprint Week feature at Lawrenceburg Speedway.

1999
- Competed in SCCA Formula Atlantic Series, earning a second-place finish at the SCCA Nationals at Mid-Ohio.

1998
- Competed in SCCA Formula Atlantic Series, earning a second-place finish at Gingerman, Mich.

1985-97
- Began racing go-karts at the age of 7.
- Recorded first-place finishes in the World Karting Association Summer Nationals in 1991 and 1995.
- Recorded a first-place finish at the WKA Grand Nationals in 1997.

PERSONAL:
- Enjoys playing golf and is a certified SCUBA diver.
- Graduated from Miami (Ohio) University in 2000 with a bachelor of science degree in business.
- Works for Barnet’s Inc., a family-owned trucking business.

2004 IRL "Menards Infiniti Pro Series" EVENT STATISTICS

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