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Career

Owner(s)	Joe Gibbs Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Arctos Partners
Base	Huntersville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Xfinity Series ARCA Menards Series
Race drivers	Cup Series: 11. Denny Hamlin 19. Martin Truex Jr. 20. Christopher Bell 54. Ty Gibbs Xfinity Series: 18. Sheldon Creed 19. Ryan Truex, Aric Almirola, Ty Gibbs, Taylor Gray, William Sawalich, Joe Graf Jr. 20. John Hunter Nemechek, Aric Almirola, Ryan Truex 81. Chandler Smith ARCA Menards Series: 18. Tanner Gray, William Sawalich
Sponsors	Cup Series: 11. FedEx, Sport Clips, Mavis Tire and Brakes, Interstate Batteries, Yahoo! 19. Bass Pro Shops, Reser's Fine Foods, Auto-Owners Insurance, Interstate Batteries 20. DeWalt, Interstate Batteries, Rheem, Mobil 1, Yahoo! 54. Monster Energy, He Gets Us, SiriusXM, Interstate Batteries Xfinity Series: 18. Friends of Jaclyn Foundation 19. Toyota, He Gets Us, Go Bowling, Place of Hope, Operation 300 20. Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, Safeway, Dial, He Gets Us, Toyota 81. Mobil 1, Quick Tie, Wheelers ARCA Menards Series: 18. Place of Hope, Starkey
Manufacturer	Chevrolet (1992–1996, 2003–2007), Pontiac (1997–2002), Toyota (2008–Present)
Opened	1992
Debut	Cup Series: 1992 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Xfinity Series: 1997 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 (Charlotte) Truck Series: 2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville) ARCA Menards Series: 1999 Georgia Boot 400 (Atlanta)
Latest race	Cup Series: 2020 FanShield 500 (Phoenix) Xfinity Series: 2020 LS Tractor 200 (Phoenix) Truck Series: 2002 Ford 200 (Homestead) ARCA Menards Series: 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix Raceway)
Races competed	Total: 2,154 Cup Series: 1,114 Xfinity Series: 850 Truck Series: 60 ARCA Menards Series: 130
Drivers' Championships	Total: 10 NASCAR Cup Series: 5 2000, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2019 Xfinity Series: 4 2009, 2016, 2021, 2022 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 1 2021
Race victories	Total: 446 Cup Series: 210 Xfinity Series: 208 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 28
Pole positions	Total: 357 Cup Series: 145 Xfinity Series: 183 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 29

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization founded by Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs. His son, J. D. Gibbs, ran the team with him until his death in 2019. Founded in Huntersville, North Carolina, in 1992. JGR has won five Cup Series championships.

For the team's first 16 seasons, Joe Gibbs Racing ran cars from General Motors, winning three championships: two in Pontiac Grand Prixs and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The team switched to Toyota beginning in the 2008 season, and in 2015 brought Toyota their first Premier series championship with Kyle Busch's victory.

The team fields four full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series: the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Denny Hamlin, the No. 19 Camry for Martin Truex Jr., the No. 20 Camry for Christopher Bell, and the No. 54 Camry for Ty Gibbs. In the Xfinity Series, the team fields three full-time entries: the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra for Sheldon Creed, the No. 19 & No. 20 Supra for several drivers, and the No. 81 Supra for Chandler Smith.

The team has a driver development program that groomed future Cup winners Joey Logano and Aric Almirola and won one championship in the Camping World East Series (now known as the ARCA Menards East Series) with Logano. The team won the 2021 ARCA Menards Series championship with Ty Gibbs. The organization teamed up with former NFL player Reggie White in 2004 to create a diversity program, fielding drivers such as Almirola, Marc Davis, and Bubba Wallace, and forming the basis for NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program.

In 2021, JGR formed a technical alliance with 23XI Racing. In 2023, JGR sold minority stakes to Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) and Arctos Partners.

History

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The team's headquarters.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series cars being prepared in 2018.

Gibbs founded the team in 1991 after exploring opportunities with Don Meredith, who currently serves as the team's Executive Vice President. In 1997, Gibbs' son J. D. Gibbs was named team president. In 1998, the team began building its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina. The team expanded to a two-car operation in 1999 with Tony Stewart's No. 20 Home Depot-sponsored car, then in 2005 added the No. 11 FedEx-sponsored car driven by Denny Hamlin and owned by Coy Gibbs. For the 2015 season, the team added the No. 19 car driven by Carl Edwards, who followed former Roush Racing teammate Matt Kenseth to JGR.

After winning three Cup championships and more than 70 NASCAR races in Chevrolet and Pontiac equipment, team officials announced in September 2007 that they would switch to Toyota (who had just entered the Cup series that year) after their contract with General Motors ended at the end of the season. Joe Gibbs said Toyota offered the team resources and options they "were not going to be able to afford to do" if they remained at GM. It was also reported that JGR executives felt they were treated by GM as less important than other GM teams such as Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing.

In 2012, JGR shuttered its in-house Sprint Cup Series engine program, merging with California-based Toyota Racing Development which provides engines to JGR and 23XI Racing. The team builds engines for its own Xfinity Series operations and ARCA Menards Series operations of Venturini Motorsports.The team had a technical alliance with Furniture Row Racing, a single-car team based in Denver, Colorado, which closed after the 2018 season. In June 2023, JGR received a minority investment from Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded and managed by Josh Harris and David Blitzer, and Arctos Partners. Gibbs became a limited partner of HBSE in the transaction.

NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Car No. 11 history

Brian Scott at Road America in 2012.

