Drew Herring

Andrew Herring (born May 5, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver, test driver, and spotter. He previously worked for Toyota Racing Development and Joe Gibbs Racing as a test driver, and is the spotter for Chase Briscoe and JGR's No. 19 team in the NASCAR Cup Series. As a driver, Herring last competed part-time in the Cup Series, driving the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing. He also has driven in the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series in the past.

Racing career Driving career Early career Herring launched into his career in 2006 when he captured the Late Model Championship at South Boston Speedway with nine wins in seventeen starts including the inaugural Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200. In the next year, he collected his second Late Model championship at Southern National Raceway Park with seven wins and 21 top-five finishes in 29 races.

In 2008, Herring participated in the USAR Pro Cup Series where he scored Rookie of the Year honors, with two top-five and seven top-ten finishes in fourteen starts. Herring continue in the USAR Pro Cup Series in 2009 as he earned his first series win at South Georgia Motorsports Park. He closed the season with seven top-five finishes and nine top-ten finishes in fourteen starts, finishing third in the USAR Pro Cup Series Championship and fifth in the regular season points standings. Also, Herring participated in two ARCA Racing Series races to his schedule for RBR Enterprises and posted top-twenty finishes in both of his series starts.

Camping World Truck Series In 2012, he made his only NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Iowa Speedway in September, and finished seventh.

Xfinity Series

In 2010, Herring made his debut in the Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway for Baker-Curb Racing, and finished fifteenth; posting two top-twenty finishes in four series starts for the team. The next year, Herring joined Joe Gibbs Racing for four races (two Iowa races, Nashville, and IRP). He collected two top-ten finishes and led 39 laps. His seventh place in Nashville, was his best result. In 2012 he picked up his first career top-five finish in the Nationwide Series, at Kentucky Speedway in September, finishing fourth.

For the 2013 season, Herring ran six races for JGR, posting two sixth-place finishes and had only one DNF due to a crash at Bristol Motor Speedway. After not running any races in 2014, he qualified as a stand-in for JGR twice in 2015, but did not run a single race. At the same time, Herring became a Toyota Racing Development test driver, often testing experimental setups for NASCAR Cup Series cars.

Cup Series In November 2019, Herring joined Gaunt Brothers Racing for his only Cup Series start in the 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead–Miami Speedway, driving the No. 96 with a special paint scheme celebrating TRD's 40th anniversary. His start later became notable due to race manipulation scheme meant to prevent his team from winning the owner's championship for the highest placed non-charter team.

Spotting career On December 6, 2020, it was revealed that Herring would become the new spotter for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 19 of Martin Truex Jr. in the Cup Series starting in 2021. He replaced Clayton Hughes, who left JGR for Front Row Motorsports to be the spotter for the No. 34 of Michael McDowell

Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2019 Gaunt Brothers Racing 96 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 37th 8

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2010 Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 79th 376 2011 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 35th 139 18 NSH 2012 Kyle Busch Motorsports 54 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI 67th 41 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2013 54 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX 36th 175 18 BRI ATL RCH CHI 20 PHO HOM 2015 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND -* -* 54 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2016 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND 34th 111 28 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 2017 JGL Racing 24 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 52nd 35 † – Qualified for Kyle Busch . ‡ – Qualified for Erik Jones.

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2012 Kyle Busch Motorsports 18 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 88th 01

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Ref 2009 RBR Enterprises 22 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN 56th 540 92 CAR 2018 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 75th 205

Ineligible for series points