Ty Gibbs

Tyler Randall Gibbs (born October 4, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 54 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. Gibbs was the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion and 2021 ARCA Menards Series champion. He is the grandson of NFL Hall-of-Famer and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs. He is also the owner of JGR's No. 54 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.

Racing career Gibbs began racing in go-karts, on asphalt and dirt tracks in Mooresville, North Carolina. In 2019, Gibbs won the IceBreaker 125 Late Model Stock race at Myrtle Beach Speedway, driving the No. 18 for Nelson Motorsports.

CARS Late Model Stock Tour In 2017 and 2018, Gibbs competed in the CARS Late Model Stock series for Marlowe Racing. He finished fourteenth in the season points standings in 2017 (due to Gibbs only competing in eight out of thirteen races that year), and eighth in 2018. He has two pole positions, has led 90 laps, and has an average finish of 13.3, with a best finish of second at Anderson Motor Speedway.

ARCA Menards Series East Gibbs ran a partial schedule in the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, collecting four second-place finishes in five starts in the DGR-Crosley No. 17. On September 21, Gibbs scored his first career win in his sixth start at the Apple Barrel 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the No. 54. He would compete full-time in the series, now known as the ARCA Menards Series East, the following year. He drove the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing, which was fielding an entry in the series for the first time since 2012. Gibbs would win one of the series' six races on the schedule (Toledo Speedway in June) and finish runner-up to Sam Mayer in the standings, who won all other races that year. Gibbs led 104 laps at Dover in the General Tire 125 before crashing out late, marking his only DNF in the series and only finish outside the top four in any year.

He made four starts in the 2021 season, three of which were companion events with the main ARCA Menards Series. Gibbs won the pole position and the race in all four starts, leading 621 of the 625 laps he completed. As a result, he finished ninth in the standings.

ARCA Menards Series

Gibbs has won 18 ARCA Menards Series races and collected 38 top-five finishes in a total of 47 starts.

In 2019, Gibbs ran eleven of twenty races in the ARCA Menards Series, finishing thirteenth in the standings after picking up wins at Gateway and Salem. The next year he competed in 16 of 20 races and finished fifth in the standings, collecting wins at Gateway, Pocono, Kentucky, Iowa, Winchester, and Memphis.

Gibbs turned eighteen on October 4, 2020, which made him eligible to race on all tracks on the ARCA schedule (including Daytona and Talladega). In 2021, Gibbs ran full-time in the series in the JGR No. 18. He started the season with a 4th-place finish at Daytona, followed by a win at Phoenix and a 27th-place finish at Talladega after being involved in a crash with Greg Van Alst. At Kansas in May, he led every lap in the race en route to the win, the first time since Kevin Swindell in 2012 at Chicagoland Speedway that a driver in the series led all laps in a race. Gibbs would later replicate this feat at Charlotte two races later and at the Milwaukee Mile in August. At eighteen years, four months, and sixteen days of age, Gibbs surpassed Cindric as the youngest driver to win an Xfinity road course race, until he was surpassed by Connor Zilisch in the 2024 Mission 200 at The Glen. Gibbs later won again at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. At Road America, one of Gibbs's races, Kyle Busch ran the No. 54, leading JGR to put Gibbs in the No. 81 with Monster Energy as a sponsor. Gibbs would end up 33rd after a broken transmission. At Watkins Glen International in the No. 54, Gibbs led the most laps and won after holding off Austin Cindric and A. J. Allmendinger. He later led the most laps in the race at Richmond Raceway in September before ending up seventh. Gibbs got his fourth win of the season in the Kansas Lottery 300 in October and finished the season thirteenth in the final standings, despite only having started eighteen of the season's 33 races in addition to winning Rookie of the Year honors.

2022: Xfinity Series Champion For 2022, Gibbs moved into the series full-time, driving the No. 54. He won early in the season at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Richmond. At the Martinsville spring race on April 8, Gibbs led 196 laps but was passed by teammate Brandon Jones on the final lap and finished eighth after a bump from Sam Mayer in the final turn. After the race, Gibbs ran into Mayer's car during the cool-down lap before both drivers engaged in a fistfight on pit road. Following this incident, Gibbs was fined 15,000 for hitting Mayer's car on pit road after the race. Gibbs scored his fourth win at Road America in July by passing Kyle Larson on the final lap and claimed his fifth win of the season a month later at Michigan. At Watkins Glen, Gibbs fiercely battled William Byron for the lead throughout most of the race until they both spun off-course during the final restart, resulting in Gibbs finishing 27th after Byron spun Gibbs again later on in the lap. At the Martinsville playoff race, Gibbs made contact with Jones which sent him spinning towards outside wall on the final overtime lap to win the race despite having already clinched a spot in the Championship four on points. After the race, he compared himself to Jesus in an interview on the SiriusXM NASCAR channel, which earned him criticism from sections of the NASCAR fanbase. Nonetheless, Gibbs dominated at Phoenix to become the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

2023: Part-time Gibbs drove the No. 19 on a part-time basis in 2023, scoring one win at Indianapolis.

