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 11 top-10 and seven top-five finishes and is 15th in points which qualified him for the NASCAR Playoffs for the first time.
- LAPS LED: He has led 352 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. He second pole position was won on July 13 at Pocono Raceway.
- 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.
- THIRD: Gibbs finished third three weeks ago at Michigan and fifth two weeks ago at Daytona.
- AVERAGE START/FINISH: Ty Gibbs average start is 11.3 which is seventh in NASCAR and his average finish is 14.7 which is eighth.
- ATLANTA: Gibbs has three Cup starts at Atlanta, with two top-10 finishes. He has three starts in the Xfinity Series and won the race in in the spring of 2022.
- 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 Quaker State 400 starts at 3 pm EDT on Sunday, September 8, and will be broadcast on USA, SiriusXM Channel 90 and PRN.
Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE:
“We’re in the playoffs, which is good, now we need to execute each week. Each race is important and hopefully all will go well. Chris Gayle and the boys will bring me a good He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE and we’ll see what happens.”
JGR PR
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