No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE News and Notes
- SECOND SEASON: Ty Gibbs is competing in his second full NASCAR Cup Series season driving the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has eight top-10 and four top-five finishes and 11th 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 11.0 which is fifth in NASCAR and his average finish is 14.1 which is 11th.
- NEW HAMPSHIRE: Gibbs has one Cup start at New Hampshire in 2023, when he started 36th and finished 27th. He has one Xfinity start in 2022 when he started fourth, led 49 lap, but finished 21st.
- 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 USA Today 301 starts at 2:30 pm EDT on Sunday, June 23 and will be broadcast on USA, SiriusXM Channel 90 and PRN.
Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE:
“I have pretty limited experience at New Hampshire so hopefully we’ll have a good Monster Energy Toyota Camry. It’s an interesting track and hopefully we can figure it out and have a good run.”
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