36 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 Cup Series, driving the No 35 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs 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 the best finish of second at Auto Club Speedway and Kentucky Speedway.

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.

Riley Herbst began the 2023 season with a sixth-place finish at Daytona.

Riley Herbst scored his first win of the season at Indianapolis after he made a spectacular last lap pass on Aric Almirola.

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.

Riley Herbst made another start for RWR at Talladega Superspeedway where he started 36th and finished 20th.

Riley Herbst competed for Front Row Motorsports at the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in the No 36 Ford.

Riley Herbst started in sixth but fell to the back at the end of stage 1 before getting caught up in the big one at the end of stage 2.

Riley Herbst would compete for Front Row in the No 36 again in the fall Talladega race that same year.

Riley Herbst would start in sixth again but this time was able to finish the race despite crashing again.

Riley Herbst was in contention for the win as he ran in fourth for the closing laps of the race and pushed Ryan Blaney to the lead on the final lap and almost pushed Kevin Harvick to the victory before he got spun by Corey LaJoie and took out most of the field coming out of the tri-oval.

Riley Herbst would come across the line in 9th, his best career finish in the Cup Series.

Riley Herbst signed with Rick Ware for the 2024 Daytona 500 driving the No 15 again but this time with Monster Energy as a sponsor instead of SunnyD, which was his sponsor in the previous year's race.

Riley Herbst was at one point in the top 10 during the race but ultimately finished in 24th.

Riley Herbst ran another race that same year in the No 15 at Kansas, starting 37th and finishing 35th, two laps down.

Riley Herbst ran two more races for Rick Ware at Nashville and Richmond finishing 37th and 33rd.

On November 20,2024,23XI Racing announced that Riley Herbst would drive the No 35 Toyota full-time for the 2025 season.

Riley Herbst will run long-time partner Monster Energy as his sponsor.