Brian Scott (2011–2012)

The No. 11 team began racing in 2011. JGR signed 22-year-old Brian Scott (former driver of the No. 11 with Braun Racing) to a two-year contract, with Kevin Kidd announced as the crew chief, and Scott bringing sponsorship from his family-owned Shore Lodge. The new team was constantly hampered by bad luck during races, with 5 DNF's on the season. Scott earned a pole, two top 5s and seven top 10s, finishing 8th in points. For 2012, Dollar General expanded its sponsorship deal with JGR, sponsoring the No. 11 car for the full season. Despite showing speed, the team continued to struggle finishing races (7 DNF's), and had a best finish of 3rd at Dover, with Scott finishing 9th in points.

Elliott Sadler (2013–2014)

Elliott Sadler at Road America in 2014.

In 2013, Scott was replaced by veteran Elliott Sadler, who finished second in the championship standings in the two prior seasons. Sadler brought sponsorship from OneMain Financial with him from Richard Childress Racing. After winning four races in 2012, Sadler went winless in 2013, though he did score 20 top 10s en route to a fourth-place points finish. Sadler scored his first win for JGR at Talladega in 2014, leading a race high 40 laps. On October 31, 2014, it was announced that Sadler would depart for Roush Fenway Racing's Nationwide program, taking the OneMain sponsorship with him. The team's points and crew were moved to the No. 18 for the 2015 season, and the number was reassigned in 2016 to Kaulig Racing for Blake Koch.

Car No. 11 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	34	Owners	Pts
2011	Brian Scott	11	Toyota	DAY 34	PHO 9	LVS 14	BRI 12	CAL 13	TEX 10	TAL 11	NSH 22	RCH 15	DAR 29	DOV 30	IOW 27	CLT 8	CHI 17	MCH 17	ROA 16	DAY 12	KEN 15	NHA 17	NSH 17	IRP 15	IOW 14	GLN 14	CGV 12	BRI 10	ATL 12	RCH 32	CHI 3	DOV 11	KAN 17	CLT 5	TEX 12	PHO 41	HOM 9	15th	947
2012	Brian Scott			DAY 37	PHO 14	LVS 34	BRI 35	CAL 4	TEX 37	RCH 14	TAL 36	DAR 7	IOW 11	CLT 31	DOV 3	MCH 9	ROA 7	KEN 30	DAY 32	NHA 12	CHI 11	IND 14	IOW 18	GLN 10	CGV 24	BRI 34	ATL 11	RCH 28	CHI 10	KEN 11	DOV 7	CLT 8	KAN 26	TEX 22	PHO 8	HOM 7		15th	853
2013	Elliott Sadler			DAY 15	PHO 5	LVS 5	BRI 36	CAL 7	TEX 13	RCH 6	TAL 11	DAR 2	CLT 13	DOV 28	IOW 3	MCH 8	ROA 9	KEN 2	DAY 3	NHA 18	CHI 4*	IND 13	IOW 8	GLN 5	MOH 6	BRI 10	ATL 18	RCH 8	CHI 19	KEN 14	DOV 5	KAN 10	CLT 36	TEX 7	PHO 8	HOM 16		7th	1090
2014	Elliott Sadler			DAY 5	PHO 6	LVS 13	BRI 17	CAL 5	TEX 10	DAR 2	RCH 6	TAL 1*	IOW 5	CLT 12	DOV 9	MCH 17	ROA 9	KEN 10	DAY 21	NHA 6	CHI 10	IND 15	IOW 10	GLN 7	MOH 7	BRI 29	ATL 10	RCH 8	CHI 6	KEN 13	DOV 5	KAN 7	CLT 9	TEX 9	PHO 3	HOM 9		6th	1154

Car No. 18 history

Part-time with Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte (1998)

The current 18 car came under JGR control when owner Joe Gibbs purchased the No. 44 Shell Oil-sponsored Pontiac from his Cup Series driver Bobby Labonte, who had been operating the team under his control. The team made its debut under the Gibbs banner at the 1998 NAPA Auto Parts 300 with then-IndyCar driver Tony Stewart driving. Stewart, he qualified 9th but finished 31st after a crash. At the next week at Rockingham Speedway, Stewart qualified on the pole, led 60 laps, and finished 2nd. Stewart ran a total of 22 races that year, with five top-five finishes and winning two pole positions. Labonte ran five races that year in that car in 1998, winning the Diamond Hill Plywood 200.

Part-time (1999)

The team switched to No. 18 with sponsorship from MBNA for 1999. Labonte ran only one race before he suffered shoulder injuries in a qualifying crash at Darlington. Late in the year, Jason Leffler, like Stewart an accomplished open wheel racer, ran four races in the car that year, his best finish being a 20th at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Jason Leffler (2000)

Leffler ran the car full-time in 2000, winning a pole at Texas Motor Speedway, and posting three top-ten finishes. After that season, he left for the Cup Series with Chip Ganassi Racing, and Jeff Purvis took his place.

Jeff Purvis and Mike McLaughlin (2001)

Purvis started strong and was seventh in points but was released after the GNC Live Well 250 because of sponsorship issues. Mike McLaughlin replaced him, finishing seventh in points that season.

Mike McLaughlin (2002)

McLaughlin returned for 2002, and despite going winless in 2002, he moved up to fourth place in points. However, owner Joe Gibbs wanted his son Coy in a full-time ride, leaving McLaughlin without a ride.

Coy Gibbs (2003)

In his rookie season, The now late Coy Gibbs drove the No. 18 full time in 2003. Gibbs had two Top 10 finishes and finished runner-up to David Stremme for Rookie of the Year.

