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American sports car racing driver
Tom Gloy
NationalityUnited States American
Born (1947-06-11) June 11, 1947 (age 77)
Lafayette, California, United States
Achievements1979 Formula Atlantic Champion
1984 Trans-Am Series Champion
AwardsWest Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2021)
Champ Car career
8 races run over 4 years
Years active1977, 1980, 1983-1984
Best finish14th - 1980
First race1977 Bobby Ball 150 (Phoenix)
Last race1984 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix (Cleveland)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0

Thomas Henry Gloy (born June 11, 1947 in Lafayette, California) is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1980 and 1984 seasons, with six career starts, including the 1984 Indianapolis 500. Despite competing in only three events in 1980, he finished 14th in points, a result of finishing each race in the top ten.

In 1979, Gloy won the Formula Atlantic Series Championship. In 1985, he competed in the IROC series as the representative from Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), earned by winning the 1984 Trans-Am Championship.

He owned a team in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series from 1997 to 1999. The team often fielded trucks for veterans of the Trans Am series. Gloy was later president of Blair Racing, which fielded a Dallara-Chevrolet driven by Alex Barron for the IRL IndyCar Series in 2002.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel

Champ Car

(key) (Races in Bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref
1980 Team Penske Penske PC-7 Cosworth ONT INDY MIL POC MDO
6 		MCH WGL MIL ONT
5 		MCH
9 		MEX PHX 14th 680
1984 Galles Racing March 84C Cosworth LBH PHX INDY
14 		MIL POR MEA
16 		CLE
23 		MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH PHX LAG CPL - 0
  • New Points system introduced in 1981

References

  1. "Thomas Henry Gloy, Born 06/11/1947 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. "Tom Gloy – 1980 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  3. "Tom Gloy – 1984 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

External links

  • Tom Gloy driver statistics at Racing-Reference
  • Tom Gloy career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded byHowdy Holmes North American Formula Atlantic Champion
1979 		Succeeded byJacques Villeneuve


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