Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing

Owner(s)	Joe Gibbs Coy Gibbs
Principal(s)	Dave Alpern (President) Wally Brown (Competition dir.)
Base	Huntersville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series ARCA Menards Series
Race drivers	Cup Series: 11. Denny Hamlin 18. Kyle Busch 19. Martin Truex Jr. 20. Christopher Bell Xfinity Series: 18. Daniel Hemric 19. Brandon Jones 20. Harrison Burton 54. Ty Dillon, Ty Gibbs (R), Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, John Hunter Nemechek 81. Ty Gibbs (R) (part-time) ARCA Menards Series: 18. Ty Gibbs 81. Sammy Smith (part-time)
Sponsors	Cup Series: 11. FedEx, Offerpad, Sport Clips 18. Mars, Incorporated (M&M's, Ethel M, Snickers, Pedigree, Skittles), Interstate Batteries, Stanley, Sport Clips 19. Bass Pro Shops, Auto-Owners Insurance, Reser's Fine Foods, Stanley 20. Stanley Black & Decker (DeWalt, Craftsman, Irwin Tools, Stanley), Rheem, SiriusXM, Toyota, Sport Clips Xfinity Series: 18. Poppy Bank 19. Menards (Jeld-Wen, Barracuda Pumps, Turtle Wax, Pentair Myers, Tuscany Faucets, Pelonis, Fisher Oven, Swiffer, Delta Faucet, Magick Wood Vanities, Atlas Roofing, Patriot Lighting, Bali Blinds, DuPont Air Filtration, Little Hug), Toyota, Yee Yee Apparel, Young Supply Company 20. DEX Imaging, Hunt Brothers Pizza, Offerpad, Morton Buildings 54. Bass Pro Shop, Toyota Service Centers, Mobil 1, Monster Energy, PristineAuction.com, AutosByNelson.com, Interstate Batteries, Sport Clips, Stanley, Mars, Incorporated (Skittles, Twix, M&M's, Extra), Dewalt, Reser's Fine Foods 81. Monster Energy ARCA Menards Series: 18. Monster Energy, PristineAuction.com 81. Engine Ice
Manufacturer	Toyota
Opened	1992
Career
Debut	Cup Series: 1992 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Xfinity Series: 1997 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 (Charlotte) Truck Series: 2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville) ARCA Menards Series: (Atlanta)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2021 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond) Xfinity Series: 2021 Go Bowling 250 (Richmond) Truck Series: 2002 Ford 200 (Homestead) ARCA Menards Series: 2021 Southern Illinois 100 (DuQuoin)
Races competed	Total: 4,713 Cup Series: 2,703 Xfinity Series: 1,842 Truck Series: 65 ARCA Menards Series: 103
Drivers' Championships	Total: 7 NASCAR Cup Series: 5 2000, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2019 Xfinity Series: 2 2009, 2016 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 395 Cup Series: 193 Xfinity Series: 182 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 20
Pole positions	Total: 312 Cup Series: 127 Xfinity Series: 169 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 16

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. His son, J. D. Gibbs, ran the team with him until his death in 2019. Headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, roughly 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the team has amassed five Cup Series championships since the year 2000.

For the team's first sixteen seasons, JGR ran cars from General Motors. During that period, the team won their first three championships: two in Pontiac Grand Prixs and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Despite this, Joe Gibbs Racing announced during the 2007 season that they would be ending their arrangement with GM at the end of the year and begin running Toyotas the following season. This partnership would eventually bring Toyota their first Premier series championship when Kyle Busch won in 2015.^[1]

In the NASCAR Cup Series, the team currently fields four full-time entries: the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Denny Hamlin, the No. 18 Camry for Kyle Busch, the No. 19 Camry for Martin Truex Jr., and the No. 20 Camry for Christopher Bell. In the Xfinity Series, the team currently fields four full-time entries: the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Daniel Hemric, the No. 19 Supra for Brandon Jones, the No. 20 Supra for Harrison Burton, the No. 54 Supra for multiple drivers.

The team also has a strong development program for up and coming drivers, grooming future Cup winners Joey Logano and Aric Almirola and winning one championship in the Camping World East Series with Logano. The organization teamed up with former NFL player Reggie White in 2004 to create a diversity program,^[2][3] fielding drivers such as Almirola, Marc Davis, and Darrell Wallace Jr., and forming the basis for NASCAR's own Drive for Diversity program. Currently Chandler Smith is under a development contract driving in the Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports and the ARCA Menards Series for JGR.

JGR has a technical alliance with 23XI Racing that started in 2021.^[4]

NASCAR Cup Series[]

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Overview[]

The team was founded by Gibbs in 1991 after exploring opportunities with Don Meredith, who currently serves as the team's Executive Vice President.^[5] In 1997, Gibbs' son J.D. Gibbs was named team president.^[6][7] In 1998, the team began construction on its current facility in Huntersville, North Carolina.^[7] The team expanded to a two-car operation in 1999 with Tony Stewart's No. 20 Home Depot-sponsored car, then a three-car operation in 2005 with the No. 11 FedEx-sponsored car currently driven by Denny Hamlin and owned by Coy Gibbs.^[8] The team expanded to four cars for the 2015 season with Carl Edwards driving the No. 19 car, following former Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth to JGR.^[9]

After winning three Cup championships and over 70 NASCAR races in Chevrolet and Pontiac equipment, it was announced in September 2007 that the team would be switching to Toyota (who had just entered the Cup series that year) following the end of their commitment with General Motors at the end of the season. It was believed that the executives at JGR felt as if they weren't as important as some of the other GM teams such as Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing, leading to the decision to swap manufacturers. According to Joe Gibbs, Toyota offered the team resources and options they "were not going to be able to afford to do" if they remained at GM.^[10]

In 2012, JGR shuttered its in-house Sprint Cup Series engine program, merging with California-based Toyota Racing Development which currently provides engines to JGR as well as 23XI Racing.^[11][12] The team continues to build engines for its own Xfinity Series operations and those of RAB Racing^[13] and JGL Racing,^[14] the Camping World Truck Series operations of Kyle Busch Motorsports,^[15][16] and the Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series operations of Venturini Motorsports.^[17][18] The team had a technical alliance with Furniture Row Racing, a single car team based in Denver, Colorado, before their closure following the 2018 season.^[19][20][21]

Car No. 11 history[]

Multiple drivers (2004-2005)

The No. 11 car (the number J. D. Gibbs wore playing football at College of William & Mary) began in 2004.^[22] Ricky Craven, recently released from PPI Motorsports finished 30th at Talladega with sponsorship from Old Spice,^[23] and Busch Series driver J. J. Yeley ran two races in the car with Vigoro/The Home Depot sponsorship.^[24]

The No. 11 car went full-time in 2005, with new sponsor FedEx coming on to fund the full season in a multi-year deal. Jason Leffler, who had driven for JGR in the Busch series, was signed to drive the No. 11 for the full season, while Dave Rogers was named the crew chief.^[22] The new team struggled early on in the season. Leffler missed the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, with FedEx Freight moving over to the 18 car that Bobby Labonte would drive to a second-place finish.^[25] Rogers was reassigned and replaced with veteran crew chief Mike Ford in June,^[26] then former Cup champion Terry Labonte was hired to run the road course at Sonoma, qualifying 8th and finishing a solid 12th.^[27] After 19 starts with a best finish of 12th and sitting 36th in points, Leffler was released from the ride. Terry Labonte ran the next three races, then ran the Fall Richmond race finishing 9th.^[28] J. J. Yeley ran 4 races with a best finish of 25th. In November, it was announced that Denny Hamlin would drive the car for the remainder of the season, then run for Rookie of the Year in 2006.^[29] Hamlin ran seven races, finished in the top 10 three times, and earned a pole at Phoenix International Raceway.^[30]

Denny Hamlin (2005–present)

Hamlin was awarded the No. 11 FedEx Express full-time ride in 2006 in addition to his full-time Busch schedule in the No. 20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet. Hamlin was part of a large and strong rookie class, including teammate J.J. Yeley, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., David Stremme, Brent Sherman, and Reed Sorenson.^[31] Hamlin opened the season by winning the Budweiser Shootout non-points race, holding off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. on a green-white-checker restart.^[32] In June, Hamlin scored his first Cup Series victory at the difficult Pocono Raceway. Hamlin started on the pole, then battled back from a cut tire to take the victory.^[33] In his return to the track in July, Hamlin again won the pole, then proceeded to lead 151 of 200 laps en route to a second victory, the first rookie to sweep both Pocono races. Hamlin credited his prowess on the track to practicing on the racing simulator NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.^[34] Hamlin's strong performance earned the rookie a berth in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, where he would finish 3rd in points. Until 2016, Hamlin was the only rookie to make the Chase.

In 2007, Hamlin won the first of two races at New Hampshire International Speedway in 2007, and finished 12th in points. In 2008, Hamlin won the Gatorade Duel and the first race at Martinsville Speedway, and improved to eighth in points. He qualified for the Chase again in 2009 after winning the second race at Pocono Raceway and Richmond International Raceway. He ended the season with four victories after winning Martinsville and Homestead-Miami Speedway in the chase. 2010 was Hamlin and the 11 team's breakout year. They won at Martinsville and Denny followed the win by having knee surgery. After the surgery, the team won 4 of the next 10 races at Texas, Darlington, Pocono, and Michigan. The team made the chase after another win at Richmond. The team won races during the chase at Martinsville and Texas and held the points lead going into the season finale. However, an early wreck would put them behind the competition, and Hamlin wound up finishing second to Jimmie Johnson during the 2010 chase. Hamlin later admitted to putting too much pressure on himself during the Chase, which mentally impacted him. As a result, Mike Ford took a "no compromise" attitude for 2011, hoping to right the ship. However, the team struggled throughout 2011, with multiple blown engines and a single win at Michigan to push the No. 11 into the Chase. Hamlin would finish 9th in the final standings. At season's end, Mike Ford was released as crew chief and was replaced by Tony Stewart's crew chief Darian Grubb.

Under Darian Grubb the team started 2012 off in the best way possible by winning the second race of the season at Phoenix. That win was followed with another victory at Kansas six weeks later. The 11 team once again proved dominant on the short tracks pulling off a convincing win in the Bristol Night Race in August. The week after Bristol, the No. 11 FedEx team brought home another victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway, making the No. 11 the car number with the most wins in NASCAR with 200 wins. Hamlin then won the Sylvania 300, giving Joe Gibbs Racing its 100th win.

Hamlin's 2013 season began with an on-and-off track feud with former teammate Joey Logano. Initially started on Twitter, the on track incidents began at Bristol in March, where Hamlin spun Logano in turns 1 and 2, leading Logano to confront Hamlin after the race.^[35] The rivalry continued into the next race at Auto Club Speedway, where the two fought for the lead in the closing laps. In the final corner, the two collided, allowing JGR teammate Kyle Busch to win the race, and sending Hamlin's 11 car into a non-SAFER barrier wall near pit road.^[36] This wreck would mark the beginning of a difficult season for Hamlin, as he suffered a lower back fracture and was forced to sit out several races. Veteran Mark Martin replaced Hamlin at one of Denny's better tracks, Martinsville Speedway, where he scored a top 10.^[37] Brian Vickers then drove the car for the next three races, scoring an 8th-place finish at Texas. Though Hamlin returned to the car at Talladega Superspeedway, he never returned to form during the year, with only 8 top 10s on the year.^[38] He did score a win at the season finale at Homestead.

After Jason Leffler's death in 2013, the 11 team paid tribute to their former driver by running a white FedEx scheme at Michigan similar to the one Leffler ran in 2005.^[39][40]

In the 2014 Auto Club 400, Sam Hornish, Jr. replaced Hamlin due to Hamlin having what was thought to be sinus infection, but later revealed to be a piece of metal in his eye that impaired his vision.^[41] Hornish, who was actually on standby for teammate Matt Kenseth, finished a solid 17th in his return to Cup.

At the 2015 Food City 500, Erik Jones replaced Hamlin after the latter suffered neck spasms. Jones took the car to a 26th-place finish, but Hamlin started the race and was credited with the finish.

In 2016, Hamlin started his season out well, winning the 2016 Daytona 500 by beating out Martin Truex Jr. by 0.010 seconds, the closest finish in Daytona 500 history. The win was also the first for his rookie crew chief, Mike Wheeler. He would also win Watkins Glen and Richmond to finish 6th in the standings

In 2017, Hamlin won at the first New Hampshire race and at Darlington and finished 6th in points for the second straight year.

Hamlin started the 2018 season with a third-place finish at the Daytona 500. However, for the first time in his career, he finished a season winless. Despite this, he stayed consistent enough to make the Playoffs. Hamlin was eliminated in the Round of 16 after the Charlotte Roval race and finished the season 11th in points.

Hamlin started the 2019 season with his second Daytona 500 win after surviving a mass pile-up with 10 laps to go in the race. The win was about a month after the passing of J. D. Gibbs. Hamlin celebrated by performing a slow lap of honor instead of a burnout in order to preserve the car.^[42] He scored his second win of the season at Texas.^[43] At Martinsville, Hamlin collided with Logano on turn four, squeezing Logano into the outside wall and causing him to lose a tire and spin out two laps later. Hamlin finished fourth while Logano salvaged an eighth-place finish. After the race, Hamlin and Logano had a discussion on the incident before Logano slapped Hamlin's right shoulder, sparking a fight between the two.^[44] NASCAR suspended Dave Nichols Jr., the No. 22 team's tire technician, for one race for pulling Hamlin down to the ground during the altercation.^[45] Hamlin would make the Championship 4 for the first time since 2014 as well as earn his fourth pole at Homestead after qualifying got canceled due to rain, but finished 10th in the race and fourth in the final standings.

Hamlin started the 2020 season by winning the 2020 Daytona 500, becoming only the fourth driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s after Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Sterling Marlin. Prior to the Las Vegas race, the team was docked 10 driver and owner points for an L1 level penalty during pre-race inspection.^[46] Following the 2020 Coca-Cola 600, crew chief Chris Gabehart, car chief Brandon Griffeth, and engineer Scott Simmons were suspended for four races after a tungsten ballast came loose and fell off the frame rail of the car during the start of the race.^[47] Hamlin once again made the Championship 4 and had a more competitive race for the championship than in the previous year, but still finished fourth in the race and final standings behind 3rd-place finisher Joey Logano, runner-up Brad Keselowski, and Champion Chase Elliott.

Car No. 11 results[]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2004	J.J. Yeley	11	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL 41	RCH	NHA	DOV					ATL 27	PHO	DAR	HOM DNQ	59th	227
	Ricky Craven																															TAL 30	KAN	CLT	MAR
2005	Jason Leffler			DAY 36	CAL 37	LVS 22	ATL 25	BRI 38	MAR 12	TEX 36	PHO 29	TAL 26	DAR 38	RCH 25	CLT DNQ	DOV 20	POC 40	MCH 20		DAY 18	CHI 20	NHA 24	POC 24	IND 33																33rd	3098
	Terry Labonte																		SON 12						GLN 37	MCH 40	BRI 27		RCH 9
	J.J. Yeley																											CAL 39		NHA 34	DOV 25	TAL 29
	Denny Hamlin																																KAN 32	CLT 8	MAR 8	ATL 19	TEX 7	PHO 13	HOM 33
2006				DAY 30	CAL 12	LVS 10	ATL 31	BRI 14	MAR 37	TEX 4	PHO 34	TAL 22	RCH 2	DAR 10	CLT 9	DOV 11	POC 1	MCH 12	SON 12	DAY 17	CHI 14	NHA 6	POC 1	IND 10	GLN 10	MCH 9	BRI 6	CAL 6	RCH 15	NHA 4	DOV 9	KAN 18	TAL 21	CLT 28	MAR 2	ATL 8	TEX 10	PHO 3	HOM 3	3rd	6407
2007				DAY 28	CAL 11	LVS 3	ATL 19	BRI 14	MAR 3	TEX 9	PHO 3	TAL 21	RCH 3	DAR 2	CLT 9	DOV 4	POC 6	MCH 14	SON 10	NHA 1	DAY 43	CHI 17	IND 22	POC 3	GLN 2	MCH 5	BRI 43	CAL 19	RCH 6	NHA 15	DOV 38	KAN 29	TAL 4	CLT 20	MAR 6	ATL 24	TEX 29	PHO 16	HOM 3	12th	6143
2008			Toyota	DAY 17	CAL 41	LVS 9	ATL 15	BRI 6	MAR 1	TEX 5	PHO 3	TAL 3	RCH 24	DAR 7	CLT 24	DOV 43	POC 3	MCH 14	SON 27	NHA 8	DAY 26	CHI 40	IND 3	POC 23	GLN 8	MCH 39	BRI 3	CAL 3	RCH 3	NHA 9	DOV 38	KAN 11	TAL 39	CLT 16	MAR 5	ATL 3	TEX 17	PHO 5	HOM 13	8th	6214
2009				DAY 26	CAL 6	LVS 22	ATL 13	BRI 2	MAR 2	TEX 12	PHO 6	TAL 22	RCH 14	DAR 13	CLT 11	DOV 36	POC 38	MCH 3	SON 5	NHA 15	DAY 3	CHI 5	IND 34	POC 1	GLN 10	MCH 10	BRI 5	ATL 6	RCH 1	NHA 2	DOV 22	KAN 5	CAL 37	CLT 42	MAR 1	TAL 38	TEX 2	PHO 3	HOM 1	5th	6335
2010				DAY 17	CAL 29	LVS 19	ATL 21	BRI 19	MAR 1	PHO 30	TEX 1	TAL 4	RCH 11	DAR 1	DOV 4	CLT 18	POC 1	MCH 1	SON 34	NHA 14	DAY 24	CHI 8	IND 15	POC 5	GLN 37	MCH 2	BRI 34	ATL 43	RCH 1	NHA 2	DOV 9	KAN 12	CAL 8	CLT 4	MAR 1	TAL 9	TEX 1	PHO 12	HOM 14	2nd	6583
2011				DAY 21	PHO 11	LVS 7	BRI 33	CAL 39	MAR 12	TEX 15	TAL 23	RCH 2	DAR 6	DOV 16	CLT 10	KAN 3	POC 19	MCH 1	SON 37	DAY 13	KEN 11	NHA 3	IND 27	POC 15	GLN 36	MCH 35	BRI 7	ATL 8	RCH 9	CHI 31	NHA 29	DOV 18	KAN 16	CLT 9	TAL 8	MAR 5	TEX 20	PHO 12	HOM 9	9th	2284
2012				DAY 4	PHO 1	LVS 20	BRI 20	CAL 11	MAR 6	TEX 12	KAN 1	RCH 4	TAL 23	DAR 2	CLT 2	DOV 18	POC 5	MCH 34	SON 35	KEN 3	DAY 25	NHA 2	IND 6	POC 29	GLN 34	MCH 11	BRI 1	ATL 1*	RCH 18*	CHI 16	NHA 1*	DOV 8	TAL 14	CLT 2	KAN 13	MAR 33	TEX 20	PHO 2	HOM 24	6th	2329
2013				DAY 14	PHO 3	LVS 15	BRI 23	CAL 25					TAL 34	DAR 2	CLT 4	DOV 34	POC 8	MCH 30	SON 23	KEN 35	DAY 36	NHA 21	IND 18	POC 43	GLN 19	MCH 20	BRI 28	ATL 38	RCH 21	CHI 33	NHA 12	DOV 20	KAN 23	CLT 9	TAL 38	MAR 7	TEX 7	PHO 28	HOM 1	25th	845
	Mark Martin								MAR 10
	Brian Vickers									TEX 8	KAN 31	RCH 35
2014	Denny Hamlin			DAY 2	PHO 19	LVS 12	BRI 6		MAR 19	TEX 13	DAR 19	RCH 22	TAL 1	KAN 18	CLT 22	DOV 5	POC 4	MCH 29	SON 26	KEN 42	DAY 6	NHA 8	IND 3	POC 9	GLN 24	MCH 7	BRI 40	ATL 3	RCH 21	CHI 6	NHA 37	DOV 12	KAN 7	CLT 9	TAL 18	MAR 8	TEX 10	PHO 5	HOM 7	3rd	5037
	Sam Hornish Jr.							CAL 17
2015	Denny Hamlin			DAY 4	ATL 38	LVS 5	PHO 23	CAL 28	MAR 1	TEX 11	BRI 26	RCH 22	TAL 9	KAN 41	CLT 8	DOV 21	POC 10	MCH 11	SON 18	DAY 3	KEN 3	NHA 14	IND 5	POC 22	GLN 27	MCH 5	BRI 3	DAR 3	RCH 6	CHI 1	NHA 2	DOV 18	CLT 4	KAN 2	TAL 37	MAR 3	TEX 38	PHO 8	HOM 10	9th	2327
2016				DAY 1*	ATL 16	LVS 19	PHO 3	CAL 3	MAR 39	TEX 12	BRI 20	RCH 6	TAL 31	KAN 37	DOV 7	CLT 4	POC 14	MCH 33	SON 2*	DAY 17	KEN 15	NHA 9	IND 4	POC 7	GLN 1	BRI 3	MCH 9	DAR 4	RCH 1	CHI 6	NHA 15	DOV 9	CLT 30	KAN 15	TAL 3	MAR 3	TEX 9	PHO 7	HOM 9	6th	2320
2017				DAY 17	ATL 38	LVS 6	PHO 10	CAL 14	MAR 30	TEX 25	BRI 10	RCH 3	TAL 11	KAN 23	CLT 5	DOV 8	POC 12	MCH 4	SON 4	DAY 24	KEN 4	NHA 1	IND 17	POC 4	GLN 4	MCH 16	BRI 3	DAR 1*	RCH 5	CHI 4	NHA 12	DOV 35	CLT 4	TAL 6	KAN 5	MAR 7	TEX 3	PHO 35*	HOM 9	6th	2353
2018				DAY 3	ATL 4	LVS 17	PHO 4	CAL 6	MAR 12	TEX 34	BRI 14	RCH 3	TAL 14	DOV 7	KAN 5	CLT 3	POC 35	MCH 12	SON 10	CHI 7	DAY 38	KEN 16	NHA 13	POC 10	GLN 13	MCH 8	BRI 14	DAR 10	IND 3*	LVS 32	RCH 16	CLT 12	DOV 2	TAL 4	KAN 14	MAR 2	TEX 30	PHO 13	HOM 12	11th	2285
2019				DAY 1	ATL 11	LVS 10	PHO 5	CAL 7	MAR 5	TEX 1	BRI 5	RCH 5	TAL 36	DOV 21	KAN 16	CLT 17	POC 6	MCH 11	SON 5	CHI 15	DAY 26	KEN 5	NHA 2	POC 1	GLN 3	MCH 2	BRI 1	DAR 29	IND 6	LVS 15	RCH 3	CLT 19	DOV 5*	TAL 3	KAN 1*	MAR 4	TEX 28	PHO 1*	HOM 10	4th	5027
2020				DAY 1*	LVS 17	CAL 6	PHO 20	DAR 5	DAR 1	CLT 29	CLT 2	BRI 17*	ATL 5	MAR 24	HOM 1*	TAL 4	POC 2	POC 1*	IND 28	KEN 12	TEX 20	KAN 1*	NHA 2	MCH 6	MCH 2	DAY 2	DOV 1*	DOV 19	DAY 3	DAR 13	RCH 12	BRI 21	LVS 3*	TAL 1	CLT 15	KAN 15	TEX 9	MAR 11	PHO 4	4th	5033
2021				DAY 5*	DAY 3	HOM 11	LVS 4	PHO 3	ATL 4	BRI 3	MAR 3*	RCH 2*	TAL 32*	KAN 12	DAR 5	DOV 7	COA 14	CLT 7	SON 8	NSH 21	POC 4	POC 14	ROA 5	ATL 13	NHA 10	GLN 5	IND 23	MCH 5	DAY 13	DAR 1	RCH 2*	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*
2022					CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	BRI	TAL	DOV	DAR	KAN		GTW	SON	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	RCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

Car No. 18 history[]

Dale Jarrett (1992–1994)

Joe Gibbs Racing debuted at the 1992 Daytona 500 with second-generation driver Dale Jarrett driving the No. 18 Interstate Batteries-sponsored Chevrolet Lumina to a 36th-place finish after a crash. The team improved dramatically the next year, when Jarrett won the Daytona 500, and finished a then career-high 4th in points. Jarrett won a race at Charlotte but he slipped to 16th in points in 1994, and moved to Robert Yates Racing's famed 28 car for 1995.

Bobby Labonte (1995–2005)

The team replaced Jarrett with Bobby Labonte, younger brother of Terry Labonte and 1993 Rookie of the Year runner-up. In 1995, Labonte won 3 races, sweeping both Michigan events and winning at Charlotte, finishing 10th in points. This would mark the beginning of a decade of success between Labonte, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Interstate Batteries. In 1996 the team struggled to win until the season finale at Atlanta and finished 11th in points. In 1997 the team had a similar year to the previous but managed to improve to 7th in points. Their lone win came at the season finale. The team improved in 1998 by winning races at Atlanta and Talladega en route to 6th place in points.

1999 was a breakout year for the No. 18 team. They scored 5 wins which came at Dover, Michigan, Atlanta and both races at Pocono. The team came just short of the championship and finished 2nd in points to Jarrett, once again at Atlanta. The team continued their success in the next season, winning the second race of the season at Rockingham.^[48] Labonte's next win was the Brickyard 400 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.^[49] His third win came at the Southern 500 at Darlington recovering from a hard practice crash and taking the lead on a late race pit stop to win the rain and darkness shortened event.^[50] His fourth and final win of the year came at Charlotte a month later. Labonte would hold the points lead for 25 consecutive races to win the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship.^[51]

The team faced disappointment in 2001 after high expectations following the championship season, winning only 2 races at Pocono and Atlanta and finishing 6th in points. 2002 was the team's worst year since Labonte joined the team, scoring only one win at Martinsville and finished a disappointing 16th in points. The team rebounded in 2003 scoring 2 wins at Atlanta and Homestead to finish 8th in points. Even though the team made some progression in 2004, the team fired crew chief Michael "Fatback" McSwain midseason, with Brandon Thomas taking over for the rest of the year. The team went winless to finish 12th in points. Steve Addington, a Gibbs Busch Series crew chief, was named new crew chief for the 2005 season, but a rash of troubles, some caused by mechanical problems, continued to daunt the team. The high point of the year was the Coca-Cola 600, when he finished second to Jimmie Johnson by half a car-length.^[25] Labonte finished 24th in the championship standings, and the team's regression led to his departure following the end of 2005. Bobby Labonte earned all 21 of his career Cup Series wins in the car, as well as the Winston Cup championship in 2000. He would depart for the 43 car of Petty Enterprises.

J. J. Yeley (2006–2007)

After Labonte's departure, Gibbs announced that JGR Busch Series driver and former USAC standout J. J. Yeley would replace him in the No. 18 for 2006, joining fellow rookie teammate Denny Hamlin.^[31] Yeley had a dismal rookie season with only three top tens while failing to finish seven races, leading to a 29th-place points finish. Yeley's sophomore campaign was only slightly better, earning a pole at Michigan and scoring three more top tens to finish 21st in points. Yeley moved to JGR-affiliated Hall of Fame Racing for 2008.