Part-time (2004)

The team scaled back to a part-time schedule for 2004. In November 2003, JGR signed highly touted USAC Champion J. J. Yeley to a multi-year contract, beginning his stock car career with eight ARCA Menards Series events and 10-12 Busch Series races in the 2004 season. The Home Depot's Vigoro Lawn and Garden Products would sponsor Yeley's efforts, making their BGN debut at Las Vegas in March. In his first race, Yeley qualified a strong seventh, but finished 23rd and two laps down. Yeley would end up running 17 races, garnering four Top 10 finishes and finishing fourth in Rookie of the Year standings behind future Cup drivers Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Paul Menard. Bobby Labonte ran two races with a best finish of 7th, while Denny Hamlin finished a strong sixth at the fall race at Darlington.

J. J. Yeley (2005–2006)

Yeley ran the car full-time in 2005, finishing in the top-ten twelve times and finishing 11th in points. Yeley continued to run full-time in 2006, finishing 5th in the points standings with three poles, nine Top 5s, 22 Top 10s, and 27 Top 15s. Yeley announced in Daytona that he would be driving in the No. 1 Miccosukee Gaming and Resorts-sponsored Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series.

Brad Coleman at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2010.

Multiple drivers (2007)

In January 2007, former Brewco Motorsports development driver and ARCA standout Brad Coleman signed to drive the No. 18 car for 17 of the 35 races, with Carino's Italian Grill sponsoring his efforts. Kevin Conway was signed for eight races beginning at Bristol in March with Z-Line Designs sponsoring, while Tony Stewart and development driver Aric Almirola filled out the schedule with Goody's Headache Powder and ConAgra Foods sponsorships. Almirola put the car on the pole at the season opener at Daytona, and had a best finish of 4th at Charlotte. Coleman earned his first career Busch Series pole at Talladega, and had three Top 5s and five Top 10s. Without sponsorship for a full-time ride with JGR, Coleman returned to the renamed Baker Curb Racing following the season and signed a development contract with Hall of Fame Racing.

Kyle Busch in 2008.

Part-time (2008)

For 2008, the No. 18 was piloted by the team of Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch with sponsorship coming from Southern Farm Bureau, Interstate Batteries, and Z-Line Designs. Despite running a partial schedule, Busch won ten races in 2008, including eight in the No. 18, and would finish sixth in points while Hamlin scored a single victory in the No. 18 at Dover. 18-year-old JGR development driver Marc Davis made his one and only national series start for the team in October at Memphis Motorsports Park with DLP HDTV sponsoring.

Kyle Busch (2009)

In 2009, Kyle Busch went full time in the Nationwide Series, driving the No. 18 Z-Line Designs / NOS Toyota. Busch won 9 races and won the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Title.

Michael McDowell at Road America in 2012.

Multiple drivers (2010–2013)

In 2010, Kyle Busch ran most of the races that were paired with Sprint Cup Series races, while Brad Coleman returned to run the stand-alone races. For 2011, Busch drove the No. 18 for a majority of the season, splitting the ride with Michael McDowell, who ran both Iowa races, Lucas Oil Raceway, and the road courses Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with sponsorship from Pizza Ranch. McDowell won the pole at Road America and dominated until late-race contact with another car. Drivers Kelly Bires, Drew Herring, and Joey Logano also took turns in the No. 18. Bires ran at Richmond and Chicago with International Comfort Products Corporation, Herring drove at the second Nashville race with Sport Clips, and Logano drove the No. 18 at Chicago, Dover, Kansas, and Phoenix. For 2012, the No. 18 would have a similar lineup, featuring Hamlin, Logano, Herring, McDowell, and Ryan Truex. Logano would take seven victories with the No. 18 team, handing the team the Nationwide Owners' Championship. For 2013, the No. 18 and 20 teams swapped. Matt Kenseth drove the No. 18 for 16 races with sponsorship from Reser's Fine Foods and GameStop. He won the July race at Daytona and the October race at Kansas. The No. 18 car did not run in 2014.

Daniel Suárez (2015)

Daniel Suárez at Road America in 2015

On August 19, 2014, JGR announced that Toyota Series and K&N Pro Series East driver Daniel Suárez would drive the No. 18 full-time in 2015 with a sponsorship from Arris, running for Rookie of the Year. Suárez had a strong rookie season, earning eight top fives, 18 top tens, and three poles to finish fifth in points and beat out Darrell Wallace Jr. for Rookie of the Year.

Multiple drivers (2016–2019)

Owen Kelly at Road America in 2016.

The team inherited the No. 54's points and equipment in 2016, fielding multiple drivers, starting with former JGR driver Bobby Labonte at Daytona. Kyle Busch drove a limited schedule, with former sponsor NOS Energy Drink (owned by Monster Beverage) funding both Busch and Labonte's efforts. Matt Tifft was scheduled to drive 13 races for the team, but was replaced for several races as he recovered from a removal of a tumor in his brain. Sam Hornish Jr. replaced Tifft for the June Xfinity race at Iowa, and won the race. David Ragan ran the July Xfinity race at Daytona, and won the pole, and was in contention for the win, but crashed on the final lap of the race. Road course specialist Owen Kelly ran the road course races at Mid-Ohio and Road America, and Dakoda Armstrong ran the July Xfinity race at Iowa. The No. 18 car won 12 races in 2016, ten with Busch, one at Charlotte with Hamlin, and one with Hornish at Iowa.