Cup Series 2022

On July 24, 2022, 23XI Racing announced that Gibbs would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2022 M&M's Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono the same day, driving the No. 45 car as a fill-in for the original driver, Kurt Busch. Busch was not cleared by NASCAR to race after suffering from concussion-like symptoms following a crash during qualifying. Gibbs finished 16th in the race. Three days later, he would be announced to fill in again for Busch in the Verizon 200 at Indianapolis, where he finished 17th. In the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, Gibbs scored his first career top-10 with a 10th place finish, but finished 36th the following week at Richmond after an engine failure, but he surpassed his late father Coy. Gibbs filled in for Busch during the last two regular season races at Watkins Glen and Daytona, in which he finished 26th and 13th, respectively. On August 31, it was announced that he would swap rides with teammate Bubba Wallace and drive the No. 23 car starting at Darlington; Wallace went to the No. 45 to help the team's owners' championship efforts. At the Texas playoff race, Gibbs veered into Ty Dillon on pit road, nearly sending Dillon towards a NASCAR official and a group of pit crew members; he was subsequently fined 75,000 and the No. 23 was docked 25 owner points. Gibbs would end up missing the last race of his fill-in role for 23XI, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, due to the death of his father Coy and was replaced by Daniel Hemric.

2023

In 2023, Gibbs joined the NASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis, driving the newly rebranded No. 54 for Joe Gibbs Racing. Despite missing the playoffs, Gibbs achieved four top-five finishes and earned the NASCAR Rookie of the Year title.

2024: First playoff appearance Gibbs scored his first career pole at Charlotte, and his second at Pocono. Despite not winning a race during the regular season, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. Gibbs was eliminated from the playoffs at the conclusion of the Round of 16. After poor finishes in the final five races of the season, Gibbs finished the year fifteenth in the final point standings, a career best.

2025: In-Season Challenge winner

As part of a restructuring within Joe Gibbs Racing, Gibbs was assigned a new crew chief, Tyler Allen, while his former crew chief, Chris Gayle, transitioned to Denny Hamlin's No. 11 team, replacing Chris Gabehart, who moved into the role of competition director. At Martinsville, Gibbs passed J. J. Yeley to claim the unfortunate record of becoming the driver with the most Cup Series starts for JGR without a win, having run 79 races for the team to that point. Gibbs also won the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge after defeating opponent Ty Dillon.

During the race at New Hampshire, Gibbs and his teammate Denny Hamlin got into one another, with Hamlin spinning out Gibbs. On September 22, Gibbs posted on his Instagram agreeing with Kevin Harvick, who said that the latest drama inside JGR was potentially derailing Hamlin's 2025 title run.

2026: First wins

Gibbs started the 2026 season with a 23rd place finish at the Daytona 500. Two months later, he would earn his first win at Bristol in his 131st start, as well as becoming the sixth driver to get their first win at Bristol Motor Speedway. Gibbs won the pole at Sonoma. He won his second career race at Iowa, holding off-teammate Christopher Bell.

Owner career On October 16, 2024, it was announced that Gibbs would become a co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing and would own the No. 54 Toyota Supra for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starting in 2025.

Personal life Gibbs is the grandson of former Washington Redskins head coach and owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Gibbs, and the son of the late former Washington Redskins assistant coach and former NASCAR driver Coy Gibbs and Charlotte-area realtor Heather Gibbs. He is the nephew of the late Joe Gibbs Racing co-owner J. D. Gibbs, as well as the cousin of former Appalachian State Mountaineers quarterback Jackson Gibbs and Appalachian State tight end Miller Gibbs.

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Points Position 2017 CARS Late Model Stock Tour 8 0 1 1 170 14th 2018 CARS Late Model Stock Tour 12 0 3 5 258 8th 2019 ARCA Menards Series Joe Gibbs Racing 11 2 7 9 2315 13th NASCAR K&N Pro Series East DGR-Crosley 6 1 6 6 172 13th NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Levin Racing with Joe Gibbs Racing 1 1 1 1 47 34th CARS Late Model Stock Tour 2 0 0 0 13 56th 2020 ARCA Menards Series Joe Gibbs Racing 16 6 12 14 674 5th ARCA Menards Series East 6 1 5 5 300 2nd ARCA Menards Series West 1 0 1 1 94 19th 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 18 4 9 10 663 13th ARCA Menards Series 20 10 19 19 997 1st ARCA Menards Series East 4 4 4 4 196 9th ARCA Menards Series West 2 2 2 2 98 19th 2022 NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing 15 0 0 1 0 NC† NASCAR Xfinity Series Joe Gibbs Racing 33 7 16 23 4040 1st 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Joe Gibbs Racing 36 0 4 10 771 18th NASCAR Xfinity Series 8 1 5 6 0 NC† 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Joe Gibbs Racing 36 0 8 12 2169 15th NASCAR Xfinity Series 6 0 1 2 0 NC† 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Joe Gibbs Racing 36 0 5 10 783 19th NASCAR Xfinity Series 1 0 0 0 0 NC† † As Gibbs was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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

