22 Facts About Riley Herbst

Riley Dederick Kern Herbst was born on February 24,1999 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Riley Herbst competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 98 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 15 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing.

Riley Herbst progressed through legends, Speed Trucks, and Super Late Models.

In 2017, Riley Herbst drove full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No 18 Toyota in the ARCA Racing Series.

Riley Herbst drove the No 81 in the first race but withdrew due to age limitations.

Riley Herbst then moved to the No 18 for the rest of the season.

Riley Herbst won one race at Pocono, earned top-fives, 10 top-tens, and finished seventh in the final standings.

Riley Herbst claimed the series' Rookie of the Year award over Gus Dean after passing Dean in the season's final event.

In May 2018, Riley Herbst was named to the 2018 NASCAR Next class.

In June 2018, Riley Herbst joined JGR for his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Iowa Speedway.

In 2020, Riley Herbst assumed full-time driving duties in the No 18.

Riley Herbst 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.

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

In 2022, Riley Herbst would have his best season in his Xfinity career; his 8 Top 5 and 20 Top 10 finishes during the season were all career-highs.

In 2018, Riley Herbst was tabbed to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

Riley Herbst 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.

On October 12,2019, Riley 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, Riley Herbst would finish third.

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

Riley Herbst returned to the No 17 truck for Daytona and Kansas in 2022.

On January 31,2023, Riley Herbst was announced to have signed with Rick Ware Racing to make his Cup Series debut in the No 15 Ford at the 2023 Daytona 500.

Riley Herbst would go on to finish tenth in his debut despite being involved in a multi car crash late in the race.

Riley Herbst is one of five drivers in NASCAR history to score a Top 10 in their first Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series starts.