For 2017, multiple drivers again raced in the No. 18. Daniel Suárez drove 12 races beginning at Daytona in February with sponsorship from Juniper. Kyle Busch drove 10 races with sponsor NOS Energy Drink beginning at Atlanta in March, winning 5 races at Atlanta, Kentucky, Loudon, Watkins Glen, and Bristol. Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Christopher Bell made his Xfinity Series debut with the No. 18 team at Charlotte, finishing 4th. Bell would also drive the car at Road America, Kansas, Texas, and Phoenix. Bell won the race at Kansas after catching and passing teammate Erik Jones for his first career Xfinity Series win in his 5th start. Bell had sponsorship from SiriusXM at Charlotte, Toyotacare at Road America, JBL at Kansas, and Safelite at Texas and Phoenix. ARCA driver Kyle Benjamin drove the No. 18 with sponsorship from Reser's Fine Foods and Sport Clips at both Iowa races and Kentucky in September with a best finish of 2nd at the July Iowa race to teammate Ryan Preece. Regan Smith returned to the Xfinity series in a one-race deal in the No. 18 at Mid-Ohio with sponsorship from Interstate Batteries. Denny Hamlin also drove one race in the No. 18, running a throwback scheme at Darlington with Sport Clips sponsoring, Hamlin won the race. Ryan Preece drove the No. 18 car at Homestead with Safelite as the sponsor and finished 5th in preparation for an expanded ten–race schedule with the team in 2018. Preece shared the car with JGR's cup series drivers Busch, Suárez, Hamlin, and Jones in 2018. Preece would go on to win at Bristol.

In 2019, Busch returned for seven races with Hamlin running the Darlington race. Jeffrey Earnhardt was signed to nine races while the rest of the schedule was filled out by development drivers Harrison Burton and Riley Herbst. On August 7, 2019, Earnhardt announced that he parted ways with sponsor and XCI affiliate iK9, as well as Joe Gibbs Racing. Jack Hawksworth would drive the car at Mid-Ohio.

Riley Herbst (2020)

Riley Herbst at Dover International Speedway in 2020

For 2020, Riley Herbst will be driving this car full-time. Dave Rogers will serve as crew chief. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round and ultimately finished 12th in the standings.

Daniel Hemric (2021)

Daniel Hemric at Darlington Raceway in 2021

On November 12, 2020, it was confirmed that Daniel Hemric would replace Riley Herbst for the 2021 season. On September 25, 2021, it was confirmed that Hemric would not be returning to the team after the 2021 season, moving to Kaulig Racing's No. 11 in 2022 as the replacement for Justin Haley's Xfinity seat. Despite being winless during the regular season, Hemric used his consistency to advance to the Championship 4 at Phoenix where he finally won his first career Xfinity race as well as the Championship.

Multiple drivers (2022)

In 2022, JGR downsized to three teams including the No. 18, No. 19, and No. 54. Drivers such as Drew Dollar, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Truex, John Hunter Nemechek, and Sammy Smith drove the No. 18. The team would go winless in 2022.

Sammy Smith (2023)

Sammy Smith at Sonoma Raceway in 2023

On December 6, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Sammy Smith would drive the No. 18 full-time in 2023 with sponsorship from Pilot Flying J. During the season, Smith scored his first win at Phoenix; at age 18, he became the youngest Xfinity Series winner.

Sheldon Creed (2024)

Sheldon Creed's No. 18 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Sheldon Creed will run the No. 18 full-time for 2024.

