Greg Healey

Healey at Belltown in 2021

2020 Ajax 200 Polesitter

2020 Windows 300 Polesitter

2021 Intel Shootout Winner

First driver to sweep races at Belltown Speedpark in Modern Era

**Gregory Thomas Healey** (born May 22nd, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the ASCA Ajax Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Snoots Enterprises and part-time in the ASCA Craftsman Series, driving the No. 33 Camaro for Snoots Enterprises. He is the 2018 ASCA Ajax Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

## **Early Racing Career**

Healey began his racing career at the age of six, competing in go kart leagues across the state of Florida before eventually moving up to late models at the age of 14. Healey scored a record 45 wins throughout the local Florida short track scene before he and his family moved to Michigan to help him pursue his ASCA dreams in 2014.

## **ASCA National Series**

**Sprint Developmental Series**

Healey was signed to the new upstart team Snoots Enterprises in January 2015, and was placed in the No. 3 in the now defunct Sprint Developmental Series. Healey would finish 2nd multiple times to fellow current Ajax Cup driver Chris Barrymore, and would finish 2nd in the championship to him as well after the rest of the season was cut due to a driver's strike.

**Craftsman Series**

Healey would make his Craftsman debut in 2015 in the then season opening TreatMyPC.com 150 at Computer Motor Speedway, driving the No. 9 for Snoots Enterprises. He would finish 2nd to Todd Kidd after the race was shortened by rain.

In 2016, Healey began racing full-time in the series, again driving the No. 9 for Snoots Enterprises with NAPA Auto Parts sponsorship. He would open the season with back to back DNF's in the Great Value 100 at Ajax Superspeedway and Lilly Diabetes 100 at The Stoneyard, but would bounce back with a 4th place finish in the GameStop 100 at Belltown. Healey would finish 2nd once again in the TreatMyPC.com 150, but would follow that up with his first career Craftsman victory at his home track of Blu-Ray Motor Speedway in the Axalta 100, which was also the first ASCA victory for Snoots Enterprises as well. He would finish 3rd in the season ending Geico 100 at Belltown, losing the Rookie of the Year honors to Chris Barrymore by two points.

In 2017, Healey returned to the series full time, but would go winless. He would win the pole for the season ending Geico 100 at Belltown and lead the opening 55 laps, but would finish 2nd to Ryan Dixon. Healey would finish 3rd in the final standings.

During 2018, as he began racing full-time in the Cup Series, Healey ran a part-time Craftsman schedule in the No. 3, splitting the seat with Adam Petty Jr. He would snap his 13 race winless drought with his second career win, holding off Randle Woods to take home the GameStop 100 at Belltown.

Healey would run multiple races in the No. 5 for Ronnie Woods Motorsports in 2019, scoring a pole at Belltown. He would return to Snoots Enterprises in 2020 in the newly minted No. 33 team, scoring two victories at West Virginia in the Tudor's Buiscuit World 100 and in the TreatMyPC.com 150.

Healey would score two more victories during the 2021 season, winning the pole and leading every lap in both the Tudor's Buiscuit World 100 at West Virginia and Lilly Diabetes 100 at The Stoneyard. His team controversially failed post race inspection at West Virginia, and had 10 points added to their season long total as a result.

**Ajax Cup Series**

Healey made his official Ajax Cup Series debut in the No. 33 for Snoots Enterprises in the 2017 Advocare 200, finishing 12th after blowing a tire with 9 laps to go. After that year's Fastenal 200, it was announced that he'd replace Josh Player in the No. 3 car in 2018 with DOW Chemicals replacing Cheerios as the team's sponsor.

**2018**

Healey would begin his rookie campaign with a 10th place finish in the season opening Ajax 200 at Ajax Superspeedway, a 9th place result in the Arris 200 at The Stoneyard, and an 8th place effort in the Advocare 200 at Advocare Speedpark. The following week, Healey would rack up his first DNF at Belltown Speedpark in the AutoZone 200, finishing 20th after being involved in an accident with Michael White. He would score his first career top 5 via a strategy call in the Subway Grand Prix, finishing 5th, and would back that up with a 4th place effort in the Windows 300 the following week. Healey would score his first Ajax Cup pole at his home track, Blu-Ray Motor Speedway, and led a career high 66 laps before finishing 2nd to Diego Orkedi. He would finish 11th in the season finale at Belltown, and clinched the Ajax Cup Rookie of the Year award by 26 points over Cameron Atwood and Hunter Bradley.

Healey would conclude the year with 3 top 5's and 9 top 10's, and finished 10th in the final standings.

**2019**

Once again, Healey would be the outside pole sitter for the season opening Ajax 200, but would finish 20th after being collected in an accident with 25 laps to go. He would follow that up with a 15th place result in the Arris 200 at The Stoneyard, but would bounce back with a 5th place effort in the Advocare 200. He would finish 9th in the AutoZone 200, and would follow that up with his second career pole for the Little General 200 at West Virginia, leading the opening 13 laps and finished 3rd. In his third career Windows 300 start, Healey ran in the top 5 the majority of the night before a late race accident relegated him to a 17th place result and another DNF. Later on in the season, he would score back to back top 5 finishes in the Northern 200 and Apple 225, but would finish the season with back to back DNF's in the Fastenal 200 and Ajax Season Finale.

Healey would wrap up the season with 4 top 5's and 7 top 10's, and would finish a career worst 14th in the final standings.

