Tanner Gray’s farewell tour is turning out to be a memorable one.

Gray, who confirmed this weekend he is going to leave NHRA Pro Stock to focus on stock car racing in 2019 with the DGR-Crosley team owned by Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series veteran David Gilliland and Crosley Radio CEO Bo LeMastus.

Gray will compete in the NASCAR K&N East Series full time in 2019. Gray may also compete in the Camping World Truck Series and in select ARCA Series races.

In NHRA, no driver is hotter than Gray.

Gray has won three out of the last four races, his latest coming Sunday when he was victorious at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals near Dallas.

Gray clocked a 6.622-second lap at 207.62 mph to defeat Jeg Coughlin’s 6.636-second run at 207.82 mph in the finals.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re running someone as fast as you or you know can go with you versus someone who isn’t as fast, the pressure is so big for either one of those guys,” Gray said. “That’s where you have to be able to buckle down and focus and worry about yourself and crack the tree and whatever happens, happens. That’s been my mentality and I feel like it has worked for me so far. You go up against a person like Jeg and you know you’re capable of doing it, you just have to do it. You never know what the outcome is going to be, and it makes it very interesting. I think of the guys who block that stuff out and think of all the right things they need to do rather than the wrong and they are the guys who you see rise to the top and ultimately become a champion.”

Gray, who pilots his family-owned Gray Motorsports Valvoline Chevy Camaro, came into the race in the points lead and extended his lead with the win.

This was Gray’s class-high seventh win this season and the 12th of his two-year career in only 45 races.

Gray’s victories this season have come in Gainesville, Fla., Richmond, Va., Norwalk, Ohio, Seattle, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Dallas.

During Gray’s victory march Sunday, he beat Deric Kramer, Greg Anderson, Matt Hartford and Coughlin. Impressive considering Gray qualified No. 7 with a 6.614-second run.

“We have been struggling with qualifying and for whatever reason, we have been able to pull it out Sunday,” Gray said. “Some of it being luck and some of it being making good runs and beating the guy in the other lane. Lucky for sure in the semis (against Hartford, who gave Gray the win on a red-light start). I made a mistake. When I saw him take off I flinched and double-clutched it and completely ruined the run. It’s to have a group of guys around me who can take a car with no data in the semis, after they wanted to try some things, and go and do what we did (in the finals).”

There are three races left in the 2018 NHRA season at the Carolina Nationals (Oct. 12-14) in Charlotte, Las Vegas (Oct. 25-28) and Pomona, Calif. (Nov. 8-11).

“My parents were here, and I think they are going to be at the rest of the races,” Tanner said. “My little brother’s season is over. Charlotte is a home race and then Vegas and Pomona. It feels good to have them back out here, it is a lot of fun. We’re making the most of the rest of the time we have got together and having fun with it. I really and truly feel like we are going to win the championship and I think they do as well.

After I messed up in the semis the first person to come talk to me was Dave (Connolly, his crew chief) and he said 'look dude, get it out of your head, it never happened, just go up and do your thing' and that’s what we did, and it worked out.”

Gray, 19, took a moment to reflect on what has transpired the past year.

“I think I have definitely matured a lot personally,” he said. “Behind the wheel, I feel like I am able to make better decisions than I did last year. But, last year was my first year. I have been able to take all the mistakes I made last year and learn from them and grow from them. I think the biggest think that has helped me is I have matured more personally, and I have been able to keep my head on a little bit straighter than I was last year. Last year, I would kind of lose it sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, I still have the same passion for winning as I had last year, I guess I’ve been able to harness it a little bit differently (than I did last year). I think that has helped a lot. The guys at Gray Motorsports also have been able to pick me up when I’m down and they able to bring back down to reality when I’m up too high. It is cool relationship that everybody has over there. As far as drag racing goes, there’s another group of guys I would rather work with.”