Car No. 18 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	34	35	Owners	Pts	Ref
1997	Bobby Labonte	18	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 9	CAL	CAR	HOM
1999	Andy Hillenburg			DAY 3
	J. D. Gibbs				CAR 41		ATL DNQ			NSV DNQ	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH DNQ	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY
	Bobby Labonte					LVS 16		DAR DNQ	TEX
	Jason Leffler																								IRP 41	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 22	DOV DNQ	CLT	CAR 24	MEM 20	PHO	HOM
2000	Jason Leffler			DAY 20	CAR 19	LVS 28	ATL DNQ	DAR 37	BRI 25	TEX 22	NSV 21	TAL 28	CAL 39	RCH 35	NHA 24	CLT 21	DOV 28	SBO 32	MYB 7	GLN 28	MLW 15	NZH 15	PPR 24	GTY 15	IRP 4	MCH 41	BRI 36	DAR 28	RCH 15	DOV 10	CLT 36	CAR 30	MEM 16	PHO 2	HOM 12
2001	Jeff Purvis			DAY 28*	CAR 6	LVS 17	ATL 6	DAR 10	BRI 24	TEX 12	NSH 14	TAL 24	CAL 2	RCH 17	NHA 19	NZH 12	CLT 10	DOV 14	KEN 29	MLW 7
2001	Mike McLaughlin																				GLN 17	CHI 25	GTY 12	PPR 14	IRP 23	MCH 5	BRI 16	DAR 3	RCH 32	DOV 31	KAN 10	CLT 19	MEM 10	PHO 31	CAR 3	HOM 12
2002				DAY 38	CAR 5	LVS 12	DAR 6	BRI 2	TEX 18	NSH 20		CAL 6	RCH 14	NHA 5	NZH 9	CLT 4	DOV 8	NSH 33	KEN 39	MLW 8	DAY 7	CHI 27	GTY 7	PPR 7	IRP 14	MCH 17	BRI 4	DAR 8	RCH 19	DOV 2	KAN 31	CLT 8	MEM 16	ATL 3	CAR 13	PHO 19	HOM 20		4th	4253
2002			Chevy								TAL 24																												4th	4253
2003	Coy Gibbs		Pontiac	DAY 39						TAL 9											DAY 17																		14th	3213
2003	Coy Gibbs		Chevy		CAR 14	LVS 16	DAR 14	BRI 27	TEX 10		NSH 30	CAL 13	RCH 24	GTY 36	NZH 21	CLT 24	DOV 25	NSH 31	KEN 15	MLW 24		CHI 20	NHA 19	PPR 17	IRP 25	MCH 37	BRI 22	DAR 23	RCH 20	DOV 18	KAN 21	CLT 26	MEM 25	ATL 25	PHO 28	CAR 33	HOM 31		14th	3213
2004	J. J. Yeley			DAY	CAR	LVS 23	DAR	BRI	TEX 42	NSH 19	TAL	CAL 23	GTY 16	RCH 23	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV 26	NSH 8	KEN 11	MLW	DAY	CHI 9	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI 15		RCH 15	DOV 35	KAN 6			ATL 10	PHO 15
	Bobby Labonte																											CAL 7				CLT 14	MEM
	Denny Hamlin																																			DAR 8	HOM
2005	J. J. Yeley			DAY 20	CAL 23	MXC 42	LVS 18	ATL 34	NSH 38	BRI 21	TEX 22	PHO 10	TAL 38	DAR 20	RCH 24	CLT 27	DOV 18	NSH 8	KEN 7	MLW 4	DAY 42	CHI 18	NHA 6	PPR 5	GTY 9	IRP 13	GLN 10	MCH 5	BRI 30	CAL 43	RCH 19	DOV 20	KAN 10	CLT 22	MEM 2	TEX 25	PHO 10	HOM 28	11th	3711
2006	J. J. Yeley			DAY 8	CAL 7	MXC 4	LVS 8	ATL 5	BRI 29	TEX 42	NSH 4	PHO 11	TAL 34	RCH 31	DAR 9	CLT 3	DOV 9	NSH 16	KEN 2	MLW 3	DAY 4	CHI 10	NHA 8	MAR 9	GTY 37	IRP 3	GLN 11	MCH 9	BRI 12	CAL 40	RCH 13	DOV 9	KAN 11	CLT 32	MEM 10	TEX 6	PHO 6	HOM 5	5th	4487
2007	Aric Almirola			DAY 19				ATL 27				PHO 43			DAR 41	CLT 14							CHI 38											CLT 4				HOM 18
	Tony Stewart				CAL 11																	DAY 4														TEX 7*
	Brad Coleman					MXC 38	LVS 35			NSH 15	TEX 16		TAL 9	RCH 27					KEN 2	MLW 4				GTY 27	IRP 31	CGV 8	GLN 5	MCH 15	BRI 17			DOV 42			MEM 33		PHO 16
	Kevin Conway								BRI 26								DOV 30	NSH 31			NHA 21									CAL 20	RCH 43		KAN 35
2008	Kyle Busch		Toyota	DAY 2*	CAL	LVS 31	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX 1*	PHO 1*	MXC	TAL 16	RCH					KEN 30*	MLW	NHA 3	DAY 2	CHI 1*	GTY	IRP 1*	CGV	GLN		BRI 7	CAL 1*		DOV 1*		CLT 1*		TEX 1*		HOM 2*
	Denny Hamlin														DAR DNQ	CLT	DOV 1*	NSH													RCH 4		KAN 1*				PHO 2
	Joey Logano																											MCH 7
	Marc Davis																																		MEM 23
2009	Kyle Busch			DAY 4	CAL 1*	LVS 39	BRI 6*	TEX 1*	NSH 2	PHO 10	TAL 10*	RCH 1*	DAR 16*	CLT 3*	DOV 17*	NSH 1*	KEN 2*	MLW 2*	NHA 1	DAY 2	CHI 2	GTY 1	IRP 2	IOW 2	GLN 2	MCH 3	BRI 28	CGV 10	ATL 2	RCH 3	DOV 4*	KAN 2*	CAL 31*	CLT 1*	MEM 2	TEX 1*	PHO 9	HOM 1*	1st	5682
2010	Kyle Busch			DAY 18	CAL 1	LVS 16	BRI 3	NSH 3	PHO 1*	TEX 1*	TAL 34	RCH 4	DAR 2	DOV 1*	CLT 1				NHA 1*	DAY 7	CHI 1*		IRP 1*	IOW 1*	GLN 5	MCH 3	BRI 1*		ATL 2*	RCH 9	DOV 1*	KAN 3*	CAL 1	CLT 6*		TEX 2*	PHO 16	HOM 1*
2010	Brad Coleman															NSH 6	KEN 13	ROA 6				GTY 30						CGV 12							GTY 8
2011	Kyle Busch			DAY 7	PHO 1**	LVS 30*	BRI 1*	CAL 1	TEX 34	TAL 1	NSH 2		DAR 1*	DOV 2		CLT 3		MCH 3		DAY 4	KEN 3	NHA 1				GLN 4*		BRI 1*	ATL 2	RCH 1				CLT 2	TEX QL^†
	Kelly Bires											RCH 30					CHI 8
	Michael McDowell														IOW 7				ROA 12					IRP 10	IOW 9		CGV 3
	Drew Herring																						NSH 7
	Joey Logano																														CHI 19	DOV 13	KAN 7			PHO 4
	Denny Hamlin																																		TEX 2		HOM 5
