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No. 54 Monster Energy 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 11 top-10 and seven top-five finishes and is 13^th in points
• LAPS LED: He has led 389 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.
• AVERAGE START/FINISH: Ty Gibbs average start is 11.8 which is sixth in NASCAR and his average finish is 15^th which is eighth.
• KANSAS: Gibbs has only four Cup Series starts at Kansas with a best finish of 14^th. Gibbs has started two Xfinity races with a win in the fall of 2021. 
• 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 Hollywood Casino starts at 3 pm EDT on Sunday, September 29, and will be broadcast on USA, SiriusXM Channel 90 and MRN.

Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 He Gets Us Toyota Camry XSE:

“Disappointing we are out of the playoffs, but now we try to finish the season strong and set ourselves up for 2025. Hopefully I’ll have a good Monster Energy Toyota Camry and we’ll have a solid run.”

JGR PR