Age, Biography and Wiki
Gary Scelzi was born on 11 August, 1960 in Fresno, California, is an American racing driver. Discover Gary Scelzi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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63 years old |
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Leo |
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11 August 1960 |
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11 August |
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Fresno, California |
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United States
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He is a member of famous driver with the age 63 years old group.
Gary Scelzi Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, Gary Scelzi height not available right now. We will update Gary Scelzi's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Gary Scelzi Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gary Scelzi worth at the age of 63 years old? Gary Scelzi’s income source is mostly from being a successful driver. He is from United States. We have estimated Gary Scelzi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Gary Scelzi (born August 11, 1960) is an American dragster racer and midget car owner who has won the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championship on three occasions and the Funny Car title once.
Scelzi was hired by Alan Johnson to replace his brother Blaine, killed in a crash at the U. S. Nationals in 1996.
Bernstein accomplished this in 1996 as he won his first of two Top Fuel titles.
In 1997 he won the title in his first full year of competition, after replacing Blaine Johnson, who had been killed at the 1996 US Nationals, while leading the top fuel championship, in the Johnson family-owned car.
Scelzi went on to win three Top Fuel championships, but at the end of the 2001 season, with the Alan Johnson-owned team losing its Winston sponsorship because of the Master Settlement Agreement, and also partly due to a major accident he had that season, he jumped to Funny Car, with new sponsorship, and a Toyota Celica.
The results were a disaster for Scelzi, and he resigned from his ride midway through the season, only to join Don Schumacher Racing for the 2003 season in an Oakley sponsored Dodge funny car.
In his spare time, he has raced midgets for fun, even competing in the Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa, OK, competing in a 2003 "celebrity" race against fellow drag racer Ron Capps and dirt trackers Danny Lasoski, Scott Bloomquist, Dave Darland, J. J. Yeley, and Tony Stewart.
Ironically, Mike Neff, Scelzi's crew chief for the 2005 Funny Car championship, moved to John Force racing to drive starting at the 2007 ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals to replace Eric Medlen, who was killed in a testing crash after the Mac Tools Gatornationals in 2007.
Scelzi unseated the John Force Racing dynasty, defeating John Force and Robert Hight to win the 2005 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Championship, making it the first time since 1992 (Miner Bros Racing) with Cruz Pedregon driving, a team other than John Force Racing had won the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship.
That championship also made him only the second person in NHRA history to win championships in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, the other at the time being Kenny Bernstein.
In 2005, Scelzi accomplished a feat that only Kenny Bernstein had done, when he won his first Funny Car Championship, becoming the second driver in NHRA history to win championships in Top Fuel, and Funny Car.
Scelzi also purchased a Ford Focus Midget (a spec-class midget) for personal pleasure and entered the 2005 USAC Turkey Night Grand Prix in Irwindale, CA, racing against a midget owned by fellow NHRA Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon.
Scelzi's sons, Giovanni and Dominic are also race car drivers.
In 2006, his midget was driven by 16-year-old driver Michael Faccinto of Hanford, California, who won the 2006 United States Auto Club National Ford Focus Midget Championship, including wins at the Turkey Night Grand Prix in Irwindale, California.
Scelzi sold his Focus Midget at the end of 2006 and moved up to standard midgets with Dodge powerplants, with sponsorship from his Funny Car sponsors.
He has not competed in NHRA competition since the 2008 season.
After the 2008 season, Scelzi retired from driving his Fuel Funny Car to focus on Scelzi Enterprises.
He was succeeded by #2 points finisher in 2010, Matt Hagan, who drove the DieHard Dodge Charger for Don Schumacher Racing until leaving for the newly formed Tony Stewart Racing team in 2022.
Del Worsham, of Kalitta Motorsports, would become the third in 2015.