2012	Denny Hamlin			DAY 32	PHO 9				TEX 4	RCH 2		DAR 2		CLT 2				KEN 33				IND 4					ATL 12	RCH 4				CLT 5		TEX 5
	Mark Martin					LVS 2
	Joey Logano						BRI 4*	CAL 1*			TAL 1				DOV 1*	MCH 1			DAY 5					GLN 22		BRI 1			CHI 9*		DOV 1*		KAN 3		PHO 1*	HOM 16
	Michael McDowell												IOW 3				ROA 2						IOW 6		CGV 6
	Ryan Truex																			NHA 10	CHI 10
	Drew Herring																									BRI 36
2013	Matt Kenseth			DAY 16	PHO 8	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX 6	RCH	TAL	DAR 5	CLT 8	DOV 3	IOW	MCH			DAY 1	NHA 9	CHI	IND 7	IOW	GLN				RCH 35	CHI 7			KAN 1	CLT 5	TEX 4	PHO 6	HOM 4
	Michael McDowell																ROA 34	KEN							MOH 2
	Drew Herring																									BRI 36	ATL
	Joey Coulter																													KEN 18	DOV
2015	Daniel Suárez			DAY 39	ATL 14	LVS 10	PHO 11	CAL 13	TEX 18	BRI 2	RCH 6	TAL 31	IOW 18	CLT 6	DOV 19	MCH 20	CHI 7	DAY 15	KEN 4	NHA 5	IND 3	IOW 6	GLN 15	MOH 11	BRI 5	ROA 24	DAR 3	RCH 12	CHI 6	KEN 22	DOV 10	CLT 4	KAN 9	TEX 6	PHO 4	HOM 6
2016	Bobby Labonte			DAY 23
	Kyle Busch				ATL 1*	LVS 1*	PHO 1*	CAL 2*	TEX 1*	BRI 2					POC 4	MCH 2*			KEN 1*	NHA 1*	IND 1*		GLN 37		BRI 24			RCH 1*	CHI 13*		DOV QL^‡		KAN 1*		PHO 1*
	Matt Tifft										RCH 33	TAL 8	DOV 8																	KEN 5		CLT 8		TEX 9		HOM 25
	Denny Hamlin													CLT 1*													DAR 2
	Sam Hornish Jr.																IOW 1*
	David Ragan																	DAY 21
	Dakoda Armstrong																					IOW 5
	Owen Kelly																							MOH 16		ROA 17
	Drew Herring																														DOV 21
2017	Daniel Suárez			DAY 34			PHO 39		TEX 12	BRI 3	RCH 21	TAL 9		DOV 3	POC 5			DAY 39											CHI 19		DOV 7	CLT 8*
	Kyle Busch				ATL 1	LVS 7		CAL 3								MCH 5			KEN 1	NHA 1	IND 12*		GLN 1*		BRI 1*			RCH 2*
	Christopher Bell												CLT 4													ROA 19							KAN 1	TEX 6	PHO 4
	Kyle Benjamin																IOW 31					IOW 2								KEN 12
	Regan Smith																							MOH 28
	Denny Hamlin																										DAR 1
	Ryan Preece																																			HOM 5
2018	Daniel Suárez			DAY 8														CHI 4
	Kyle Benjamin				ATL 8																		IOW 3		MOH 13
	Kyle Busch					LVS 14	PHO 3							CLT 8*	POC 1*	MCH 6				KEN 3*					BRI 36
	Ryan Preece					CAL 9	TEX 5	BRI 1									DAY 39		NHA 3		GLN 4					IND 28	LVS 6	RCH 18	ROV 4	DOV 4	KAN 21	TEX 31	PHO 5	HOM 6
	Noah Gragson								RCH 2	TAL 4	DOV 7
	Riley Herbst														IOW 6
	James Davison																							ROA 8
	Denny Hamlin																								DAR 4
2019	Jeffrey Earnhardt	DAY 15		ATL 6							TAL 26		CLT 3	POC 22
	Kyle Busch			LVS 1*	PHO 1*	CAL 2*	TEX 1														GLN 31		BRI 29*			IND 1*
	Harrison Burton							BRI 10							IOW 4				NHA 29									RCH 6	CLT 13	DOV 38	KAN 34	TEX 7		HOM 10
	Riley Herbst								RCH 9		DOV 15			MCH 37		CHI 10	DAY 18	KEN 11		IOW 13							LVS 9						PHO 30
	Jack Hawksworth																					MOH 15
	Matt DiBenedetto																							ROA 27*
	Denny Hamlin																								DAR 38
2020	Riley Herbst	DAY 32		LVS 9	CAL 2	PHO 10	DAR 18	CLT 12	BRI 27	ATL 17	HOM 10	HOM 9	TAL 37	POC 9	IRC 33	KEN 2	KEN 10	TEX 36	KAN 9	ROA 23	DRC 7	DOV 6	DOV 9	DAY 4	DAR 4	RCH 10	RCH 34	BRI 10	LVS 12	TAL 35	ROV 12	KAN 30	TEX 32	MAR 6	PHO 11			12th	2151
2021	Daniel Hemric	DAY 9		DRC 3	HOM 3	LVS 2*	PHO 23	ATL 9	MAR 3	TAL 12	DAR 5	DOV 9	COA 29	CLT 28*	MOH 12	TEX 4	NSH 13	POC 6	ROA 2	ATL 30	NHA 3	GLN 22	IRC 12	MCH 39	DAY 5	DAR 24	RCH 6	BRI 10	LVS 5	TAL 4	ROV 3	TEX 2	KAN 15	MAR 3	PHO 1			1st	4040
2022	Drew Dollar	DAY 36									TAL 13																											7th	2247
	Trevor Bayne			CAL 3		PHO 4	ATL 28								CLT 9		NSH 2			NHA 2										TAL 13		LVS 5	HOM 6
	Ryan Truex			LVS 30					MAR 7			DAR 30	TEX 6					ATL 3
	Bubba Wallace						COA 28																IRC 35
	John Hunter Nemechek							RCH 2*			DOV 37																	TEX 28
	Connor Mosack														PIR 28
	Sammy Smith																ROA 24			POC 31		MCH 12	GLN 3	DAY 38		KAN 8	BRI 14						MAR 18	PHO 10
	Christopher Bell																								DAR 7
	James Davison																													CLT 4
2023	Sammy Smith	DAY 19		CAL 19	LVS 17	PHO 1*	ATL 17	COA 4	RCH 19	MAR 2	TAL 33	DOV 6	DAR 11	CLT 10	PIR 30	SON 9	NSH 34	CSC 6	ATL 10	NHA 5	POC 6	ROA 31	MCH 38	IRC 28	GLN 18	DAY 21	DAR 17	KAN 35	BRI 9	TEX 3	ROV 11	LVS 17	HOM 9	MAR 3*	PHO 9			6th	2248
2024	Sheldon Creed	DAY 2		ATL 4	LVS 26	PHO 3	COA 32	RCH 35	MAR 6	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

