| Eddie Gray | |
| Birth Date: | February 4, 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Gardena, California, U.S. |
| Death Date: | October 25, 1969 (aged 49) |
| Death Cause: | Heart attack |
| Achievements: | 1958/1961/1962 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series Champion |
| Awards: | West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2002 - Inaugural Class) |
| Best Cup Pos: | 44th - 1958 Grand National Series season |
| Cup Wins: | 4 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 9 |
| Cup Poles: | 1 |
| First Cup Race: | 1954 untitled race (Willow Springs Speedway) |
| First Cup Win: | 1958 Crown America 500 (Riverside) |
| Last Cup Win: | 1961 California State Fairgrounds dirt track |
| Last Cup Race: | 1966 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside) |
| Total Cup Races: | 22 |
| Years In Cup: | 9 |
Eddie Gray (February 4, 1920 – October 25, 1969) was a race car driver from Gardena, California. He became champion of a predecessor of the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1958, 1961 and 1962. The series was then known as NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model (PCLM).
Gray also participated in NASCAR Grand National races on the West Coast, capturing 4 wins, including two as an owner-driver. On May 31, 1958, Gray won a 500-mile race at Riverside International Raceway, the first NASCAR event held at the track. He also ran the 1958 Southern 500 at Darlington and attempted to make the 1960 Daytona 500.
Gray raced Jalopies with the California Jalopy Association (CJA) and became one of the top short track Stock Car racers in Southern California at tracks like Saugus Speedway (where he was a track champion), Ascot Park and Orange Show Speedway, earning the nickname "Steady" Eddie Gray.
Suffered a severe heart attack while driving in the Permatex 100 race for Late Model Sportsman cars at Riverside International Raceway in January 1969 and died nine months later while undergoing heart surgery. He is buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.
Gray was inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in its first class (2002).[1]