Nelson Kray

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Nelson Kray
Nelson Kray
Nationality 23px-Flag of New Zealand.svg-1-.png New Zealander
Born (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand
VW Jetta Challenge career
Debut season 2024
Current team Geomijul Co. International
Car no. 16
Starts 0
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
VOARS Series career
Active years 2016
Team(s) North Island Motorsport
Starts 16
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2016 Virtual Oceania-Asia Racing Series
Championship titles
N/A None

Nelson Kray (born 5 August 1992) is a virtual racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. He currently races in the 2024 VW Jetta Challenge for Geomijul Co. International, after he switched to GT cars after competing for a single season in the 2016 Virtual Oceania-Asia Racing Series.

Personal life

Kray was mute until the age of seven, which was later revealed to have been caused by trauma at birth. Former prime minister of New Zealand - Sir Robert Muldoon - was admitted to hospital after falling seriously ill, where he died on the day Kray was born. Being such a high profile patient, this caused a shortage of staff and Kray's birth was supervised by a single junior doctor and a cleaner; Kray was subsequently dropped on his face into a cleaning bucket. Kray was born with heterochromia; he has one blue and one green eye.

Kray's family own a sheep farm, close to where he grew up near Auckland, New Zealand. He still tends to his sheep when he is not racing and was quoted as saying - presumably after the age of seven - "sheep are my one true passion". Due to this, he races with a sheep on his helmet.

Career

Early career (2016-present)

Virtual Oceanic-Asia Racing Series (2016)

VW Jetta Challenge (2024-present)

After a number of years away from racing in FVA sanctioned series, Kray returned for the inaugural season of the 2024 VW Jetta Challenge with South Korean team Geomijul Co. International.

Racing record

Career Summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 VOARS North Island Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 14 17th
2024 VWJ Geomijul Co. International 0 0 0 0 0 0* N/A*

* Season in progress.

Complete VOARS results

(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos. Points
2016 North Island Motorsport AUS
1
13
AUS
2
Ret
JPN
1
11
JPN
2
7
CHN
1
Ret
CHN
2
12
IND
1
15
IND
2
11
AZE
1
16
AZE
2
14
SIN
1
13
SIN
2
13
RUS
1
18
RUS
2
10
UAE
1
13
UAE
2
18
17th 14

Complete VW Jetta Challenge results

(results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2024 Geomijul Co. International CHA
1
CHA
2
SUM
1
SUM
2
VIR
1
VIR
2
AUS
1
AUS
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
LAG
1
LAG
2
N/A* 0*

* Season in progress.