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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 10^th in points. He has led 311 laps this season, which is the most he has led in any Cup season.
• DOUBLE DUTY: In addition to competing in the Cup Series race, Gibbs will pilot the No. 19 He Gets Us Toyota GR Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity race on Saturday.
• 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 11.2 which is seventh in NASCAR and his average finish is 14.7 which is 13^th. 
• CHICAGO: Gibbs has one Cup start at Chicago in 2023, when he started 12^th and finished ninth. 
• 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 Grand Park 165 starts at 4:30 pm EDT on Sunday, July 7 and will be broadcast on NBC, SiriusXM Channel 90 and MRN. The Loop 110 starts at 3:30 pm EDT on Saturday July 6 and will be broadcast on NBC, SiriusXM Channel 90 and MRN.

Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE: 

“Hopefully this year is a little drier than last year. I enjoyed Chicago last year and this year we get to do the Cup race with Monster Energy and the Xfinity race with He Gets Us, so we’ve got a full weekend. Good to get more laps on track and we’ll see what we can do.” 

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