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{{short description|American sports car racing driver}}
{{Infobox Champ Car driver
|name = Tom Gloy
|image =
|caption =
|nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States|American]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|06|11}}
|birth_place = [[Lafayette, California|Lafayette]], [[California]], [[United States]]
|achievements = 1979 [[Formula Atlantic]] Champion<br>1984 [[Trans-Am Series]] Champion
|awards = [[West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame]] (2021)
|years = 1977, 1980, 1983-1984
|Total_Champ_Races = 8
|Years_In_Champ = 4
|Champ_Car_Team =
|Best_Champ_Pos = 14th - [[1980 IndyCar season|1980]]
|First_Champ_Race = [[1977 USAC Championship Car season|1977]] [[Bobby Ball 150]] ([[Phoenix International Raceway|Phoenix]])
|Last_Champ_Race = [[1984 IndyCar season|1984]] [[Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix]] ([[Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport|Cleveland]])
|First_Champ_Win =
|Last_Champ_Win =
|Champ_Wins = 0
|Champ_Podiums = 0
|Champ_Poles = 0
}}
'''Thomas Henry Gloy'''<ref name="californiabirthindex.org">{{cite web |url=https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/thomas_henry_gloy_born_1947_3402569 |title=Thomas Henry Gloy, Born 06/11/1947 in California |publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref> (born June 11, 1947 in [[Lafayette, California]]) is a former driver in the [[Champ Car|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 [[International Race of Champions|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 (driver)|Alex Barron]] for the [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]] in 2002.
==Motorsports Career Results==
===American Open-Wheel===
====Champ Car====
([[:Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''Bold''' indicate pole position)
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! Year
! Team
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
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! Rank
! Points
! Ref
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| '''[[1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
! [[Team Penske]]
! [[Penske Racing|Penske]] PC-7
! [[Cosworth]]
| [[Ontario Motor Speedway|ONT]]
|
| [[ABC Supply Wisconsin 250|MIL]]
| [[ABC Supply 500|POC]]
|
| [[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]
| [[Grand Prix at The Glen|WGL]]
| [[ABC Supply Wisconsin 250|MIL]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Ontario Motor Speedway|ONT]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|9}}
| [[Gran Premio Tecate|MEX]]
| [[Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix|PHX]]
| colspan=4|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''14th'''
|
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/gloyto01/1980/R|title=Tom Gloy – 1980 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
! [[Galles Racing]]
! [[March Engineering|March]] 84C
! [[Cosworth]]
| [[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]
| [[Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix|PHX]]
|
| [[ABC Supply Wisconsin 250|MIL]]
| [[Grand Prix of Portland|POR]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Meadowlands Grand Prix|MEA]]<br>{{small|16}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]]<br>{{small|23}}
| [[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]
| [[Kohler Grand Prix|ROA]]
| [[ABC Supply 500|POC]]
| [[Honda Indy 200|MDO]]
| [[Grand Prix of Montreal|SAN]]
| [[Firestone Indy 400|MCH]]
|
| [[Monterey Grand Prix|LAG]]
| [[Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]]
| '''-'''
| '''0'''
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/gloyto01/1984/R|title=Tom Gloy – 1984 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>
|}
* New Points system introduced in 1981
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Racing-Reference driver|Tom_Gloy}}
*{{DriverDB driver|<!-- 6230 -->tom-gloy}}
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{{succession box|title=[[Champ Car Atlantic|North American Formula Atlantic Champion]]|before=[[Howdy Holmes]]|after=[[Jacques Villeneuve (elder)|Jacques Villeneuve]]|years=1979}}
{{s-end
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gloy, Tom}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:People from Lafayette, California]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Contra Costa County, California]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from California]]
[[Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers]]
[[Category:Champ Car drivers]]
[[Category:Atlantic Championship drivers]]
[[Category:Trans-Am Series drivers]]
[[Category:International Race of Champions drivers]]
[[Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers]]
[[Category:NASCAR team owners]]
[[Category:Team Penske drivers]]
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