Notes:
Ray Gastelu was a six-time Pro Stock champion at Wall Stadium - a 1/3-mile paved oval located in Belmar, New Jersey, that would be renamed Wall Township Speedway in 2002. Gastelu achieved 49 feature wins over 14 winning seasons at track - more than any other driver in his division.

On 30 June 2001 Gastelu took his regular regular #69 Pro Stock onto the track for practice laps in a warm-up session prior to a race, but pulled into the pits with mechanical trouble. He then borrowed a fellow competitor's car and returned to the track, but was then struck by a heart attack. Gastelu was able to bring the car to a safe stop on the pit ramp entrance; medics responded immediately and transported Gastelu to Jersey Shore Medical Center, but he was dead on arrival.

Ray Gastelu is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Farmingdale, New Jersey.

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
• Social Security Death Index.
• New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017.
• Book "The History of America's Speedways - Past & Present", by Allan E. Brown, third edition, first printing, November 2003, America's Speedways, PO Box 448, Comstock Park, MI, 49321-0448, United States, ISBN 0-931105-61-7, page 467.
• Newspaper Area Auto Racing News, issue of 03 July 2001, page 33 [N1].
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 01 July 2001, page AA0, article "Stock car champion dies in Wall Stadium accident", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ, United States), issue of 02 July 2001, page 48, two articles, "Reed takes small-block modified main", by Kyle Hardner, and Wall champ Gastelu dies of heart attack", also by Kyle Hardner.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 02 July 2001, page D06, article "Ray Gastelu remembered for love of racing", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper News Transcript (Farmingdale, NJ, United States), issue of 03 July 2001, page ?, article "Wall Stadium mourning the loss of Ray Gastelu", by Tim Morris.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 06 July 2001, page C06, article "Wall Stadium to honor O'Rorke, Gastelu", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 06 August 2001, page D08, article "Okerson gunning for 1st track championship", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ, United States), issue of 09 July 2001, article "Michel still a contender for Wall title", by Kyle Hardner.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 09 July 2001, page D05, article "Wall Stadium honors racing contributors", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 20 August 2001, page D08, article "Andretta wins first Ray Gastelu Memorial", by DOn Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 05 October 2001, page C13, article "Okerson wins one for Gastelu", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 24 November 2001, page C09, article "Davidson races for old buddy", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Newspaper Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ, United States), issue of 25 November 2001, page H06, article "Nicol era ends at Wall", by Don Wilno, Auto Racing Writer.
• Website Charlotte Observer, List of racing deaths, page http://161.188.204.190/charlotte/rd/results.asp?F=i&Q=707.
• Website Find-A-Grave: Raymond G Gastelu.
• E-mail by Steve Estes, dated 11 November 2010.
• E-mail by John Nelson, dated 13 April 2011, citing [N1].