No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE News and Notes
SECOND SEASON: Ty Gibbs is competing in his second full NASCAR Cup Series season driving the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has eight top-10 and four top-five finishes and seventh in points. He has led 309 laps this season, which is the most he has led in any Cup season.
FIRST: In May at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Gibbs scored his first career pole position in the Cup Series.
SECOND: Gibbs finished a career-high second on May 12 at Darlington Raceway. He started fourth, led 34 laps and finished 1.214 seconds behind winner Brad Keselowski.
AVERAGE START/FINISH: Ty Gibbs average start is 10.0 which is first in NASCAR and his average finish is 11.9 which is tied for third with his teammate Martin Truex Jr.
SONOMA: In 2023, Gibbs started sixth and finished 18th in his only Cup Series start there. Gibbs has one Xfinity start in 2023 when he started seventh and finished fourth.
TITLES: Gibbs has won the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion, 2021 ARCA Menards Series Championship and 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Rookie of the Year.
ATOP THE PIT BOX: Veteran crew chief Chris Gayle will oversee the No. 54 team’s efforts in the 2024 season. Gayle, who is from Little Rock, Arkansas, has led his drivers to two NASCAR Cup Series victories and 37 Xfinity Series wins. He was also the crew chief of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship with Gibbs. The list of drivers Gayle has visited victory lane with includes Gibbs, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Sam Hornish Jr., Erik Jones, Elliott Sadler, Christopher Bell and John Hunter Nemechek.
RACE INFO: The Toyota Save Mart 350 starts at 3:30 pm EDT on Sunday, June 9 and will be broadcast on FOX, SiriusXM Channel 90 and PRN. The Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 starts at 8 pm EDT on Saturday, June 10 and will be broadcast on FS1, SiriusXM Channel 90 and PRN.
Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE and the No. 19 Starkey/SoundGear Toyota Supra GR:
“I do like the road courses and I like Sonoma. It’s a challenging course. And obviously with the repave it’s different than last year. Great to have He Gets Us back on board for the Cup race and I’m glad that Starkey/SoundGear is on with us for the Xfinity race. Hopefully we can get a win this weekend.”
About Joe Gibbs Racing:
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR with four NASCAR Cup Series teams, four NASCAR Xfinity Series teams, and a driver development program. JGR is based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Joe Gibbs, who also earned his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was named as one of the NFL’s top 10 coaches of all-time with a winning career that included three Super Bowl Championships as head coach of the Washington franchise. JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, capturing 400 wins over that span. No team has more combined wins across the sport’s three national series in the history of NASCAR. In addition, JGR has won five Cup Series championships along with four Xfinity Series driver championships and six Xfinity Series owner’s championship. The organization also has captured four Daytona 500 titles, considered to be NASCAR’s premier event each season.
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