25 Facts About Joey Gase

Joseph Robert Gase was born on February 8,1993 and is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.

Joey Gase started racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in the track's junior classes in 2001.

Joey Gase won the track modified B championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 2007, the youngest driver to do so.

Joey Gase graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2011.

Joey Gase was awarded the inaugural Comcast Community Champion Award at the joint Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series banquet after the 2015 season.

Joey Gase made his Truck Series debut at Atlanta, driving a start and park truck for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing.

On September 28,2018, it was announced that Joey Gase joined Copp Motorsports for one race at Talladega with Sparks Energy being the sponsor.

In January 2012, it was announced that Joey Gase would drive the No 39 Ford for Go Green Racing for the entire 2012 Nationwide Series season, competing for rookie of the year honors.

Joey Gase was planned to be the lead driver of a two-car team for Go Green Racing; the team's second car, the No 04, would be driven by several drivers.

In December 2012, Joey Gase announced that he would be driving for Jimmy Means Racing full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2013; partway through the season he began running for Go Green Racing as well as Means due to a lack of sponsorship.

Joey Gase started the race, and was replaced by Bean during the event.

On January 5,2018, it was announced Joey Gase would drive the No 35 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Go Green Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time for the 2018 season, even though he left Jimmy Means Racing to seek more opportunities in the Cup Series.

In 2019, Joey Gase joined MBM Motorsports to run the full Xfinity schedule in the team's No 35 Toyota Supra.

Joey Gase continued to race part-time in the Xfinity Series from 2020 onward.

At Talladega when he drove for Jimmy Means Racing, the car was a Ford which Joey Gase himself had owned.

At the 2024 ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway, Joey Gase was involved in a crash during the final laps.

Joey Gase returned in 2015 with Go FAS Racing at Richmond, but finished 43rd after Aric Almirola tapped him, sending him head-on into the SAFER barrier.

In December 2016, Joey Gase joined BK Racing in the No 23 Toyota Camry for three races starting at the 2017 Daytona 500.

In January 2018, it was announced that Joey Gase would drive a part-time No 33 Ford for Circle Sport Racing which invested in Go FAS Racing's No 32 Cup Series Ford.

Joey Gase drove at Las Vegas for Premium Motorsports' No 55, drove the No 00 for StarCom Racing at Talladega's spring race, and Coke Zero 400 and the No 23 for BK Racing at Darlington.

In conjunction with his Xfinity ride with MBM for 2019, Joey Gase joined the team's Cup program, driving the No 66 Toyota part-time starting with the Daytona 500.

Joey Gase began racing full-time in the Cup Series in 2020 with Ware, though he did not compete for Cup points.

At the 2021 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Joey Gase was involved in a scary crash when his No 15 RWR car lost a tire and slammed the wall, sending the car airborne.

Joey Gase was transported to the hospital and released a few hours later.

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Joey Gase started the 2021 season running for Cup Series points but switched to the Xfinity Series starting at Talladega in April.