Kyle Busch (2008–present)

On August 14, 2007, it was announced that 22-year-old Kyle Busch had signed a contract to drive the number 18 with Joe Gibbs Racing through 2010, leaving Hendrick Motorsports' number 5 car after a successful but controversial tenure with the organization.^[52] Mars, Inc.'s M&M's brand was signed as the team's primary sponsor, leaving Robert Yates Racing, while longtime partner Interstate Batteries scaled down to be a secondary sponsor and six race primary sponsor.^[53] Joe Gibbs racing also left General Motors in favor of becoming Toyota's highest-profile team.^[10] Busch gave Toyota its first Cup win on March 9, 2008, leading a race-high 173 laps to win the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In his first year in the 18, Busch had brought the car back to its former glory, winning 7 additional races (Talladega, Darlington, Dover, Infineon, Daytona, Chicagoland, and Watkins Glen) and would finish tenth in points.

In 2009, Busch opened the season by winning his Gatorade Duel qualifying race, but finished 41st in the race after a crash. He won the third race of the season from the pole at Las Vegas, and scored additional wins at Richmond and both Bristol races, but failed to qualify for the Chase by only 8 points. As a result, longtime JGR crew chief Steve Addington was fired near the end of the season, and coincidentally went to crew chief for Kyle's brother Kurt Busch at Penske Racing. Dave Rogers, Busch's Nationwide Series crew chief, took over the pit box in 2010. The year produced 3 victories at Richmond, Dover and Bristol, but more struggles in the final 10 races led to an 8th-place finish in the standings. 2011 was an up and down year for the 18 team. The team won at Bristol and Richmond early in the season, as well as the inaugural Cup race at Kentucky and the August race at Michigan. At Texas Motor Speedway in November, Busch was parked by NASCAR for the remainder of the race weekend after intentionally spinning out Ron Hornaday in the Truck Series race. Michael McDowell would replace Busch that weekend, finishing a dismal 33rd.^[54] Mars, Inc proceeded to pull its sponsorship for the final two races, with Interstate Batteries covering those races.^[55] Busch was relegated to twelfth in the final standings.

In 2012, Busch won the Budweiser Shootout to open the season, and scored a single points-paying victory, the spring race at Richmond. He would miss making the Chase for the Sprint Cup by 3 points, but scored 7 top 5 and 8 top 10 finishes during the final ten races, finishing the year in 13th place and nearly 100 points ahead of 14th place Ryan Newman. In 2013, Busch won the second Budweiser Duel qualifying race, and won the pole at the spring Bristol race, finishing second. He also swept the spring Fontana and Texas race weekends, winning the Nationwide and Cup races, giving Joe Gibbs his first win at Fontana in Sprint Cup competition and first win for himself at Texas. He would win at Watkins Glen and Atlanta. Busch's four wins and career-high 22 top ten finishes would lead to a fourth-place finish in the championship, the highest of his career. In 2014, Busch earned a spot in the new Chase for the Sprint Cup with his early season win at Fontana. Busch would be eliminated in the second round, after being swept up in a wreck at Talladega, and would finish tenth in points.

For 2015, sponsor Mars, Inc. introduced a new green paint scheme to promote Crispy M&M's on the 18 car.^[56] After an injury to Kyle Busch in the season-opening Xfinity Series race,^[57] the No. 18 started the 2015 season with two-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton making his Sprint Cup debut at the 2015 Daytona 500, finishing 18th.^[58] The next week, David Ragan was announced as interim driver, moving from his full-time ride at Front Row Motorsports.^[59] Ragan drove the car for nine races through Talladega and scored a single top-five finish at Martinsville, before moving to Michael Waltrip Racing.^[60][61] Development driver Erik Jones, who drove for Busch in the Truck Series, made his first series start at Kansas.^[62] Jones ran in the top ten for much of the race, before crashing on the front stretch and finishing 40th.^[63] After missing a total of 11 races, Busch returned to the car for the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte, receiving a waiver from NASCAR to be eligible for the Chase for the Sprint Cup provided he win a race and gain a top 30 position in the championship standings.^[64] At Sonoma in June, his fifth start of the year, Busch scored his first victory of the season. It was also the first time he and his brother Kurt Busch had finished first and second in any Cup Series event.^[65] Busch would then win three consecutive races – Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Indianapolis – with four total wins across a five race span. The latter victory was also Busch's first Brickyard 400 victory, the first for manufacturer Toyota, and marked the first time a driver swept both the Cup and Xfinity races at Indianapolis. Busch would go on to make the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup. At the second Phoenix race, Busch would be one of the four drivers going to Homestead-Miami Speedway with an opportunity to win the Sprint Cup championship after the race was stopped by NASCAR due to rain. The following weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Busch would go on to win the race as well as his first Sprint Cup title. He and brother Kurt join Bobby and Terry Labonte as the only brothers in NASCAR's top series to win championships. This was the 2nd championship for the No. 18 car. Busch ended the season with 5 wins, 12 top fives, and 16 top tens in only 25 starts. It was the first championship for manufacturer Toyota and fourth for team owner Joe Gibbs.^[66]

On May 13, 2016, JGR announce that Kyle Busch will drive the number 75 car at the All-Star race only, to celebrate M&Ms 75th anniversary.^[67]

Busch ended 2016 with four wins, made the Championship 4 and finished third in the final standings.

In 2017, Busch was hampered by bad luck, especially in the beginning of the season as JGR was also having trouble finding speed. However he picked up steam late in the season and won five races starting at the second Pocono race, a week after being wrecked while leading at Indianapolis. Busch made the Championship 4 again by winning at Martinsville and finished second to Martin Truex Jr. in both the Homestead race and the final standings.

In 2018, Busch had possibly his best season in the cup series, scoring eight wins including three in a row at Texas, Bristol and Richmond. He also dominated the 2018 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, becoming the first driver to win all four stages. Busch's fifth win came at Chicagoland, where he used a bump and run to beat Kyle Larson on the last lap. His sixth win was the second Pocono race where he beat teammate Daniel Suárez on several late restarts. Busch also won the fall Richmond race to sweep the 2018 Richmond races. His last win was the penultimate race at Phoenix, which clinched his spot in the Championship 4. Unfortunately, at Homestead, his car was noticeably slower than his three competitors for the championship and he finished fourth in the race and the final standings.

Busch started the 2019 season by finishing second at the Daytona 500, behind teammate Denny Hamlin.^[42] He had consistent top-10 finishes at Atlanta and Las Vegas before scoring his first win of the season at Phoenix. Busch also won at California and Bristol to maintain his points lead. Following the 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Busch clinched his second consecutive Regular Season Championship. Busch also won the 2019 Ford Ecoboost 400 clinching his second Monster energy NASCAR Cup series title.^[68]

Busch started the 2020 season with a 34th place finish at the Daytona 500. Prior to the Las Vegas race, the team was docked 10 driver and owner points for an L1 level penalty during pre-race inspection.^[46] Busch finished the regular season winless, but stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. A series of bad finishes at Talladega and the Charlotte Roval resulted in him being eliminated from the round of 8. Despite no longer being a championship factor, Busch won at Texas and finished the season eighth in points. Following the season, Xfinity Series crew chief Ben Beshore replaced Stevens, who was transferred to the No. 20 team driven by Christopher Bell.

After only winning just one race in 2020, Busch opened the 2021 season by winning the Busch Clash on a last lap pass. Ryan Blaney was leading and Chase Elliott was in second when the two collided on the front-stretch chicane which led to Busch passing both to win his second Busch Clash. He also scored two wins at Kansas and Pocono to make the playoffs. After crashing at the 2021 Cook Out Southern 500, a frustrated Busch ran over several safety cones and nearly hit some people on his way to the garage, landing him a $50,000 fine.^[69]