**2020**

On January 23rd, 2020, it was announced that Healey had signed a 6 year, 45 million dollar contract extension to remain in the No. 3 for Snoots Enterprises through the 2025 season. While many fans and pundits alike did not agree with the decision, team owner Baby Snoots stood by the contract, stating: “Like in football, you have to pay your franchise quarterback once his rookie deal ends, and Greg (Healey) is that guy on our team. Our #1 priority this offseason was to get this deal done with him, and I’m glad we were able to.”

Healey started off his new contract with a bang, winning the pole for the season opening Ajax 200 and leading a race record 66 laps before a late race speeding penalty relegated him to a 4th place finish. He would follow that up with a 2nd place finish in the Little General 200, taking the points lead for the first time in his career. The next week, Healey would score his first career win in the Advocare 200, leading the final 40 laps at the same track he made his Cup debut at. That victory was also the first Ajax Cup triumph for Snoots Enterprises, and further extended his points lead over the field. Healey would have a rough couple races after that with a 13th place result in the Arris 200, and a 9th place finish in the AutoZone 200 after getting tangled up with Doug Bowden on a restart with 20 laps to go. He would bounce back with a 5th place run in the Subway Grand Prix after a nifty strategy call and regain the points lead, and would score another 9th place finish in the inaugural Coors Light 175 in Denver. The next week, Healey would start 2nd in the Ajax All-Star Race after being locked in for the first time in his career and would lead 61 of 70 laps en route to his first All-Star victory. He would back that up with his first Windows 300 pole, leading the opening 146 laps before being passed by Diego Orkedi on the final restart and finishing 2nd. An 8th place finish in the Colgate 199 was followed up by Healey's second career victory at his home track in the Panasonic 200, leading the final 113 laps and just barely edging out Nick Orkedi to snag the victory. The win gave him a season high 25 point lead over Diego Orkedi heading into the Michigan Road Course, but that would be short lived. In the subsequent Amp Energy 200, Healey was taken out in an accident with Hunter Bradley on lap 47 which resulted in a 22nd place finish and his first DNF of the season. That incident combined with Diego Orkedi's 5th place finish cut Healey's point margin down from 25 to 8 heading into next week's race at The Stoneyard. In that race, he would finish 10th despite an accident with Randle Woods, Ryan Braun, and Caleb Henderson Jr on the last lap but he would lose the points lead for the first time since Belltown to Diego Orkedi. The following week, Orkedi would go onto win the WesBanco 250 while Healey would finish 12th, which dropped him to 3rd in the standings with only 3 races remaining. He would win the pole for the Apple 225 the next week, but would not lead a lap and finished 6th. Healey would lead 12 laps in the penultimate race of the season, the Fastenal 200, but could only finish 12th which officially eliminated him from title contention. Despite this, he would finish the season strong driving from 17th all the way up to 3rd in the Ajax Season Finale at Belltown.

Healey would score 2 wins, 7 top 5's, and 12 top 10's, and would finish runner up in the final points standings.

**2021**

For the fourth straight season, Healey would start on the outside of the front row for the Ajax 200 but would be caught up in a late race accident and finished 17th. A relatively uneventful Little General 200 would see Healey bounce back with a 7th place finish, but he would come back the next week in the Advocare 200 and lead 101 laps, losing to Randle Woods in a dramatic finish. Throughout the night Healey was involved in numerous run in's with rookie Devin Smith as well, which resulted in both of them trading barbs in their respective post race interviews. Healey would start 23rd after a practice crash in the following week's Arris 200, but picked his way through the field and finished the race in 8th. He would finish 7th in the Coors Light 175 after a late race speeding penalty, before scoring his first victory of the season using a bump and run on Jimmy Hood in the AutoZone 200 at Belltown. A 12th place run in the Subway Grand Prix, 8th place finish in the Windows 300, and 10th place result in the Colgate 199 had Healey at 3rd in points with an outside shot at the championship. At his home track, Healey would score his first pole of the season, lead the opening 43 laps and finished 5th in the Panasonic 200. A perfect strategy netted Healey another 5th place effort in the Amp Energy 200, but a disappointing 12th place effort in the Northern 200 followed up by a 23rd place DNF in the WesBanco 250 dropped him to 6th in points and pretty much out of realistic title contention. Healey would rebound the next week with a 3rd place result in the Apple 225, but would once again DNF in the Fastenal 200 after an incident with Nathaniel Cherry. He would finish the season strong with his second victory of the year in the Ajax Season Finale, ironically using another bump and run with 19 laps to go on Cameron Atwood to become the first driver in the modern era to win both races at Belltown in a season.

Healey would pick up another 2 wins, 6 top 5's, and 11 top 10's, and finished 4th in the final standings.

## **In Popular Culture**

Healey was featured on the cover of a preseason 2020 edition of *The Fallon Corner* detailing his new contract extension. He was again featured on the cover in a 2021 Windows 300 preview edition.

Healey was also featured as the cover athlete of *ASCA Racing Season 6,* which was released by 313 Games in 2020.

He was also signed to an endorsement deal with cereal brand Cheerios, which are set to print and air ads that will be released throughout the 2022 ASCA season.

## **Personal Life**

Healey is currently in a relationship with Instagram influencer Madison Book. The couple have a son, Brandon Roy Healey, who was born August 11th, 2019.

Healey is an avid surfer and wakeboarder in his free time, even starting his own surf shop in 2021 in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida.