Riley Herbst

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Riley Herbst
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Herbst at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021
BornRiley D. Herbst
(1999-02-24) February 24, 1999 (age 22)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Awards2017 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
76 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 98 (Stewart-Haas Racing)
2021 position11th
Best finish11th (2021)
First race2018 Iowa 250 (Iowa)
Last race2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 34 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
9 races run over 4 years
2020 position86th
Best finish39th (2018)
First race2018 Eaton 200 (Gateway)
Last race2021 BrakeBest Select 159 (Daytona RC)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 1
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2019 position43rd
Best finish43rd (2019)
First race2019 Clarington 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 26, 2021.

Riley D. Herbst[1] (born February 24, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Racing career[]

Early years[]

Herbst began racing karts as a five-year-old.[2] He progressed through legends, Speed Trucks, and Super Late Models.[2]

In 2015, he raced weekly at Irwindale Speedway in a Super Late Model as well as winning the track's Speed Trucks championship.[2] In 2016, he raced several NASCAR East and West series races along with racing a Super Late Model at Irwindale.[2]

Off-road racing[]

Herbst is from a family rooted in off-road racing. His father Troy, grandfather Jerry, and uncles Ed and Tim participate in desert racing such as the Baja 500 and Baja 1000.[2][3] The quartet was inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.[4]

During his youth, Herbst competed in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' Junior 1 Kart division.[5]

In 2020, he joined his cousins Pierce and Thor at the 2020 Baja 1000, where they finished second in the Trophy Truck Spec class.[6] The trio also ran the 2021 1000 and placed ninth.[7][8]

ARCA Menards Series[]

Herbst's No. 18 ARCA car at Road America in 2017

In 2017, Herbst drove full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 Toyota in the ARCA Racing Series. He drove the No. 81 in the first race but withdrew due to age limitations. He then moved to the No. 18 for the rest of the season. He won one race at Pocono, earned top-fives, 10 top-tens, and finished seventh in the final standings.[9][10] He also claimed the series' Rookie of the Year award over Gus Dean after passing Dean in the season's final event.[11] For the 2019 season, he split JGR's No. 18 with Ty Gibbs.

Xfinity Series[]

Herbst's No. 18 car at Dover International Speedway in 2020

In May 2018, Herbst was named to the 2018 NASCAR Next class.[3] In June 2018, Herbst joined JGR for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Iowa Speedway.[12] For the 2019 season, he split JGR's No. 18 with Jeffrey Earnhardt, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin.[13]

In 2020, Herbst assumed full-time driving duties in the No. 18. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round.[14] He ended the year with a 12th-place points finish, four top-five finishes, 17 top tens, and a best finish of second at Auto Club Speedway and Kentucky Speedway.[15] After the season, JGR signed Daniel Hemric to drive the No. 18 full-time starting in 2021, leaving Herbst without a ride.[16]

Herbst's No. 98 car at Daytona International Speedway in 2021

On December 10, 2020, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Herbst would drive the No. 98 Ford beginning with the 2021 season.[15] After a rough start to the season that saw his involvement in wrecks—none of which were of his doing—in three of the first four races,[17][18] he rebounded with a fourth-place finish at Phoenix Raceway.[19]

Truck Series[]

In 2018, Herbst was tabbed to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports.[20] He made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the No. 51 at Gateway Motorsports Park finishing 8th and the No. 46 at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway finishing 29th.[21]

On October 12, 2019, Herbst was passing Johnny Sauter on the final lap for the win in the tri-oval at Talladega Superspeedway but was blocked across the apron forcing NASCAR to penalize Sauter and give Spencer Boyd his first career win, Herbst would finish third.

