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 12 top-10 and eight top-five finishes and is 11th in points. He also qualified for the 2024 NASCAR Playoffs.
- LAPS LED: He has led 417 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 11.7 which is sixth in NASCAR and his average finish is 15.7 which is 11th.
- HOMESTEAD: Gibbs has only two Cup Series starts at Las Vegas with a best finish of seventh in the 2023. Gibbs has started one Xfinity races in 2022 when he started third and finished second.
- 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 Straight Talk Wireless 400 starts at 2:30 pm EDT on Sunday, October 27, and will be broadcast on NBC, SiriusXM Channel 90 and MRN.
Ty Gibbs, Driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE:
“I like Homestead a lot. It’s one of my favorite tracks. It’s a fun track with multiple lines and it’s a place I like racing, even though I’ve only done three races there. Hopefully our Monster Energy Toyota Camry will be strong and we’ll get a good finish.”
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