Car No. 19 history

Part-time (2004–2006)

The No. 19 team was to make its debut at the 2004 Michigan race driven by Bobby Labonte and sponsored by Banquet Foods, however, qualifying was rained out and the team with no owner's points missed the race. The team finally made its first start in 2005 CarQuest Auto Parts 300. Labonte ran seven races that year, with three top-tens. With Labonte moving to Petty Enterprises, JGR development driver Aric Almirola ran the car in seven races in 2006. Tony Stewart also drove the car at select races in 2006, using his NEXTEL Cup crew when he raced. The No. 19 team was disbanded after the 2006 season.

Daniel Suárez (2016)

Daniel Suárez won the 2016 Xfinity Series championship.

The No. 19 car was returned for 2016 with Daniel Suárez and sponsor Arris moving from the No. 18 team, maintaining the same sponsor-number combination used by Carl Edwards in the Cup Series. Suárez got his first win at Michigan after a last lap pass to Kyle Busch. Suárez scored three victories and won the 2016 championship, becoming the first foreign-born driver to win a NASCAR National championship.

Matt Tifft (2017)

Tifft's No. 19 Xfinity Series car at Road America in 2017

It was announced that in 2017, Matt Tifft would drive full-time in the No. 19, with rookie crew chief Matt Beckham on the box. Tifft struggled to repeat the success of Suárez failing to win any races and finishing 7th in points.

Brandon Jones (2018–2022)

Jones' No. 19 at Road America in 2018

On November 15, 2017, JGR announced that Brandon Jones would replace Tifft in the No. 19 in 2018. Tifft would move to Richard Childress Racing in a driver swap. Chris Gabehart was announced as his crew chief, moving from the No. 20 Xfinity team and replacing Matt Beckham. From 2018 to 2022, Jones score five wins and made the top-10 in the playoffs. On September 14, 2022, Jones announced he would leave JGR at the end of the 2022 season and move to the JR Motorsports No. 9 in 2023.

Multiple drivers (2023–present)

Gibbs's No. 19 at Sonoma in 2023.

On December 8, 2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that the No. 19 would run full time with a number of drivers, including Ryan Truex and Joe Graf Jr.. Truex scored his first career win at Dover. Ty Gibbs took the No. 19 to victory lane at Indianapolis. Denny Hamlin won his sole Xfinity race of 2023 at Darlington.

For the 2024 season, the No. 19 was shared between Ryan Truex, Aric Almirola, Ty Gibbs, Taylor Gray, Joe Graf Jr., and William Sawalich.

Car No. 19 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	34	35	Owners	Pts	Ref
2004	Bobby Labonte	19	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		N/A	0
2005	Bobby Labonte			DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 6	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 16	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH 7	BRI 10	CAL	RCH 8	DOV	KAN 37	CLT	MEM	TEX 12	PHO DNQ	HOM	55th	866
2006	Aric Almirola			DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH 32	DAR	CLT	DOV 11	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH 27	BRI 20	CAL	RCH 18	DOV	KAN 39	CLT 15	MEM				??	833+
2006	Tony Stewart																																			TEX 2	PHO 13	HOM	??	833+
2016	Daniel Suarez		Toyota	DAY 8	ATL 7	LVS 2	PHO 3	CAL 4	TEX 16	BRI 6	RCH 4	TAL 7	DOV 9	CLT 12	POC 9	MCH 1	IOW 4	DAY 32	KEN 3	NHA 4	IND 7	IOW 30	GLN 4	MOH 23	BRI 30	ROA 4	DAR 3	RCH 8	CHI 4	KEN 2	DOV 1	CLT 3	KAN 3	TEX 5	PHO 5	HOM 1*			1st	4040
2017	Matt Tifft			DAY 11	ATL 12	LVS 34	PHO 12	CAL 17	TEX 9	BRI 16	RCH 14	TAL 6	CLT 26	DOV 9	POC 10	MCH 26	IOW 22	DAY 18	KEN 14	NHA 11	IND 11	IOW 19	GLN 13	MOH 3	BRI 17	ROA 3	DAR 40	RCH 13	CHI 6	KEN 9	DOV 6	CLT 9	KAN 8	TEX 8	PHO 11	HOM 7			14th	824
2018	Brandon Jones			DAY 10	ATL 17	LVS 7	PHO 11	CAL 13	TEX 33	BRI 6*	RCH 10	TAL 2	DOV 10	CLT 15	POC 24	MCH 18	IOW 5	CHI 11	DAY 12	KEN 36	NHA 6	IOW 12	GLN 7	MOH 23	BRI 29	ROA 9	DAR 12	IND 10	LVS 7	RCH 8	ROV 22	DOV 6	KAN 36	TEX 6	PHO 7	HOM 8			10th	2186
2019				DAY 3	ATL 4	LVS 28	PHO 7	CAL 7	TEX 33	BRI 14	RCH 33	TAL 18	DOV 7	CLT 10	POC 38	MCH 6	IOW 11	CHI 4	DAY 30	KEN 30	NHA 9	IOW 33	GLN 17	MOH 10	BRI 11	ROA 16	DAR 7	IND 6	LVS 3	RCH 11	ROV 16	DOV 37	KAN 1	TEX 4	PHO 11	HOM 8			9th	2206
2020				DAY 4	LVS 6	CAL 30*	PHO 1	DAR 20	CLT 27	BRI 3	ATL 8	HOM 8	HOM 2	TAL 16	POC 36	IRC 37	KEN 36	KEN 30	TEX 7	KAN 1	ROA 14	DRC 2	DOV 16	DOV 4	DAY 13	DAR 1	RCH 14	RCH 8	BRI 8	LVS 11	TAL 4	ROV 10	KAN 9	TEX 25	MAR 9	PHO 3			6th	2273
2021				DAY 38	DRC 4	HOM 2	LVS 3	PHO 33	ATL 37	MAR 5	TAL 37	DAR 3	DOV 35	COA 17	CLT 8	MOH 4	TEX 5	NSH 6	POC 7	ROA 19	ATL 39	NHA 38	GLN 6	IRC 36	MCH 2	DAY 40	DAR 33	RCH 20	BRI 5	LVS 6	TAL 2	ROV 5	TEX 10	KAN 11	MAR 6	PHO 7			13th	865
2022				DAY 17	CAL 33	LVS 10	PHO 2	ATL 7	COA 18	RCH 13	MAR 1	TAL 26	DOV 7	DAR 7	TEX 14	CLT 16	PIR 11	NSH 14	ROA 5	ATL 11	NHA 28	POC 17	IRC 15	MCH 4	GLN 24	DAY 20	DAR 14	KAN 4	BRI 2	TEX 27	TAL 9	ROV 7	LVS 9	HOM 15	MAR 23	PHO 11			9th	2220
2023	Myatt Snider			DAY 5												PIR 6																ROV 14	LVS 11		MAR 15	PHO 22			10th	2194
	Joe Graf Jr.				CAL 11	LVS 15				RCH 37											NHA 29								KAN 9					HOM 10
	Ryan Truex						PHO 2	ATL 3			MAR 12	TAL 17	DOV 1*	DAR 35
	Ty Gibbs								COA 3						CLT 5		SON 4	NSH 37		ATL 6				MCH 4	IRC 1*	GLN 17*
	Connor Mosack																		CSC 35			POC 34	ROA 29
	Trevor Bayne																										DAY 29			BRI 7	TEX 33
	Denny Hamlin																											DAR 1
2024	Ryan Truex			DAY 21	ATL 9							TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
	Aric Almirola					LVS 12	PHO 31
	Ty Gibbs							COA 24
	Taylor Gray								RCH 3	MAR 13	TEX
	Joe Graf Jr.
	William Sawalich