Cup Series 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 2022 23XI Racing 45 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC16 IRC17 MCH10 RCH36 GLN26 DAY13 47th 01 23 DAR15 KAN34 BRI35 TEX20 TAL37 ROV22 LVS22 HOM22 MAR19 PHOQL† 2023 Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota DAY25 CAL16 LVS22 PHO28 ATL9 COA9 RCH9 BRD10 MAR18 TAL31 DOV13 KAN34 DAR16 CLT26 GTW20 SON18 NSH14 CSC9 ATL34 NHA27 POC5 RCH15 MCH11 IRC12 GLN5 DAY35 DAR21 KAN14 BRI5 TEX33 TAL34 ROV4 LVS34 HOM7 MAR18 PHO21 18th 771 2024 DAY17 ATL10 LVS5 PHO3 BRI9 COA3 RCH16 MAR19 TEX13 TAL22 DOV10 KAN32 DAR2 CLT6 GTW11 SON37 IOW25 NHA16 NSH23 CSC3* POC27 IND23 RCH22 MCH3 DAY5 DAR20 ATL17 GLN22 BRI15 KAN5 TAL13 ROV35 LVS30 HOM36 MAR32 PHO40 15th 2169 2025 DAY16 ATL32 COA34 PHO25 LVS22 HOM25 MAR13 DAR9 BRI3 TAL17* TEX23 KAN28 CLT24 NSH31 MCH3 MXC11 POC14 ATL14 CSC2 SON7 DOV5 IND21 IOW21 GLN33 RCH18 DAY8 DAR22 GTW10 BRI10* NHA35 KAN25 ROV12 LVS34 TAL3 MAR12 PHO21 19th 783 2026 DAY23 ATL37 COA4 PHO4 LVS5 DAR6 MAR4 BRI1 KAN9 TAL34 TEX36 GLN3 CLT6 NSH13 MCH25 POC9 COR15 SON3 CHI8 ATL4 NWS4 IND12 IOW1 RCH15 NHA6 DAY34 DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – Qualified but replaced by Daniel Hemric.

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2023 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 35 25 2024 15 17 2025 23 16 2026 20 23

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 Pts Ref 2021 Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota DAY DRC1 HOM LVS PHO2 ATL MAR4 TAL DAR18 DOV5 COA CLT1 MOH3 TEX NSH POC2 GLN1* IRC19 MCH13 DAY DAR RCH7* BRI11 LVS11 TAL ROV21 TEX KAN1 MAR27 PHO 13th 663 81ROA33 ATL NHA 2022 54 DAY11 CAL13 LVS1 PHO6 ATL1 COA15 RCH1 MAR8* TAL35 DOV3 DAR16 TEX12 CLT2 PIR7* NSH4 ROA1 ATL35 NHA21* POC2 IRC8 MCH1* GLN27 DAY7 DAR6 KAN3* BRI36 TEX3 TAL7 ROV2 LVS4 HOM2 MAR1* PHO1* 1st 4040 2023 19 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA3 RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT5 PIR SON4 NSH37 CSC ATL6 NHA POC ROA MCH4 IRC1* GLN17* DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 74th 01 2024 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA24 RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR SON35 IOW NHA NSH20 CSC2 POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN25 BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 81st 01 20 CLT9 PIR 2025 19 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC14 POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 90th 01

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ARCA Menards 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 Pts Ref 2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY FIF2 SLM6 TAL NSH2 TOL2 CLT POC MCH MAD8 GTW1 CHI ELK2 IOW5 POC ISF15 DSF SLM1* IRP15* KAN 13th 2315 2020 DAY PHO3* TAL POC1* IRP15 KEN1* IOW1* KAN TOL2 TOL10* MCH DRC2 GTW1* L444 TOL3 BRI2 WIN1* MEM1 ISF10 KAN14 5th 674 2021 DAY4 PHO1* TAL27 KAN1** TOL1* CLT1** MOH1* POC2 ELK4* BLN2* IOW1* WIN1 GLN3 MCH1* ISF2 MLW1** DSF2 BRI1* SLM2* KAN2* 1st 997

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2019 DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota NSM2 BRI SBO SBO MEM2 NHA IOW2 GLN4 BRI2 GTW 13th 172 54 NHA1* DOV 2020 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota NSM3 TOL1* DOV12* TOL3 BRI2 FIF3 2nd 350 2021 NSM FIF NSV DOV1** SNM IOW1* MLW1** BRI1* 9th 246

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2019 Levin Racing withJoe Gibbs Racing 40 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO1 34th 47 2020 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO2* 19th 94 2021 PHO1* SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO1** 19th 98

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)