Car No. 18 results[]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
1992	Dale Jarrett	18	Chevy	DAY 36	CAR 37	RCH 13	ATL 11	DAR 21	BRI 2	NWS 17	MAR 28	TAL 7	CLT 12	DOV 27	SON 39	POC 22	MCH 24	DAY 3	POC 10	TAL 21	GLN 15	MCH 8	BRI 17	DAR 6	RCH 25	DOV 12	MAR 23	NWS 10	CLT 24	CAR 15	PHO 20	ATL 10								19th	3251
1993				DAY 1	CAR 6	RCH 4	ATL 31	DAR 3	BRI 32	NWS 32	MAR 3	TAL 3	SON 13	CLT 3	DOV 2	POC 19	MCH 4	DAY 8	NHA 4	POC 8	TAL 5	GLN 32	MCH 4	BRI 31	DAR 12	RCH 14	DOV 4	MAR 5	NWS 9	CLT 26	CAR 30	PHO 16	ATL 7							4th	4000
1994				DAY 35	CAR 18	RCH 10	ATL 35	DAR 4	BRI 36	NWS 25	MAR 21	TAL 21	SON 12	CLT 4	DOV 29	POC 20	MCH 14	DAY 11	NHA 14	POC 10	TAL 39	IND 40	GLN 11	MCH 30	BRI 26	DAR 9	RCH 16	DOV 34	MAR 5	NWS DNQ	CLT 1	CAR 12	PHO 9	ATL 9						16th	3298
1995	Bobby Labonte			DAY 30	CAR 2	RCH 30	ATL 2	DAR 27	BRI 32	NWS 15	MAR 10	TAL 5	SON 13	CLT 1	DOV 2	POC 27	MCH 1	DAY 41	NHA 15	POC 35	TAL 31	IND 9	GLN 6	MCH 1	BRI 11	DAR 8	RCH 17	DOV 9	MAR 14	NWS 18	CLT 8	CAR 40	PHO 37	ATL 8						10th	3718
1996				DAY 17	CAR 33	RCH 23	ATL 31	DAR 2	BRI 7	NWS 10	MAR 8	TAL 24	SON 9	CLT 22	DOV 5	POC 41	MCH 12	DAY 40	NHA 31	POC 37	TAL 8	IND 24	GLN 5	MCH 6	BRI 32	DAR 6	RCH 11	DOV 4	MAR 21	NWS 13	CLT 40	CAR 6	PHO 9	ATL 1*						11th	3590
1997			Pontiac	DAY 21	CAR 14	RCH 8	ATL 4	DAR 5	TEX 3	BRI 34	MAR 8	SON 20	TAL 3	CLT 6	DOV 40	POC 31	MCH 9	CAL 6	DAY 10	NHA 27	POC 11	IND 2	GLN 37	MCH 6	BRI 8	DAR 7	RCH 34	NHA 15	DOV 4	MAR 27	CLT 2*	TAL 2	CAR 11	PHO 23	ATL 1*					7th	4101
1998				DAY 2	CAR 33	LVS 19	ATL 1	DAR 23	BRI 34	TEX 8	MAR 15	TAL 1	CAL 38	CLT 3	DOV 4	RCH 8	MCH 7	POC 15	SON 4	NHA 11	POC 4	IND 3	GLN 10	MCH 2	BRI 25	NHA 7	DAR 15	RCH 35	DOV 4	MAR 10	CLT 39	TAL 6	DAY 2	PHO 23	CAR 15	ATL 43				6th	4180
1999				DAY 25	CAR 3	LVS 5	ATL 2	DAR 10	TEX 3	BRI 37	MAR 24	TAL 4	CAL 3	RCH 3	CLT 2	DOV 1	MCH 5	POC 1	SON 27	DAY 5	NHA 38	POC 1	IND 2	GLN 24	MCH 1	BRI 26	DAR 19	RCH 2	NHA 3	DOV 5	MAR 8	CLT 2*	TAL 7	CAR 3	PHO 3	HOM 2*	ATL 1*			2nd	5061
2000				DAY 6	CAR 1*	LVS 5	ATL 2	DAR 13	BRI 6	TEX 3	MAR 12	TAL 21	CAL 2	RCH 26	CLT 2	DOV 3	MCH 3	POC 13	SON 4	DAY 12	NHA 9	POC 6	IND 1	GLN 5	MCH 3	BRI 15	DAR 1	RCH 15	NHA 2	DOV 5	MAR 10	CLT 1	TAL 12	CAR 20	PHO 5	HOM 4	ATL 5			1st	5130
2001				DAY 40	CAR 2	LVS 29	ATL 33	DAR 11	BRI 13	TEX 42	MAR 8	TAL 5	CAL 22	RCH 10	CLT 5	DOV 12	MCH 13	POC 8	SON 7	DAY 5	CHI 39	NHA 7	POC 1	IND 15	GLN 9	MCH 19	BRI 8	DAR 3	RCH 6	DOV 36	KAN 29	CLT 10	MAR 4	TAL 22	PHO 12	CAR 9	HOM 8	ATL 1	NHA 3	6th	4561
2002				DAY 34	CAR 3	LVS 12	ATL 37	DAR 21	BRI 5	TEX 30	MAR 1	TAL 41	CAL 34	RCH 32	CLT 14	DOV 16	POC 25	MCH 24	SON 13	DAY 32	CHI 18	NHA 13	POC 11	IND 11	GLN 23	MCH 13	BRI 9	DAR 15	RCH 32	NHA 5	DOV 41	KAN 22	TAL 25	CLT 2	MAR 12	ATL 13	CAR 7	PHO 39	HOM 29	16th	3810
2003			Chevy	DAY 41	CAR 16	LVS 4	ATL 1*	DAR 37	BRI 3	TEX 37	TAL 32	MAR 2	CAL 2	RCH 2	CLT 3	DOV 3	POC 17	MCH 2	SON 9	DAY 5	CHI 36	NHA 14	POC 30	IND 22	GLN 14	MCH 37	BRI 27	DAR 7	RCH 6	NHA 16	DOV 31	TAL 11	KAN 17	CLT 6	MAR 41	ATL 5	PHO 36	CAR 8	HOM 1	8th	4377
2004				DAY 11	CAR 25	LVS 8	ATL 18	DAR 2	BRI 33	TEX 25	MAR 2	TAL 10	CAL 5	RCH 3	CLT 13	DOV 25	POC 3	MCH 8	SON 33	DAY 7	CHI 18	NHA 17	POC 29	IND 15	GLN 11	MCH 26	BRI 16	CAL 20	RCH 16	NHA 18	DOV 14	TAL 35	KAN 16	CLT 17	MAR 18	ATL 20	PHO 9	DAR 9	HOM 12	12th	4277
2005				DAY 43	CAL 13	LVS 41	ATL 37	BRI 22	MAR 33	TEX 38	PHO 6	TAL 23	DAR 17	RCH 8	CLT 2	DOV 38	POC 26	MCH 14	SON 18	DAY 35	CHI 13	NHA 3	POC 8	IND 40	GLN 36	MCH 16	BRI 21	CAL 20	RCH 22	NHA 24	DOV 32	TAL 11	KAN 39	CLT 18	MAR 4	ATL 31	TEX 26	PHO 5	HOM 34	24th	3488
2006	J.J. Yeley			DAY 41	CAL 8	LVS 17	ATL 15	BRI 33	MAR 20	TEX 35	PHO 28	TAL 11	RCH 22	DAR 26	CLT 20	DOV 42	POC 15	MCH 40	SON 33	DAY 37	CHI 10	NHA 12	POC 11	IND 34	GLN 33	MCH 37	BRI 31	CAL 19	RCH 13	NHA 8	DOV 30	KAN 41	TAL 32	CLT 29	MAR 31	ATL 16	TEX 20	PHO 20	HOM 30	29th	3220
2007				DAY 12	CAL 13	LVS 18	ATL 22	BRI 36	MAR 23	TEX 43	PHO 21	TAL 19	RCH 14	DAR 18	CLT 2	DOV 37	POC 17	MCH 28	SON 21	NHA 22	DAY 20	CHI 35	IND 36	POC 35	GLN 18	MCH 25	BRI 13	CAL 29	RCH 10	NHA 10	DOV 33	KAN 14	TAL 18	CLT 13	MAR 42	ATL 35	TEX 17	PHO 14	HOM 31	21st	3456
2008	Kyle Busch		Toyota	DAY 4*	CAL 4	LVS 11	ATL 1*	BRI 17	MAR 38	TEX 3	PHO 10	TAL 1	RCH 2	DAR 1*	CLT 3	DOV 1	POC 43	MCH 13	SON 1*	NHA 25	DAY 1	CHI 1*	IND 15	POC 36	GLN 1*	MCH 2	BRI 2*	CAL 7	RCH 15	NHA 34	DOV 43	KAN 28	TAL 15	CLT 4	MAR 29	ATL 5	TEX 6	PHO 8	HOM 19	10th	6186
2009				DAY 41*	CAL 3	LVS 1	ATL 18	BRI 1*	MAR 24	TEX 18	PHO 17	TAL 25*	RCH 1	DAR 34	CLT 6*	DOV 23	POC 22	MCH 13	SON 22	NHA 7	DAY 14	CHI 33	IND 38	POC 16	GLN 4	MCH 23	BRI 1	ATL 13	RCH 5	NHA 5	DOV 31	KAN 12	CAL 24	CLT 8	MAR 4	TAL 15	TEX 11*	PHO 12	HOM 8	13th	4457
2010				DAY 14	CAL 14	LVS 15	ATL 25	BRI 9	MAR 22	PHO 8*	TEX 3	TAL 9	RCH 1*	DAR 7	DOV 1	CLT 3	POC 2	MCH 20	SON 39	NHA 11	DAY 40	CHI 17	IND 8	POC 23	GLN 8	MCH 18	BRI 1*	ATL 5	RCH 2	NHA 9	DOV 6	KAN 21	CAL 35	CLT 2*	MAR 4	TAL 25	TEX 32	PHO 13	HOM 32	8th	6182
2011				DAY 8	PHO 2	LVS 38	BRI 1	CAL 3*	MAR 3*	TEX 16	TAL 35	RCH 1*	DAR 11	DOV 4	CLT 32	KAN 12	POC 3	MCH 3	SON 11	DAY 5	KEN 1*	NHA 36	IND 10	POC 2	GLN 3*	MCH 1	BRI 14	ATL 23	RCH 6	CHI 22	NHA 11	DOV 6	KAN 11	CLT 2*	TAL 33	MAR 27*		PHO 36	HOM 23	12th	2246
	Michael McDowell																																				TEX 33
2012	Kyle Busch			DAY 17	PHO 6	LVS 23	BRI 32	CAL 2*	MAR 36	TEX 11	KAN 10	RCH 1	TAL 2	DAR 4	CLT 3	DOV 29	POC 30	MCH 32	SON 17	KEN 10*	DAY 24	NHA 16	IND 2	POC 33	GLN 7*	MCH 13	BRI 6	ATL 6	RCH 16	CHI 4	NHA 28	DOV 7*	TAL 3	CLT 5	KAN 31	MAR 2	TEX 3	PHO 3*	HOM 4*	13th	1133
2013				DAY 34	PHO 23	LVS 4	BRI 2	CAL 1*	MAR 5	TEX 1*	KAN 38	RCH 24	TAL 37	DAR 6*	CLT 38	DOV 4*	POC 6	MCH 4	SON 35	KEN 5	DAY 12	NHA 2	IND 10	POC 8	GLN 1	MCH 31	BRI 11	ATL 1	RCH 19	CHI 2	NHA 2	DOV 5	KAN 34	CLT 5	TAL 5	MAR 15	TEX 13	PHO 7	HOM 7	4th	2364
2014				DAY 19	PHO 9	LVS 11	BRI 29	CAL 1	MAR 14	TEX 3	DAR 6	RCH 3	TAL 12	KAN 15	CLT 9	DOV 42	POC 12	MCH 41	SON 25	KEN 2	DAY 28	NHA 2	IND 2	POC 42	GLN 40	MCH 39	BRI 36	ATL 16	RCH 14	CHI 7	NHA 8	DOV 10	KAN 3	CLT 5	TAL 40	MAR 11	TEX 4	PHO 34	HOM 39	10th	2285
2015	Matt Crafton			DAY 18																																				1st	5043
	David Ragan				ATL 18	LVS 22	PHO 21	CAL 18	MAR 5	TEX 13	BRI 41	RCH 23	TAL 38
	Erik Jones													KAN 40
	Kyle Busch														CLT 11	DOV 36	POC 9	MCH 43	SON 1	DAY 17	KEN 1*	NHA 1	IND 1	POC 21	GLN 2	MCH 11	BRI 8*	DAR 7	RCH 2	CHI 9*	NHA 37	DOV 2	CLT 20	KAN 5	TAL 11	MAR 5	TEX 4	PHO 4	HOM 1
2016				DAY 3	ATL 3	LVS 4	PHO 4	CAL 25	MAR 1*	TEX 1	BRI 38	RCH 2	TAL 2	KAN 1	DOV 30	CLT 33	POC 31	MCH 40	SON 7	DAY 2	KEN 12	NHA 8*	IND 1*	POC 9	GLN 6	BRI 39*	MCH 19	DAR 11	RCH 9	CHI 8	NHA 3	DOV 2	CLT 6	KAN 5	TAL 30	MAR 5	TEX 5	PHO 2	HOM 6	3rd	5035
2017				DAY 38	ATL 16	LVS 22	PHO 3*	CAL 8	MAR 2*	TEX 15	BRI 35	RCH 16	TAL 3*	KAN 5	CLT 2	DOV 16	POC 9*	MCH 7	SON 5	DAY 20	KEN 5	NHA 12	IND 34*	POC 1*	GLN 7	MCH 10	BRI 1	DAR 2	RCH 9	CHI 15	NHA 1*	DOV 1	CLT 29	TAL 27	KAN 10*	MAR 1*	TEX 19	PHO 7	HOM 2	2nd	5035
2018				DAY 25	ATL 7	LVS 2	PHO 2*	CAL 3	MAR 2	TEX 1*	BRI 1	RCH 1	TAL 13	DOV 35	KAN 10	CLT 1*	POC 3	MCH 4	SON 5	CHI 1	DAY 33	KEN 4	NHA 2	POC 1*	GLN 3	MCH 3	BRI 20	DAR 7	IND 8	LVS 7	RCH 1	CLT 32	DOV 8	TAL 26	KAN 2	MAR 4	TEX 17	PHO 1*	HOM 4	4th	5033
2019				DAY 2	ATL 6	LVS 3	PHO 1*	CAL 1*	MAR 3	TEX 10*	BRI 1	RCH 8	TAL 10	DOV 10	KAN 30	CLT 3	POC 1*	MCH 5	SON 2	CHI 22	DAY 14	KEN 2*	NHA 8*	POC 9	GLN 11	MCH 6	BRI 4	DAR 3*	IND 37	LVS 19	RCH 2*	CLT 37	DOV 6	TAL 19	KAN 3	MAR 14	TEX 7	PHO 2	HOM 1*	1st	5040
2020				DAY 34	LVS 15	CAL 2	PHO 3	DAR 26	DAR 2	CLT 4	CLT 29	BRI 4	ATL 2	MAR 19	HOM 6	TAL 32	POC 5	POC 38	IND 6	KEN 21	TEX 4	KAN 11	NHA 38	MCH 5	MCH 4	DAY 37	DOV 3	DOV 11	DAY 33	DAR 7	RCH 6	BRI 2	LVS 6	TAL 27	CLT 30	KAN 5	TEX 1*	MAR 9	PHO 11	8th	2341
2021				DAY 14	DAY 35	HOM 10	LVS 3	PHO 25	ATL 5	BRI 17	MAR 10	RCH 8	TAL 18	KAN 1	DAR 3	DOV 27	COA 10	CLT 3	SON 5	NSH 11	POC 2*	POC 1	ROA 3	ATL 2	NHA 37	GLN 4	IND 20	MCH 7	DAY 34	DAR 35	RCH 9	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*
2022					CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	BRI	TAL	DOV	DAR	KAN		GTW	SON	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	RCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

Car No. 19 history[]

Part-time ride (2004–2013)

Prior to expanding to four full-time cars, JGR had occasionally fielded a fourth car for R&D or driver development purposes. Mike Bliss drove several races for JGR in 2004 in a No. 80 car. In 2007, development driver Aric Almirola made his NEXTEL Cup debut in the No. 80 at Las Vegas with Joe Gibbs Driven sponsoring.^[70] Almirola started 31st and finished 40th after a crash. He was scheduled to drive at the All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600, but he suffered a practice crash and the car was withdrawn from both races. He would leave the team later in the season for Ginn Racing and Dale Earnhardt, Inc.^[71]

In 2008, 18-year-old Joey Logano was scheduled to run several late-season races in preparation for running the full 2009 season. Logano drove the No. 02 (reverse of the 20), with an inverted Home Depot scheme of teammate Tony Stewart's.^[72] He was scheduled to make his Sprint Cup debut at Richmond International Raceway,^[72] but qualifying was rained out by Hurricane Hanna. The 02 attempted again at Loudon and at Atlanta, but qualifying was rained out in both races as well, leading Logano to make his debut in JGR-affiliated Hall of Fame Racing's No. 96 at Loudon and miss the Atlanta race. Logano made the race in his fourth attempt with Gibbs at Texas, starting 43rd and last and finishing 40th, several laps down.

In 2009 Farm Bureau Insurance, who had been banned from the Nationwide Series due to the Viceroy Rule, moved up to sponsor 6 Sprint Cup Series races for JGR, including 3 for the 02 car at Charlotte, Texas, and Homestead.^[73] David Gilliland was tabbed to drive the car in the three events,^[74] with a best finish of 25th at Charlotte. After the 2009 season, Farm Bureau Insurance announced they would not return for the 2010 season.

In 2013, Elliott Sadler was signed to drive the renumbered No. 81 (reverse of 18) for three races, with his former sponsor at Robert Yates Racing, Mars, Inc., promoting their new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum on the car. Sadler was scheduled to run at Kansas Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and a third unannounced race. The deal was made in part to avoid conflict on the 18 car with Kyle Busch's sponsor Monster Energy.^[75] For Sadler, it was his first start in the Sprint Cup Series since the 2012 Daytona 500, and his first opportunity since he was forced to turn down a part-time deal at Michael Waltrip Racing that same year (ultimately taken by 2013 teammate Brian Vickers) by then-owner Richard Childress. At Kansas, he got out of the racing groove and wrecked in turn 3 on lap 85, relegating him to a 40th-place finish.^[76] He failed to qualify at Talladega after rain washed out qualifying and was set by owner points as the No. 81 was too low in points. After Alert Energy was pulled from the market, Doublemint sponsored the car at Talladega.

Carl Edwards (2015–2016)

After not running in 2014, the fourth car returned full-time in 2015 as the No. 19 with Carl Edwards driving. New partner Arris signed on to sponsor 17 races,^[77] while Stanley Black & Decker moved from Richard Petty Motorsports to sponsor 12 races.^[78] Comcast/Xfinity, Sport Clips, and Edwards' longtime sponsor Subway Restaurants also sponsored the car. Darian Grubb made his return to JGR as Edwards' crew chief.^[79] Before the Cup series season, Edwards and JGR were informed that because the No. 19 team was not formed until 2015, they were not eligible for one of the 36 charters NASCAR granted to teams who participated full-time in Cup. Joe Gibbs Racing managed to secure Edwards a spot in every race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season by purchasing a charter from the defunct Michael Waltrip Racing.^[80] Edwards won his first race with JGR at Charlotte in May. Starting third, he led a total of 25 laps, using fuel mileage strategy to take the victory. He also went on to win at Darlington Raceway and finished the season fifth in points. Edwards would go on to win three races in 2016 and would advance to the championship four. Near the end of the race, Joey Logano would make contact causing Edwards to spin and bring out the caution. He would finish fourth in points.

