Gardella Racing is a sport compact racing team founded in 2001 by Howell, New Jersey native Gary Gardella. Gardella started racing on a drag race, at Englishtown Raceway Park. He then started moving into chassis, engine and motor program modifications. In the beginning, all team members were voluntary. Some of those early team members included, Jon Perry, Jason Smith and Kemel Campbell. After several successes, Gardella was able to hire a full-time crew chief, Jon Perry. Gardella Racing has been involved in sport compact racing, drifting and Road Racing.