Herbst returned to the Truck Series in February 2021 for the Daytona road course race, driving the No. 17 Ford for David Gilliland Racing.[22]

Personal life[]

Herbst's family owns the Terrible Herbst company.[3]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2018 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
6 		CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 100th 01 [23]
2019 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
9 		TAL DOV
15 		CLT POC MCH
37 		IOW CHI
10 		DAY
18 		KEN
11 		NHA IOW
13 		GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS
9 		RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO
30 		HOM 88th 01 [24]
2020 DAY
32 		LVS
9 		CAL
2 		PHO
10 		DAR
18 		CLT
12 		BRI
27 		ATL
17 		HOM
10 		HOM
9 		TAL
37 		POC
9 		IND
33 		KEN
2 		KEN
10 		TEX
36 		KAN
9 		ROA
23 		DAY
7 		DOV
6 		DOV
9 		DAY
4 		DAR
4 		RCH
10 		RCH
34 		BRI
10 		LVS
12 		TAL
35 		CLT
12 		KAN
30 		TEX
32 		MAR
6 		PHO
11 		12th 2152 [25]
2021 Stewart-Haas Racing 98 Ford DAY
26 		DAY
39 		HOM
11 		LVS
40 		PHO
4 		ATL
6 		MAR
29 		TAL
4 		DAR
28 		DOV
17 		COA
16 		CLT
12 		MOH
21 		TEX
12 		NSH
10 		POC
35 		ROA
7 		ATL
19 		NHA
10 		GLN
13 		IND
8 		MCH
7 		DAY
10 		DAR
38 		RCH
5 		BRI
3 		LVS
33 		TAL
27* 		CLT
34 		TEX
12 		KAN
13 		MAR
10 		PHO
4 		11th 2157 [26]

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2018 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW
8 		CHI KEN ELD POC MCH 39th 81 [27]
DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota BRI
15 		MSP PHO
15 		HOM
Kyle Busch Motorsports 46 Toyota LVS
29 		TAL MAR TEX
2019 DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN
9 		CLT TEX IOW
15 		GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS 44th 61 [28]
51 TAL
3 		MAR PHO HOM
2020 DAY
12 		LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 86th 01 [29]
2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY DAY
5 		LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO -* 01* [30]

K&N Pro Series East[]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2016 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota NSM
9 		MOB GRE BRI
10 		VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM 29th 105 [31]
16 DOV
8
2017 54 NSM GRE BRI
Wth 		SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM 47th 37 [32]
MDM Motorsports 41 Toyota DOV
7
2018 DGR-Crosley 98 Toyota NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM NJM THO NHA IOW GLN GTW NHA
4 		DOV 40th 41 [33]
2019 17 NSM BRI
18 		SBO SBO MEM NHA
6 		IOW 22nd 96 [34]
54 GLN
12 		BRI NHA DOV

K&N Pro Series West[]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2016 Bill McAnally Racing 19 Toyota IRW
6 		KCR
4 		TUS
7 		OSS
16 		CNS
13 		SON
5 		SLS
7 		IOW
3 		EVG
3 		DCS
3 		UMC
5 		UMC
4 		MER
19 		AAS
12 		7th 510 [35]
2017 54 TUS
9 		KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
3 		28th 76 [36]
2019 with Joe Gibbs Racing 10 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
10 		48th 35 [37]

Pinty's Series[]

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NPSC Pts Ref
2019 DJK Racing 28 Dodge MSP
20 		JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS MSP ASE NHA JUK 43rd 24 [38]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2017 Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota DAY
Wth 		5th 4555 [39]
18 NSH
7 		SLM
12 		TAL
8 		TOL
5 		ELK
3* 		POC
1*
16 		MAD
3 		IOW
12 		IRP
13
2 		WIN
17 		ISF
16
2 		DSF
16 		SLM
17 		CHI
13 		KEN
7 		KAN
9
2018 DAY
10 		NSH
13 		SLM
6 		TAL
17 		TOL
19
2 		POC
5 		MCH
2 		MAD
13
5 		CHI
6 		IOW
17 		ELK
4
5 		ISF
9 		BLN
9 		DSF
3 		SLM
9 		IRP
8 		KAN
4 		3rd 4595 [40]
2019 DAY
10 		SLM TAL
2 		NSH TOL
19 		POC
2* 		MCH
12 		CHI
6 		ELK IOW ISF DSF
6 		SLM KAN
16 		16th 1485 [41]
2020 DAY
7 		PHO TAL
4 		POC IRP KEN IOW KAN
3 		TOL MCH
1 		DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI MEM ISF KAN 24th 167 [42]
2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN
6 		MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 79th 38 [43]

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