Daniel Suárez (2017–2018)

On January 11, 2017, Edwards announced that he was stepping away from NASCAR effective immediately, and it was announced that 2016 Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suárez would replace Edwards in the No. 19 car starting at the Daytona 500 in 2017.^[81] Suárez finished 20th in points in his rookie season but lost rookie of the year to teammate Erik Jones. Suárez struggled throughout the 2018 season and finished 21st in points.

Martin Truex Jr. (2019–Present)

On November 7, 2018, it was announced that Martin Truex Jr. will replace Suárez in the No. 19 team. In addition, Truex's crew chief Cole Pearn from the defunct Furniture Row Racing will join the team in the 2019 season.^[82] Truex Jr. also brought in long-time sponsors Bass Pro Shops and Auto-Owners Insurance to the No. 19 team.^[83][84]

Unlike his new teammates, Truex's 2019 season started on a low when he was caught in "The Big One" at the Daytona 500, finishing 35th.^[85] He made five consecutive top-10 finishes and two top-20 finishes before winning his first short track race at Richmond. Truex also scored wins at Dover, Charlotte, and Sonoma. After the season-ending race at Homestead, Truex finished second to Kyle Busch in the 2019 standings.

On December 9, 2019, Pearn announced he parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside the sport.^[86] Truex's 2020 season with new crew chief James Small yielded only one win at Martinsville. During the Playoffs, he was eliminated after the Round of 8 and finished seventh in the 2020 standings.

In the 2021 season, Truex scored wins at Phoenix Martinsville and Darlington.^[87]

Car No. 19 results[]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
2003	Mike Bliss	80	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 26	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL DNQ	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	65th	85
2004				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI 31	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH 4	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM	49th	407
2007	Aric Almirola			DAY	CAL	LVS 41	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	357
2008	Joey Logano	02	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH DNQ	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL DNQ	TEX 40	PHO	HOM	56th	53
2009	David Gilliland			DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT 25	MAR	TAL	TEX 28	PHO	HOM 29	52nd	243
2013	Elliott Sadler	81		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN 40	RCH	TAL DNQ	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	49th	4
2015	Carl Edwards	19		DAY 23	ATL 12	LVS 42	PHO 13	CAL 13	MAR 17	TEX 10	BRI 24	RCH 19	TAL 32	KAN 20	CLT 1	DOV 19	POC 15	MCH 12	SON 40	DAY 41	KEN 4	NHA 7	IND 13	POC 10	GLN 8	MCH 6	BRI 7	DAR 1	RCH 11	CHI 2	NHA 5	DOV 15	CLT 6	KAN 8	TAL 5	MAR 14	TEX 5	PHO 12	HOM 11	5th	2368
2016				DAY 5	ATL 5	LVS 18	PHO 2	CAL 7	MAR 6	TEX 7	BRI 1*	RCH 1*	TAL 35	KAN 11	DOV 28	CLT 18	POC 8	MCH 6	SON 4	DAY 25	KEN 2	NHA 20	IND 35	POC 8	GLN 15	BRI 6	MCH 7	DAR 19	RCH 32	CHI 15	NHA 6	DOV 14	CLT 12	KAN 2	TAL 29	MAR 36	TEX 1	PHO 19	HOM 34	4th	5007
2017	Daniel Suárez			DAY 29	ATL 21	LVS 20	PHO 7	CAL 7	MAR 32	TEX 19	BRI 18	RCH 12	TAL 19	KAN 7	CLT 11	DOV 6	POC 15	MCH 24	SON 16	DAY 17	KEN 18	NHA 6	IND 7	POC 7	GLN 3	MCH 37	BRI 15	DAR 38	RCH 7	CHI 12	NHA 8	DOV 8	CLT 6	TAL 15	KAN 36	MAR 15	TEX 14	PHO 18	HOM 34	20th	777
2018				DAY 37	ATL 15	LVS 26	PHO 8	CAL 23	MAR 18	TEX 29	BRI 11	RCH 10	TAL 10	DOV 3	KAN 28	CLT 15	POC 24	MCH 30	SON 15	CHI 11	DAY 35	KEN 15	NHA 22	POC 2	GLN 4	MCH 11	BRI 18	DAR 29	IND 18	LVS 8	RCH 17	CLT 21	DOV 10	TAL 16	KAN 24	MAR 9	TEX 28	PHO 36	HOM 30	21st	674
2019	Martin Truex Jr.			DAY 35	ATL 2	LVS 8	PHO 2	CAL 8	MAR 8	TEX 12	BRI 17	RCH 1*	TAL 20	DOV 1	KAN 19	CLT 1*	POC 35	MCH 3	SON 1*	CHI 9	DAY 22	KEN 19	NHA 6	POC 3	GLN 2	MCH 4	BRI 13	DAR 15	IND 27	LVS 1	RCH 1	CLT 7	DOV 2	TAL 26	KAN 6	MAR 1*	TEX 6	PHO 6	HOM 2	2nd	5035
2020				DAY 32	LVS 20	CAL 14	PHO 32	DAR 6	DAR 10	CLT 6	CLT 9	BRI 20	ATL 3	MAR 1	HOM 12	TAL 24	POC 6	POC 10	IND 38	KEN 2	TEX 29	KAN 4	NHA 3	MCH 3	MCH 3	DAY 3	DOV 2	DOV 2	DAY 4	DAR 22*	RCH 2	BRI 24	LVS 4	TAL 23	CLT 7	KAN 9	TEX 2	MAR 22	PHO 10	7th	2341
2021				DAY 25	DAY 12	HOM 3	LVS 6	PHO 1	ATL 9	BRI 19*	MAR 1	RCH 5	TAL 31	KAN 6	DAR 1*	DOV 19	COA 35	CLT 29	SON 3	NSH 22	POC 18	POC 11	ROA 9	ATL 3	NHA 12	GLN 3*	IND 15	MCH 10	DAY 29	DAR 4	RCH 1	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*
2022					CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	BRI	TAL	DOV	DAR	KAN		GTW	SON	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	RCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

Car No. 20 history[]

Tony Stewart (1999–2008)

Tony Stewart debuted the No. 20 The Home Depot Pontiac Grand Prix at the 1999 Daytona 500, qualifying on the outside pole. He won three races at Richmond, Phoenix and Homestead, as well as the Winston Open and the NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors and finished fourth in points. 2000 was an up and down year for Stewart as he won six races, including both Dover races, Martinsville, New Hampshire, Michigan and Homestead but only finished sixth in points. 2001 was another good year for Stewart, as he won the Budweiser Shootout, Richmond, Infineon, and Bristol and finished second in the overall standings.

2002 was a break-out year for Stewart with wins at Atlanta, Richmond, and Watkins Glen along with the Budweiser Shootout and the team won the 2002 points championship. With JGR switching to Chevrolet in 2003, Stewart won twice at Pocono and Charlotte and finished seventh in the points standings. The 2004 season saw Stewart score two wins and finished sixth in points in the first ever chase.

Stewart won his second championship in 2005. After winning the Gatorade Duel, the team did not win again until Infineon and then they went on to win the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, followed by New Hampshire, Indianapolis, and Watkins Glen and held the championship through the Chase.

2006 statistically was Stewart's worst season with JGR. After winning early at Martinsville, he suffered an injury at Charlotte and was replaced during Dover. He won the Pepsi 400 again at Daytona but missed the Chase. During the Chase, Stewart won three races at Kansas, Atlanta, and Texas and finished 11th in points. 2007 was another good year for him and the team. Though Stewart won both the Budweiser Shootout and Gatorade Duel, an early wreck smashed his Daytona 500 hopes. He and the team won three races though at Chicagoland, Indianapolis, and Watkins Glen and finished 6th in points.

Following the team's switch from Chevrolet to Toyota, Stewart's performance dwindled,^[88] earning ten top-fives and sixteen top-10s. Stewart's only win for this season was the 2008 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega. On June 9, 2008, Stewart was granted a release from his final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, ending a twelve-year relationship with the organization that included over 30 wins and two Cup Series Championships.^[89] Stewart moved to Haas CNC Racing, renamed Stewart-Haas Racing after he purchased a 50% ownership stake from founder Gene Haas, in part to return to longtime manufacturer Chevrolet.^[89][90][91]

Joey Logano (2009–2012)

On August 25, 2008, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that 18-year-old Joey Logano would replace Stewart as the driver of the No. 20 car for the 2009 season, after only making his NASCAR debut in May 2008 and running abbreviated Nationwide and Cup schedules.^[72] Longtime crew chief Greg Zipadelli remained with JGR for Logano's rookie season.^[90] Logano's first win came in the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after a fuel mileage gamble, becoming the youngest winner in Cup Series history.^[92] Logano beat former open-wheel drivers Max Papis and Scott Speed for the Rookie of the Year Award, with seven top-tens and a 20th-place points finish.^[93] Logano failed to win in 2010 and finished 16th in points.

In 2011, Logano again was winless and finished 24th in points. On October 13, 2011, Joe Gibbs Racing announced The Home Depot will become co-primary sponsor for Logano's car with Dollar General. Dollar General sponsored 12 races while the other 22 continued to be sponsored by The Home Depot. Logano won his second career race at Pocono from the pole in the 2012 Pocono 400 after passing Mark Martin with three laps to go.

Matt Kenseth (2013–2017)

Beginning in 2013, the No. 20 car was taken over by Matt Kenseth, who left Roush Fenway Racing, as Logano moved to the No. 22 at Team Penske. The team had a resurgence, with Kenseth winning five races in the regular season (Las Vegas, Kansas, Darlington, Kentucky, and Bristol), and led the most laps at several other races (Daytona 500, Kansas, Richmond and Talladega). Kenseth also won the first two races of the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, bringing the team up to seven wins – which was more wins in a single season than the car had ever achieved with Stewart or Logano.

It was announced in September 2014 that Stanley Black & Decker would leave Richard Petty Motorsports to sponsor JGR in the Cup Series for 2015. This move reunited Kenseth with the DeWalt brand for six races as a primary, and the entire season as an associate.^[94]

Kenseth won the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer at Bristol in April, his first victory since 2013. On November 3, he was suspended for two races after intentionally wrecking Logano at Martinsville.^[95] Erik Jones was named the replacement driver for Kenseth in both of those races, with Jones finishing 12th and 19th in those races.^[96]

In 2016 Kenseth won twice at Dover and New Hampshire and finished 5th in points after he was wrecked while leading at Phoenix by Alex Bowman. Dollar General left the team at the end of the season.

On July 11, 2017 JGR announced that Jones would replace Kenseth in the No. 20 car in 2018. Like his JGR teammates, Kenseth was hampered by bad luck and lack of speed in the beginning of the year. He scored his final win with Joe Gibbs Racing at Phoenix in November after passing Chase Elliott late in the race.

Erik Jones (2018–2020)

In 2018, Jones claimed his first career Cup win at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona and made it to the Playoffs until he was eliminated after the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte. Jones finished the season 15th in points.

Jones started the 2019 season by finishing third at the Daytona 500, behind teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.^[42] On September 2, 2019, Jones scored his second career Cup Series win at Darlington, securing him in the 2019 Playoffs.^[97] During the playoffs, Jones finished fourth at Richmond, but was disqualified when his car was discovered to have a rear wheel alignment issue during post-race inspection.^[98] He once again was eliminated after the Bank of America Roval at Charlotte due to a multi-car incident that punctured his radiator.

Jones kicked off 2020 by winning the Busch Clash; despite being involved in three accidents towards the end of the race, further wrecks among the field led to multiple overtime attempts. On the third overtime, Jones received a push from Hamlin on the final lap to win.^[99] On May 18, 2020, following the 2020 The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington, crew chief Chris Gayle was suspended for one race and fined US$20,000 after it was discovered that two lug nuts were not safely secured during post-race inspection. Race engineer Seth Chavka was announced to take over Gayle's duties at the 2020 Toyota 500 at Darlington.^[100] Jones missed the Playoffs, went winless, and finished 17th in the final standings.

Christopher Bell (2021–present)

On August 6, 2020, it was confirmed that Erik Jones would not be returning to the No. 20 car in 2021. Four days later, Christopher Bell was announced as Jones' replacement. On February 21st, 2021, Bell passed Joey Logano with two laps remaining at the Daytona Road Course and scored his first career victory with the team, the first time the No. 20 car returned to victory lane since the 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 with Jones behind the wheel, 48 races ago.

