Riley Herbst

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.

Riley Herbst
Herbst in 2018
BornRiley D. Herbst
(1999-02-24) February 24, 1999
Las Vegas, Nevada
Awards2017 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
43 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNo. 98 (Stewart-Haas Racing)
2020 position12th
Best finish12th (2020)
First race2018 Iowa 250 (Iowa)
Last race2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 21 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
8 races run over 3 years
2020 position86th
Best finish39th (2018)
First race2018 Eaton 200 (Gateway)
Last race2020 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 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 November 7, 2020.

Background

Herbst's father Troy and grandfather raced desert off road racing trucks including the Baja 500 and Baja 1000.[2][3] His family owns the Terrible Herbst company.[3]

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] He also competed in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' Junior 1 Kart division.[4]

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]

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.[5][6] He also claimed the series' Rookie of the Year award over Gus Dean after passing Dean in the season's final event.[7] 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.[8] For the 2019 season, he split JGR's No. 18 with Jeffrey Earnhardt, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin.[9]

In 2020, Herbst assumed full-time driving duties in the No. 18. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round.[10] 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.[11] After the season, JGR signed Daniel Hemric to drive the No. 18 full-time starting in 2021, leaving Herbst without a ride.[12]

On December 10, 2020, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Herbst would drive the No. 98 Ford beginning with the 2021 season.[11]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

In 2018, Herbst was tabbed to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports.[13] 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.[14]

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.

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 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
2021 Stewart-Haas Racing 98 Ford DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC 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 [18]
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 [19]
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 [20]

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 [21]
16 DOV
8
2017 54 NSM GRE BRI
Wth		 SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM 47th 37 [22]
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 [23]
2019 17 NSM BRI
18		 SBO SBO MEM NHA
6		 IOW 22nd 96 [24]
54 GLN
12		 BRI GTW 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 [25]
2017 54 TUS
9		 KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
3		 28th 76 [26]
2019 Levin Racing 10 LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
10		 48th 35 [27]

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 [28]

* 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 [29]
18 NSH
7		 SLM
12		 TAL
8		 TOL
5		 ELK
3*		 POC
1*		 MCH
16		 MAD
3		 IOW
12		 IRP
13		 POC
2		 WIN
17		 ISF
16		 ROA
2		 DSF
16		 SLM
17		 CHI
13		 KEN
7		 KAN
9
2018 DAY
10		 NSH
13		 SLM
6		 TAL
17		 TOL
19		 CLT
2		 POC
5		 MCH
2		 MAD
13		 GTW
5		 CHI
6		 IOW
17		 ELK
4		 POC
5		 ISF
9		 BLN
9		 DSF
3		 SLM
9		 IRP
8		 KAN
4		 3rd 4595 [30]
2019 DAY
10		 FIF SLM TAL
2		 NSH TOL CLT
19		 POC
2*		 MCH
12		 MAD GTW CHI
6		 ELK IOW POC ISF DSF
6		 SLM IRP KAN
16		 16th 1485 [31]
2020 DAY
7		 PHO TAL
4		 POC IRP KEN IOW KAN
3		 TOL TOL MCH
1		 DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 24th 167 [32]

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