Car No. 20 results[]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
1999	Tony Stewart	20	Pontiac	DAY 28	CAR 12	LVS 36	ATL 11	DAR 6	TEX 6	BRI 15	MAR 20	TAL 5	CAL 4	RCH 15	CLT 4	DOV 4*	MCH 9	POC 6	SON 15	DAY 6	NHA 10*	POC 4	IND 7	GLN 6	MCH 3	BRI 5*	DAR 12	RCH 1*	NHA 2	DOV 2	MAR 41	CLT 19	TAL 6	CAR 12	PHO 1*	HOM 1	ATL 15			4th	4774
2000				DAY 17	CAR 4	LVS 2	ATL 34	DAR 4	BRI 42	TEX 9	MAR 6	TAL 34	CAL 10	RCH 8	CLT 14	DOV 1*	MCH 1	POC 6	SON 10	DAY 6	NHA 1*	POC 26	IND 5	GLN 6	MCH 41	BRI 2	DAR 9	RCH 6	NHA 23	DOV 1*	MAR 1	CLT 4	TAL 27	CAR 7	PHO 14	HOM 1*	ATL 38			6th	4570
2001				DAY 36	CAR 4	LVS 12	ATL 27	DAR 16	BRI 25	TEX 23	MAR 7	TAL 2	CAL 4	RCH 1	CLT 3	DOV 7	MCH 25	POC 7	SON 1	DAY 26	CHI 33	NHA 5	POC 3	IND 17	GLN 26	MCH 27	BRI 1	DAR 4	RCH 7	DOV 5	KAN 8	CLT 2	MAR 41	TAL 2	PHO 5	CAR 7	HOM 19*	ATL 9	NHA 5	2nd	4763
2002				DAY 43	CAR 4	LVS 5*	ATL 1*	DAR 36	BRI 15	TEX 5	MAR 3*	TAL 29	CAL 29	RCH 1	CLT 6	DOV 11	POC 7	MCH 16	SON 2	DAY 39	CHI 3	NHA 39	POC 7	IND 12	GLN 1*	MCH 2	BRI 24	DAR 8	RCH 30	NHA 3	DOV 5	KAN 8	TAL 2	CLT 3	MAR 11	ATL 4	CAR 14	PHO 8	HOM 18	1st	4800
2003			Chevy	DAY 7	CAR 20	LVS 5	ATL 5	DAR 10	BRI 26	TEX 34	TAL 25	MAR 6	CAL 41*	RCH 41	CLT 40	DOV 4	POC 1	MCH 8	SON 12	DAY 21	CHI 2*	NHA 22	POC 37	IND 12*	GLN 11	MCH 3	BRI 23	DAR 12	RCH 27	NHA 20	DOV 3	TAL 3	KAN 4	CLT 1*	MAR 3	ATL 2*	PHO 18	CAR 9	HOM 7	7th	4549
2004				DAY 2*	CAR 26	LVS 3	ATL 7*	DAR 17	BRI 24	TEX 8	MAR 14	TAL 22	CAL 16	RCH 4	CLT 9	DOV 2*	POC 27	MCH 24	SON 15	DAY 5	CHI 1*	NHA 5	POC 35	IND 5	GLN 1*	MCH 9	BRI 19	CAL 18	RCH 19	NHA 39	DOV 6	TAL 6	KAN 14	CLT 10	MAR 15	ATL 9	PHO 8	DAR 17	HOM 4	6th	6326
2005				DAY 7*	CAL 17	LVS 10	ATL 17	BRI 3	MAR 26*	TEX 31	PHO 33	TAL 2	DAR 10	RCH 2	CLT 24	DOV 15	POC 29	MCH 2*	SON 1*	DAY 1*	CHI 5	NHA 1*	POC 7	IND 1*	GLN 1*	MCH 5	BRI 8	CAL 5	RCH 7	NHA 2*	DOV 18	TAL 2*	KAN 4	CLT 25	MAR 2*	ATL 9	TEX 6	PHO 4	HOM 15	1st	6533
2006				DAY 5	CAL 43	LVS 21	ATL 5	BRI 12*	MAR 1*	TEX 3*	PHO 2	TAL 2	RCH 6	DAR 12	CLT 42	DOV 25	POC 3	MCH 41	SON 28	DAY 1*	CHI 32	NHA 37	POC 7	IND 8	GLN 2	MCH 3	BRI 22	CAL 9	RCH 18	NHA 2	DOV 33	KAN 1	TAL 22	CLT 13	MAR 4	ATL 1*	TEX 1*	PHO 14	HOM 15	11th	4727
2007				DAY 43	CAL 8	LVS 7	ATL 2	BRI 35*	MAR 7	TEX 25	PHO 2*	TAL 28	RCH 8	DAR 6	CLT 6	DOV 40	POC 5	MCH 3	SON 6	NHA 12	DAY 38	CHI 1*	IND 1*	POC 6	GLN 1	MCH 10	BRI 4	CAL 13	RCH 2	NHA 3	DOV 9	KAN 39	TAL 8	CLT 7	MAR 13	ATL 30	TEX 11	PHO 4	HOM 30	6th	6242
2008			Toyota	DAY 3	CAL 7	LVS 43	ATL 2	BRI 14*	MAR 5	TEX 7	PHO 14	TAL 38*	RCH 4	DAR 21	CLT 18	DOV 41	POC 35	MCH 5	SON 10	NHA 13*	DAY 20	CHI 5	IND 23	POC 2	GLN 2	MCH 12	BRI 8	CAL 22	RCH 2	NHA 8	DOV 11	KAN 40	TAL 1*	CLT 11	MAR 26	ATL 17	TEX 16	PHO 22	HOM 9	9th	6202
2009	Joey Logano			DAY 43	CAL 26	LVS 13	ATL 30	BRI 38	MAR 32	TEX 30	PHO 21	TAL 9	RCH 19	DAR 9	CLT 9	DOV 15	POC 23	MCH 25	SON 19	NHA 1	DAY 19	CHI 18	IND 12	POC 27	GLN 16	MCH 7	BRI 34	ATL 22	RCH 14	NHA 21	DOV 42	KAN 28	CAL 14	CLT 5	MAR 12	TAL 3	TEX 19	PHO 21	HOM 24	20th	3791
2010				DAY 20	CAL 5	LVS 6	ATL 35	BRI 27	MAR 2	PHO 10	TEX 28	TAL 36	RCH 16	DAR 27	DOV 10	CLT 13	POC 13	MCH 10	SON 33	NHA 9	DAY 29	CHI 19	IND 9	POC 25	GLN 33	MCH 10	BRI 18	ATL 27	RCH 4	NHA 35	DOV 3	KAN 17	CAL 11	CLT 7	MAR 6	TAL 5	TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 39	16th	4185
2011				DAY 23	PHO 33	LVS 23	BRI 23	CAL 25	MAR 13	TEX 24	TAL 10	RCH 11	DAR 35	DOV 27	CLT 3	KAN 23	POC 11	MCH 18	SON 6	DAY 3	KEN 14	NHA 4	IND 25	POC 26	GLN 5	MCH 21	BRI 13	ATL 24	RCH 35	CHI 16	NHA 14	DOV 29	KAN 29	CLT 12	TAL 24	MAR 18	TEX 37	PHO 11	HOM 19	24th	902
2012				DAY 9	PHO 10	LVS 16	BRI 16	CAL 24	MAR 23	TEX 19	KAN 15	RCH 24	TAL 26	DAR 10	CLT 23	DOV 8	POC 1*	MCH 35	SON 10	KEN 22	DAY 4	NHA 14	IND 33	POC 13	GLN 32	MCH 31	BRI 8	ATL 18	RCH 30	CHI 7	NHA 8	DOV 10	TAL 32	CLT 9	KAN 19	MAR 16	TEX 11	PHO 27	HOM 14	17th	965
2013	Matt Kenseth			DAY 37*	PHO 7	LVS 1	BRI 35	CAL 7	MAR 14	TEX 12	KAN 1*	RCH 7*	TAL 8*	DAR 1	CLT 15	DOV 40	POC 25	MCH 6	SON 19	KEN 1	DAY 33	NHA 9	IND 5	POC 22	GLN 23	MCH 15	BRI 1*	ATL 12	RCH 6	CHI 1*	NHA 1*	DOV 7	KAN 11	CLT 3	TAL 20	MAR 2*	TEX 4	PHO 23	HOM 2	2nd	2400
2014				DAY 6	PHO 12	LVS 10	BRI 13*	CAL 4	MAR 6	TEX 7	DAR 4	RCH 5	TAL 37	KAN 10	CLT 3	DOV 3	POC 25	MCH 14	SON 42	KEN 4	DAY 20	NHA 4	IND 4	POC 38	GLN 9	MCH 38	BRI 3	ATL 2	RCH 41	CHI 10	NHA 21	DOV 5	KAN 13	CLT 19	TAL 2	MAR 6	TEX 25	PHO 3	HOM 6	7th	2334
2015				DAY 35	ATL 5	LVS 9	PHO 16	CAL 31	MAR 4	TEX 23	BRI 1	RCH 7	TAL 25	KAN 6	CLT 4	DOV 39	POC 6	MCH 4	SON 21	DAY 23	KEN 5	NHA 7	IND 7	POC 1	GLN 4	MCH 1*	BRI 42	DAR 21	RCH 1*	CHI 5	NHA 1	DOV 7	CLT 42	KAN 14*	TAL 26	MAR 38			HOM 7	15th	2234
	Erik Jones																																				TEX 12	PHO 19
2016	Matt Kenseth			DAY 14	ATL 19	LVS 37	PHO 7	CAL 19	MAR 15	TEX 11	BRI 36	RCH 7	TAL 23	KAN 4	DOV 1	CLT 7	POC 7	MCH 14	SON 20	DAY 28	KEN 8	NHA 1	IND 2	POC 17	GLN 10	BRI 37	MCH 13	DAR 6	RCH 38	CHI 9	NHA 2	DOV 5	CLT 2	KAN 9*	TAL 28	MAR 4*	TEX 7	PHO 21	HOM 7	5th	2330
2017				DAY 40	ATL 3	LVS 9	PHO 37	CAL 36	MAR 9	TEX 16	BRI 4	RCH 23*	TAL 24	KAN 12	CLT 4	DOV 12	POC 10	MCH 11	SON 20	DAY 27	KEN 17	NHA 4	IND 5	POC 9	GLN 2	MCH 24	BRI 4	DAR 6	RCH 38	CHI 9	NHA 3	DOV 11	CLT 11	TAL 14	KAN 37	MAR 9	TEX 4	PHO 1	HOM 8	7th	2344
2018	Erik Jones			DAY 36	ATL 11	LVS 8	PHO 9	CAL 7	MAR 17	TEX 4	BRI 26	RCH 13	TAL 39	DOV 18	KAN 7	CLT 19	POC 29	MCH 15	SON 7	CHI 6	DAY 1	KEN 7	NHA 16	POC 5	GLN 5	MCH 13	BRI 5	DAR 8	IND 2	LVS 40	RCH 11	CLT 30	DOV 4	TAL 8	KAN 4	MAR 26	TEX 4	PHO 17	HOM 30	15th	2820
2019				DAY 3	ATL 7	LVS 13	PHO 29	CAL 19	MAR 30	TEX 4	BRI 24	RCH 14	TAL 19	DOV 6	KAN 3	CLT 40	POC 3	MCH 31	SON 8	CHI 7	DAY 23	KEN 3	NHA 3	POC 2	GLN 4	MCH 18	BRI 22	DAR 1	IND 39	LVS 36	RCH 38	CLT 40	DOV 15	TAL 34	KAN 7	MAR 20	TEX 10	PHO 7	HOM 3	16th	2194
2020				DAY 18	LVS 23	CAL 10	PHO 28	DAR 8	DAR 5	CLT 11	CLT 26	BRI 5	ATL 28	MAR 20	HOM 21	TAL 5	POC 38	POC 3	IND 33	KEN 22	TEX 6	KAN 5	NHA 24	MCH 11	MCH 27	DAY 11	DOV 12	DOV 22	DAY 35	DAR 4	RCH 22	BRI 3	LVS 8	TAL 2	CLT 3	KAN 20	TEX 21	MAR 12	PHO 22	17th	873
2021	Christopher Bell			DAY 16	DAY 1	HOM 20	LVS 7	PHO 9	ATL 21	BRI 34	MAR 7	RCH 4	TAL 17	KAN 28	DAR 14	DOV 21	COA 38	CLT 24	SON 24	NSH 9	POC 17	POC 32	ROA 2	ATL 8	NHA 2	GLN 7	IND 36	MCH 13	DAY 32	DAR 20	RCH 3	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*
2022					CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	BRI	TAL	DOV	DAR	KAN		GTW	SON	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	RCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

NASCAR Xfinity Series[]

Car No. 18 history[]

Tony Stewart (1998)

The current 18 car came under JGR control when owner Joe Gibbs purchased the No. 44 Shell Oil-sponsored Pontiac from his Cup Series driver Bobby Labonte, who had been operating the team under his control. The team made its debut under the Gibbs banner at the 1998 NAPA Auto Parts 300 with then-IndyCar driver Tony Stewart driving. Stewart he qualified 9th but finished 31st after a crash. At the next week at Rockingham Speedway, Stewart qualified on the pole, led 60 laps and finished 2nd. Stewart ran a total of 22 races that year, with five top-five finishes and winning two pole positions. Labonte ran five races that year in that car in 1998, winning the Diamond Hill Plywood 200.

MBNA years (1999-2003)

The team switched to No. 18 with sponsorship from MBNA for 1999. Labonte ran only one race before he suffered shoulder injuries in a qualifying crash at Darlington. Late in the year, Jason Leffler, like Stewart an accomplished open wheel racer, ran four races in the car that year, his best finish being a 20th at Memphis Motorsports Park. Leffler ran the car full-time in 2000, winning a pole at Texas Motor Speedway, and posting three top-ten finishes. After that season, he left for the Cup Series with Chip Ganassi Racing, and Jeff Purvis took his place. Purvis started off strong and was seventh in points but was released after the GNC Live Well 250 because of sponsorship issues. Mike McLaughlin replaced him, finishing seventh in points that season. Despite going winless in 2002, he moved up to fourth place in points. However, owner Joe Gibbs wanted his son Coy in a full-time ride, leaving McLaughlin without a ride. In his rookie season, Gibbs had two Top 10 finishes and finished runner-up to David Stremme for Rookie of the Year.

J.J. Yeley (2004-2006)

The team scaled back to a part-time schedule for 2004. In November 2003, JGR signed highly touted USAC Champion J. J. Yeley to a multi-year contract, beginning his stock car career with eight ARCA Menards Series events and 10-12 Busch Series races in the 2004 season.^[101] The Home Depot's Vigoro Lawn and Garden Products would sponsor Yeley's efforts, making their BGN debut at Las Vegas in March.^[102] In his first race, Yeley qualified a strong seventh, but finished 23rd and two laps down.^[103] Yeley would end up running 17 races, garnering four Top 10 finishes and finishing fourth in Rookie of the Year standings behind future Cup drivers Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Paul Menard.^[104] Bobby Labonte ran two races with a best finish of 7th, while Denny Hamlin finished a strong sixth at the fall race at Darlington. Yeley ran the car full-time in 2005, finishing in the top-ten twelve times and finishing 11th in points. Yeley continued to run full-time in 2006, finishing 5th in the points standings with three poles, nine Top 5s, 22 Top 10s, and 27 Top 15s. Yeley announced in Daytona that he would be driving in the No. 1 Miccosukee Gaming and Resorts-sponsored Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series.

Multiple Drivers (2007)

In January 2007, former Brewco Motorsports development driver and ARCA standout Brad Coleman signed to drive the No. 18 car for 17 of the 35 races, with Carino's Italian Grill sponsoring his efforts.^[105] Kevin Conway was signed for eight races beginning at Bristol in March with Z-Line Designs sponsoring,^[106] while Tony Stewart and development driver Aric Almirola filled out the schedule with Goody's Headache Powder and ConAgra Foods sponsorships. Almirola put the car on the pole at the season opener at Daytona, and had a best finish of 4th at Charlotte. Coleman earned his first career Busch Series pole at Talladega, and had three Top 5s and five Top 10s. Without sponsorship for a full-time ride with JGR, Coleman returned to the renamed Baker Curb Racing following the season and signed a development contract with Hall of Fame Racing.^[107]

Cup Drivers (2008-2013)

For 2008, the No. 18 was piloted by the team of Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch with a sponsorship coming from Southern Farm Bureau, Interstate Batteries, and Z-Line Designs. Despite running a partial schedule, Busch won ten races in 2008, including eight in the No. 18, and would finish sixth in points while Hamlin scored a single victory in the No. 18 at Dover. 18-year-old JGR development driver Marc Davis made his one and only national series start for the team in October at Memphis Motorsports Park with DLP HDTV sponsoring.^[108]

In 2009, Kyle Busch won the Nationwide Series Championship driving the No. 18 Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota.

In 2010, Kyle Busch ran most of the races that were paired with Sprint Cup Series races, while Brad Coleman returned to run the stand-alone races. For 2011, Busch drove the No. 18 for a majority of the season, splitting the ride with Michael McDowell, who ran both Iowa races, Lucas Oil Raceway, and the road courses Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with a sponsorship from Pizza Ranch. McDowell won the pole at Road America and dominated until late race contact with another car. Drivers Kelly Bires, Drew Herring, and Joey Logano also took turns in the 18. Bires ran at Richmond and Chicago with International Comfort Products Corporation, Herring drove at the second Nashville race with Sport Clips, and Logano drove the 18 at Chicago, Dover, Kansas, and Phoenix. For 2012 the 18 would have a similar lineup, featuring Hamlin, Logano, Herring, McDowell, and Ryan Truex. Logano would take seven victories with the 18 team, handing the team the Nationwide Owners' Championship. For 2013, the 18 and 20 teams swapped. Matt Kenseth drove the 18 for 16 races with sponsorship from Reser's Fine Foods and GameStop. He won the July race at Daytona and the October race at Kansas. The 18 car did not run in 2014.

Daniel Suárez (2015)

On August 19, 2014, JGR announced that Toyota Series and K&N Pro Series East driver Daniel Suárez would drive the No. 18 full-time in 2015 with a sponsorship from Arris, running for Rookie of the Year.^[109] Suárez had a strong rookie season, earning eight top fives, 18 top tens, and three poles to finish fifth in points and beat out Darrell Wallace, Jr. for Rookie of the Year.^[110]

Multiple Drivers (2016-2019)

The team inherited the No. 54's points and equipment in 2016, fielding multiple drivers,^[111] starting with former JGR driver Bobby Labonte at Daytona.^[112] Kyle Busch drove a limited schedule, with former sponsor NOS Energy Drink (owned by Monster Beverage) funding both Busch and Labonte's efforts.^[112] Matt Tifft was scheduled to drive 13 races for the team, but was replaced for several races as he recovered from a removal of a tumor in his brain.^[113][114] Sam Hornish Jr. replaced Tifft for the June Xfinity race at Iowa, and won the race.^[115][116] David Ragan ran the July Xfinity race at Daytona, and won the pole, and was in contention for the win, but crashed on the final lap of the race. Road course specialist Owen Kelly ran the road course races at Mid-Ohio and Road America, and Dakoda Armstrong ran the July Xfinity race at Iowa. The 18 car won 12 races in 2016, 10 with Busch, 1 at Charlotte with Hamlin, and 1 with Hornish at Iowa.

For 2017, multiple drivers again raced in the 18. Daniel Suárez drove 12 races beginning at Daytona in February with sponsorship from Juniper. Kyle Busch drove 10 races with sponsor NOS Energy Drink beginning at Atlanta in March, winning 5 races at Atlanta, Kentucky, Loudon, Watkins Glen, and Bristol. Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Christopher Bell made his xfinity series debut with the 18 team at Charlotte, finishing 4th. Bell would also drive the car at Road America, Kansas, Texas and Phoenix. Bell won the race at Kansas after catching and passing teammate Erik Jones for his first career xfinity series win in his 5th start. Bell had sponsorship from SiriusXM at Charlotte, Toyotacare at Road America, JBL at Kansas, and at Texas and Phoenix. ARCA driver Kyle Benjamin drove the 18 with sponsorship from and Sport Clips at both Iowa races and Kentucky in September with a best finish of 2nd at the July Iowa race to teammate Ryan Preece. Regan Smith returned to the xfinity series in a one-race deal in the 18 at Mid-Ohio with sponsorship from Interstate Batteries. Denny Hamlin also drove one race in the 18, running a throwback scheme at Darlington with Sport Clips sponsoring, Hamlin won the race. Ryan Preece drove the 18 car at Homestead with as the sponsor and finished 5th in preparation for an expanded 10 race schedule with the team in 2018.

In 2018 Preece ran 10 races, sharing the car with JGR’s cup series drivers Busch, Suárez, Hamlin and Jones.

In 2019, Busch returned for seven races with Hamlin running the Darlington race. Jeffrey Earnhardt was signed to nine races while the rest of the schedule was filled out by development drivers Harrison Burton and Riley Herbst. On August 7, 2019, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as Joe Gibbs Racing.^[117] Jack Hawksworth would drive the car at Mid-Ohio.^[118]

Riley Herbst (2020)

For 2020, Riley Herbst will be driving this car full-time. Dave Rogers will serve as crew chief. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round and ultimately finished 12th in the standings.^[119]

Daniel Hemric (2021)

On November 12, 2020, it was confirmed that Daniel Hemric would replace Riley Herbst for the 2021 season.

Car No. 19 history[]

Original #19 (2004-2006)

The No. 19 team was to make its debut at the 2004 Michigan race driven by Bobby Labonte and sponsored by Banquet Foods, however qualifying was rained out and the team with no owners points missed the race. The team finally made its first start at the 2005 CarQuest Auto Parts 300. Labonte ran seven races that year, with three top-tens. With Labonte moving to Petty Enterprises, JGR development driver Aric Almirola ran the car in seven races in 2006. Tony Stewart also drove the car at select races in 2006, using his NEXTEL Cup crew when he raced. The No. 19 team was disbanded after the 2006 season.

As the #54 (2013-2015)

In 2012 The Car returned as the No. 54 & After running the 54 for his own team in 2012 with only one win (by his brother Kurt), Kyle Busch returned to JGR's strong Nationwide program with the No. 54 as a fourth JGR car, running 26 races and bringing sponsor Monster Energy with him. Parker Kligerman would take over the newly renumbered 77 for KBM. Busch didn't take long to get to victory lane. He won the pole, lead the most laps, and won the race in only the second race of the 2013 season at Phoenix International Raceway. He then scored victories at Bristol (4th race) and at Fontana (5th race). During the 2013 season, he won a total of 12 races.^[120] Joey Coulter, Owen Kelly, and Drew Herring also ran in the 54, which finished 2nd in the owner's championship to the Team Penske No. 22 by one point.^[121]

For the 2014 season, Kyle Busch ran part-time the No. 54 car, running all Sprint Cup Series companion races except Talladega and Daytona in July. Former IRL champion Sam Hornish, Jr., who was not re-signed by Team Penske after scoring a win and finishing 2nd in Nationwide points in 2013, ran 7 races to help compete for the owner's championship.^[120] At Iowa in May, Hornish won the Get To Know Newton 250, beating Ryan Blaney's 22 for his third career win.^[122] The 54 once again finished 2nd in owners points to the Penske 22.

In 2015, Kyle Busch suffered injuries during the season-opening race at Daytona. He broke his leg after hitting the inside wall that had no SAFER barrier installed. His replacements were announced to be Erik Jones (at least 3 races), Cup series teammate Denny Hamlin (5 races), and road course veteran Boris Said (7 races).^[57] Busch returned to the Xfinity Series at Michigan in June and scored his first win of the season. Jones scored a win the following race at Chicagoland, his second of the season.^[123]

Back to #19

Daniel Suárez (2016)

The team was renumbered back to No. 19 for 2016 with Daniel Suárez and sponsor Arris moving from the 18 team, maintaining the same sponsor-number combination used by Carl Edwards in the Cup Series.^[111] Suárez got his first win at Michigan after a last lap pass to Kyle Busch.^[124] Suárez scored three victories and won the 2016 championship, becoming the first foreign-born driver to win a NASCAR National championship.^[125]

Matt Tifft (2017)

It was announced that in 2017, Matt Tifft would drive full-time in the 19, with rookie crew chief Matt Beckham on the box.^[126] Tifft struggled to repeat the success of Suárez failing to win any races and finishing 7th in points.

Brandon Jones (2018–Present)

On November 15, JGR announced that Brandon Jones would replace Tifft in the 19 in 2018. Tifft would move to RCR in a driver swap. Chris Gabehart was announced as his crew chief, moving from the No. 20 xfinity team and replacing .

Car No. 20 history[]

Early years (2000-2002)

After JGR purchased the team from Gary Bechtel in 2000, the team received sponsorship from Porter-Cable. Despite missing three races, driver Jeff Purvis had eleven Top 10s and one pole, finishing 11th in points. The team switched to No. 20 for 2001, and Mike McLaughlin was named the driver. Without a major sponsor, McLaughlin was able to win the Subway 300 and was sixth in points when Gibbs decided to shut down his team due to sponsorship problems. He moved to the No. 18 and finished seventh in points that year. Coy Gibbs ran five races in the No. 20 in 2002, with a sponsorship from ConAgra Foods.^[127] His best finish was a 14th at Kentucky Speedway.

Mike Bliss (2003-2004)

After he moved to the 18, Gibbs was replaced by Mike Bliss and Rockwell Automation came aboard as a sponsor.^[7] Bliss had fourteen Top 10s and finished 10th in points. In 2004, he pulled off a win at Lowe's Motor Speedway and had three poles.

Denny Hamlin (2005-2008)

In 2005, Denny Hamlin came aboard and posted eleven Top 10s and finished fifth points, the third-place finisher in rookie points. He ran the full schedule in the No. 20 in 2006, winning two races and finishing fourth in points.

Hamlin and developmental driver Aric Almirola split duties in the 20 in 2007 with sponsorship from Rockwell Automation, with Tony Stewart also piloting the No. 20 at Atlanta. With Hamlin running several non-companion races, Almirola would occasionally qualify the car that Hamlin would later drive. Hamlin took the car to victory lane in four races, including Darlington, Milwaukee, Michigan, and Dover. The win at Milwaukee was controversial, with Almirola putting the car on the pole and starting the race because Hamlin was delayed flying from Sonoma Raceway. Almirola started the car and led the first 43 laps but was still relieved by Hamlin during a caution due to obligations to his sponsorship from Rockwell. Almirola was credited as the winner for starting the race, but did not participate in the victory celebration. He would leave JGR after the season.^[128] The No. 20 finished 2nd in the owners points behind RCR's No. 29.

Cup Drivers (2008-2012)

In 2008, the No. 20 was shared by Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Stewart for nine races before defending NASCAR Camping World East Series champion Joey Logano was named the driver of the 20 for the rest of the season's races except for Loudon (which Stewart won in the No. 20), Daytona (which Hamlin won in the No. 20), and Chicago (which Busch won in the No. 18). All four drivers of the No. 20 won races driving it in 2008. For 2009, 20-year-old Brad Coleman returned to JGR for a part-time schedule, sharing the ride with Logano and Hamlin.^[107] In 2010, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin and Matt DiBenedetto shared the No. 20 car, with Hamlin winning at Darlington and Logano winning at Kentucky and Kansas. For 2011, Logano returned to the No. 20 with sponsorships from GameStop and Sport Clips. Logano ran the first 10 races but picked up last minute sponsorship from Harvest Investments to run Nashville. Due to a lack of sponsorship, the 20 was unable to run a full schedule for the owners championship. In the 20, Logano grabbed his first superspeedway win at the July Daytona race with help from Kyle Busch. The 20 was also driven by Denny Hamlin at Las Vegas, Richmond, and Darlington, with Hamlin winning at Richmond. Drew Herring drove the 20 with Sport Clips at both Iowa races, where Herring won the pole for the May race, and Lucas Oil Raceway. Ryan Truex stepped into the 20 late in the season for six races, finishing second to Logano at Dover after dominating the race.

The 20 team returned in 2012 to run most of the season. Its primary driver lineup consisted of Logano, Hamlin, Truex, and JGR development driver Darrell Wallace, Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer also drove the No. 20 at Daytona when Hamlin was sidelined from the race by back problems.

Brian Vickers (2013)

Starting in the 2013 season, 2003 Busch Series Champion Brian Vickers joined the team driving the 20 for the full season with sponsorship from Dollar General, in addition to a partial Sprint Cup Series schedule in Michael Waltrip Racing's 55 car. Dollar General had sponsored Vickers in the past with Braun Racing, and like teammate Elliott Sadler, Vickers was attempting to reclaim his career in the second-tier series.^[129] After 30 starts, Vickers was sidelined with a second incidence of blood clots, replaced by Denny Hamlin and Drew Herring in the final three races of the season.^[130] Though he went winless, Vickers scored 13 top 5s and 18 top 10s to finish 10th in points. He would leave for a full-time ride at MWR at the end of the year.

Multiple Drivers (2014)

The 20 team continued to run full-time in 2014. Matt Kenseth drove the No. 20 in a total of 18 races, with GameStop sponsoring 10 races and Reser's Fine Foods sponsoring 7 races.^[131] Sam Hornish, Jr. and Kenseth each ran 1 race and Kenny Habul 2 races with Habul's Sun Energy 1 sponsoring.^[132] Darrell Wallace, Jr. ran at Talladega in the spring with ToyotaCare and Daytona in July with Coca-Cola "Share a Coke". Daniel Suárez made his debut at RIR, finishing 19th. Michael McDowell ran at both Iowa races with Pizza Ranch. Denny Hamlin returned to the 20 at Chicagoland in September with Sport Clips, finishing 32nd after a blown engine.^[133] Development driver Justin Boston, running the full ARCA schedule, made his debut in the 20 at Kentucky later in the month, with sponsor Zloop E-Recycling.^[134] Kenseth scored a win in the final race of the season at Homestead Miami Speedway, and the 20 would finish 9th in owners points.^[135]

show2014 driver rotation
No. 20 Driver	Races	Sponsor
Matt Kenseth	18	Reser's Fine Foods, GameStop, Sun Energy 1
Erik Jones	3	NarcolepsyLink.com, Reser's Fine Foods, GameStop
Michael McDowell	2	Pizza Ranch
Kenny Habul	2	Sun Energy 1
Darrell Wallace, Jr.	2	ToyotaCare, Share a Coke
Justin Boston	2	Zloop
Sam Hornish, Jr.	1	Sun Energy 1
Daniel Suárez	1	Silent Circle / Telcel
Denny Hamlin	1	Sport Clips

Erik Jones (2015-2017)

Erik Jones was scheduled to run a limited schedule in the No. 20 car in 2015, with Kenny Habul and SunEnergy1 also returning for the three road courses.^[79][136] Jones, whose schedule was expanded due to Kyle Busch's injury,^[60] scored his first Xfinity win in his 9th career start at Texas in April, leading a race-high 79 laps.^{[60][137][138]} Ross Kenseth, son of Sprint Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth, made his Xfinity Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway on June 20.^[139] David Ragan made a single start at Daytona in July with Interstate Batteries sponsorship.^[137] Kenny Wallace made his final career start in the 20 car at Iowa Speedway in August, with longtime sponsor U.S. Cellular.^[137] Wallace started seventh and finished 15th. Matt Tifft made his Xfinity Series debut at Kentucky in September, finishing 10th.^[140] Denny Hamlin drove a total of six races in the 20; two with SunEnergy 1 sponsorship, three with Hisense, and running a throwback scheme at Darlington in September with Sport Clips sponsoring.^[141] Hamlin scored three wins, all of which were from the pole starting position.^[137] Matt Kenseth ran five races with Reser's Fine Foods, scoring four-second-place finishes.^[137]

Erik Jones drove the car full-time in 2016, with Gamestop, Reser's, Hisense, Interstate Batteries and Dewalt as the sponsors.^[123] Jones won 4 times but finished 4th in points after getting trapped behind the slow car of Cole Whitt on the last restart of the final race at Homestead.

In 2017, the 20 was driven by a variety of different drivers. Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, Kyle Benjamin, Christopher Bell, Daniel Suarez, James Davison and Ryan Preece are among them. Jones drove the car for 18 races starting at Daytona, sweeping the Texas races as well as winning the Bristol spring race. Hamlin drove the car for 3 races and won at Michigan. Suárez drove the 20 for 2 races at Las Vegas and the Bristol fall race, finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively. Benjamin drove the car for 2 races at the spring Richmond race and the first Pocono race, winning the pole in the latter. Bell drove the 20 for 3 races starting at the June Iowa race, where Bell won stage one, led the most laps, but finished 16th after being collected in a crash between the lapped cars of Brennan Poole and Ryan Reed while leading. Ryan Preece drove the car at Loudon, the July Iowa race, and the September Kentucky race. Preece finished 2nd to his teammate Kyle Busch at Loudon. In his next race at Iowa, Preece led the most laps and won the race, then finished 4th at Kentucky. James Davison drove the 20 at Mid Ohio and Road America, leading the most laps at Road America before getting collected in a wreck.

Christopher Bell (2017–2019)

For 2018, Christopher Bell drove the 20 full-time, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Jason Ratcliff was his crew chief, moving from the No. 20 cup series team. Bell won 7 races in 2018, breaking the record for a rookie in the series previously held by Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch. He made it to the championship 4 but had a tire go down at Homestead and finished 13th in the race and 4th among the championship contenders. He returned for the full 2019 season.

Harrison Burton (2020–present)

For 2020, Harrison Burton will be driving for Joe Gibbs Racing full-time in 2020 in their No. 20 Toyota, replacing Christopher Bell who moved up to the NASCAR Cup Series while also competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Ben Beshore will serve as crew chief, moving from the No. 18 Xfinity series team.

Car No. 54 history[]

#11

Brian Scott (2011-2012)

The No. 54 team began racing in 2011 as the No. 11. JGR signed 22-year-old Brian Scott (former driver of the No. 11 with Braun Racing) to a two-year contract, with Kevin Kidd announced as the crew chief, and Scott bringing sponsorship from his family-owned Shore Lodge.^[142][143] The new team was constantly hampered by bad luck during races, with 5 DNF's on the season. Scott earned a pole, two top 5s and seven top 10s, finishing 8th in points.^[144] For 2012, Dollar General expanded its sponsorship deal with JGR, sponsoring the No. 11 car for the full season.^[145] Despite showing speed, the team continued to struggle finishing races (7 DNF's), and had a best finish of 3rd at Dover, with Scott finishing 9th in points.^[144]

Elliott Sadler (2013-2014)

In 2013, Scott was replaced by veteran Elliott Sadler, who finished second in the championship standings in the two prior seasons. Sadler brought sponsorship from OneMain Financial with him from Richard Childress Racing.^[146] After winning four races in 2012, Sadler went winless in 2013, though he did score 20 top 10s en route to a fourth-place points finish. Sadler scored his first win for JGR at Talladega in 2014, leading a race high 40 laps.^[147] On October 31, 2014, it was announced that Sadler would depart for Roush Fenway Racing's Nationwide program, taking the OneMain sponsorship with him.^[148] The team's points and crew were moved to the No. 18 for the 2015 season, and the number was reassigned in 2016 to Kaulig Racing for Blake Koch.

#54

Part-time (2020)

For the 2020 season Kyle Busch (5 races) and Denny Hamlin (1 race) will race in the No. 54 car (previously used in 2012-15).

Multiple drivers (2021)

On January 27, 2021, it was confirmed that Ty Gibbs, Ty Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr would drive the 54 car in select races for the 2021 season. Ty Gibbs won in his series debut at the Daytona Road Course while Busch won by 11 seconds at COTA. Following Busch’s win, Gibbs won again the next week at Charlotte holding off Austin Cindric for the second time. In the series’ return to Nashville Superspeedway, Busch made history by winning his 100th race. On July 3rd, Busch battled back from adversity to win the Henry 180 at Road America.

Car No. 81 history[]

Ty Gibbs (2021)

The No. 81 car make its debut as the fifth JGR entry at the 2021 Road America race driven by Ty Gibbs.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series[]

From 2000 to 2002, Joe Gibbs fielded trucks numbered 20 and 48 in the then Craftsman Truck Series for his sons Coy and J.D. Gibbs, neither of whom are currently competitors in NASCAR. Coy ran 12 races in 2000, then the full 2001 and 2002 seasons, with 21 top 10s and 10th-place points finishes in the latter two seasons. J.D. only ran a total of 8 races over the three seasons, with no top 10 finishes.^{[6][149][150][151][152]}

From 2004 to 2006, JGR drivers drove in the Truck Series for Chevrolet-affiliated Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, fielding Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, J. J. Yeley, Jason Leffler, and Aric Almirola in select races.^[24] In 2006, JGR contracted Spears Motorsports to field Almirola in their 75 truck for his rookie Truck season.^[153] Almirola had three top 10s (compared to two top 10s in four starts the previous year), finishing 18th in points.^[154]

JGR drivers currently compete in the Truck Series through Kyle Busch Motorsports, owned by Cup Series driver Kyle Busch. KBM uses JGR-built engines in competition.^[15] Busch himself, along with John Hunter Nemechek, Chandler Smith, Drew Dollar, Parker Chase, Martin Truex Jr., Corey Heim, Brian Brown, and Derek Griffith currently drive for KBM.^[155]

ARCA Menards Series[]

In 1999, Joe Gibbs Racing field No. 18 car for Jason Leffler for one race. Leffler finish 5th at Atlanta. In 2000, Leffler returned at Charlotte, he started 2nd and led one lap, however he crashed with 55 of 67 laps completed.

From 2004 to 2005, Joe Gibbs Racing partnered with Shaver Motorsports to field development drivers in the ARCA Racing Series.^[156] Denny Hamlin finished third in the 2004 season finale at Talladega.^[157] J. J. Yeley ran the 2005 season opener at Daytona, as part of his development deal with JGR.^[101][157] Aric Almirola ran the 2005 finale at Talladega.^[156]

Car No. 18 history[]

Leffler raced one race in 1999 and one race in 2000 with No. 18.

In 2010 Joe Gibbs Racing entered the No. 18 at Michigan for Max Gresham which was also entered again as Brennan Poole due to Gresham having a contract obligation for another team that day of the race although the team would later withdraw their entry from the race entirely.

On December 15, 2016, it was announced that JGR would field a car for Riley Herbst full-time in the 2017 season.^[158] Matt Tifft ran the season opener at Daytona due to Herbst not being eligible to compete in the race.^[159]

Car No. 19 history[]

In 2018, Drew Herring drove the #19 NOS Energy Drink/ORCA Coolers/Advance Auto Parts Toyota at the season finale at Kansas, winning the pole and finishing 8th.

Car No. 81 history[]

In 2017, Riley Herbst was entered at the season opener in Daytona in the team's second car (No. 81), but he was ineligible to race. Herbst and Zane Smith were both ineligible to run the season opener at Daytona, though ARCA allowed both to participate in practice.

Controversy[]

Following the 2008 Chicagoland race, NASCAR made a regulation change specifically to Toyota, which mandated them to run a smaller restrictor plate to cut horsepower by estimated 15 to 20 horsepower (15 kW) from their engines. After the August 16, 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR used a dynamometer to test the horsepower of several cars from all competing manufacturers. While testing the two Joe Gibbs Racing cars, officials found that the throttle pedal on both cars had been manipulated using magnets a quarter-inch thick to prevent the accelerator from going 100 percent wide open. Joe Gibbs issued a statement saying "we will take full responsibility and accept any penalties NASCAR levies against us" and "we will also investigate internally how this incident took place and who was involved and make whatever decisions are necessary to ensure that this kind of situation never happens again."^[160] Seven crew members were suspended indefinitely and two drivers and the team were penalized 150 points apiece.^[161]

Additionally, JGR has been at the center of controversy regarding the closure of smaller teams who form a technical alliance with them and TRD. Examples of this are the closure of Furniture Row Racing at the conclusion of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Season^[162] and the closure of Leavine Family Racing at the conclusion of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Season.^[163]

Motocross team[]

In 2008, Gibbs branched out into motorcycle racing, forming the JGRMX team competing in the AMA motocross and Supercross championships.^[164][165] The team is based in Huntersville, North Carolina and is managed by Gibbs' son, Coy Gibbs.^[164]

On January 5, 2008 the Muscle Milk/Toyota/JGRMX Team made its racing debut in the first round of the 2008 Supercross Series in Anaheim, CA with riders Josh Hansen and Josh Summey.^[166] Josh Grant and Cody Cooper rode for the team in 2009,^[167] with Grant winning the opening round of Supercross at Anaheim. Grant and Justin Brayton rode for the team in 2010,^[168] and Davi Millsaps replaced Grant in 2011.^[169] James Stewart replaced Brayton in 2012,^[170] and won the Oakland and Daytona Supercrosses, while Millsaps finished second in points. On May 6, 2012, Stewart and the team officially parted ways.^[171]

Grant and Brayton returned as the team's two riders in 2013^[172] and were joined by Phil Nicoletti in 2014. Justin Barcia and Weston Peick replaced Grant and Brayton on the team in 2015,^[173] with Barcia winning two nationals (Budds Creek and RedBud). In 2017, the team switched from Yamaha to Suzuki and added a 250cc effort, with Nicoletti and Matt Bisceglia.^[174] For 2018, JGRMX/Autotrader/Yoshimura Suzuki became the official factory Suzuki program, with riders Peick and Justin Bogle (450) and 2017 250SX West Champion Justin Hill, Nicoletti, Jimmy Decotis, and Kyle Peters (250).^[175] Hill scored a win at San Diego while Bogle missed most of the season with injuries as Malcolm Stewart filled in for him.^[176] The 2019 team consists of two-time Supercross champion Chad Reed, Peick, Hill (450), Decotis, Peters, Alex Martin, Enzo Lopes (250).^[177] Peick suffered serious facial injuries in a crash at the Paris Supercross in October 2018.^[178]

J.D. Gibbs health complications and passing[]

It was reported on March 25, 2015, that J.D. Gibbs had begun treatment for symptoms impacting areas of brain function, including speech and processing issues.^[179] It was later announced on January 11, 2019, that J.D. Gibbs had died following complications of degenerative neurological disease. A memorial service was held on January 25, 2019.^[180]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Joe Gibbs Racing at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Motocross Team Website
• Joe Gibbs owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Coy Gibbs owner statistics at Racing-Reference