Car No. 20 history

Denny Hamlin's No. 20 Busch car (right) battling Matt Kenseth (left) for position.

Early years (2000–2002)

After JGR purchased the team from Gary Bechtel in 2000, the team received sponsorship from Porter-Cable. Despite missing three races, driver Jeff Purvis had eleven Top 10s and one pole, finishing 11th in points. The team switched to No. 20 for 2001, and Mike McLaughlin was named the driver. Without a major sponsor, McLaughlin was able to win the Subway 300 and was sixth in points when Gibbs decided to shut down his team due to sponsorship problems. He moved to the No. 18 and finished seventh in points that year. Coy Gibbs ran five races in the No. 20 in 2002, with a sponsorship from ConAgra Foods. His best finish was a 14th at Kentucky Speedway.

Mike Bliss (2003–2004)

After he moved to the 18, Gibbs was replaced by Mike Bliss and Rockwell Automation came aboard as a sponsor. Bliss had fourteen Top 10s and finished 10th in points. In 2004, he pulled off a win at Lowe's Motor Speedway and had three poles.

Denny Hamlin (2005–2008)

In 2005, Denny Hamlin came aboard and posted eleven Top 10s and finished fifth points, the third-place finisher in rookie points. He ran the full schedule in the No. 20 in 2006, winning two races and finishing fourth in points.

Hamlin and developmental driver Aric Almirola split duties in the No. 20 in 2007 with sponsorship from Rockwell Automation, with Tony Stewart also piloting the No. 20 at Atlanta. With Hamlin running several non-companion races, Almirola would occasionally qualify the car that Hamlin would later drive. Hamlin took the car to victory lane in four races, including Darlington, Milwaukee, Michigan, and Dover. The win at Milwaukee was controversial, with Almirola putting the car on the pole and starting the race because Hamlin was delayed flying from Sonoma Raceway. Almirola started the car and led the first 43 laps but was still relieved by Hamlin during a caution due to obligations to his sponsorship from Rockwell. Almirola was credited as the winner for starting the race but did not participate in the victory celebration. He would leave JGR after the season. The No. 20 finished 2nd in the owners points behind RCR's No. 29.

Cup drivers (2008–2012)

Joey Logano at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2010.

In 2008, the No. 20 was shared by Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Stewart for nine races before defending NASCAR Camping World East Series champion Joey Logano was named the driver of the No. 20 for the rest of the season's races except for Loudon (which Stewart won in the No. 20), Daytona (which Hamlin won in the No. 20), and Chicago (which Busch won in the No. 18). All four drivers of the No. 20 won races driving it in 2008. For 2009, 20-year-old Brad Coleman returned to JGR for a part-time schedule, sharing the ride with Logano and Hamlin. In 2010, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and Matt DiBenedetto shared the No. 20 car, with Hamlin winning at Darlington and Logano winning at Kentucky and Kansas. For 2011, Logano returned to the No. 20 with sponsorships from GameStop and Sport Clips. Logano ran the first 10 races but picked up last-minute sponsorship from Harvest Investments to run Nashville. Due to a lack of sponsorship, the No. 20 was unable to run a full schedule for the owner's championship. In the 20, Logano grabbed his first superspeedway win at the July Daytona race with help from Kyle Busch. The No. 20 was also driven by Denny Hamlin at Las Vegas, Richmond, and Darlington, with Hamlin winning at Richmond. Drew Herring drove the No. 20 with Sport Clips at both Iowa races, where Herring won the pole for the May race, and Lucas Oil Raceway. Ryan Truex stepped into the No. 20 late in the season for six races, finishing second to Logano at Dover after dominating the race.

The No. 20 team returned in 2012 to run most of the season. Its primary driver lineup consisted of Logano, Hamlin, Truex, and JGR development driver Darrell Wallace Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer also drove the No. 20 at Daytona when Hamlin was sidelined from the race by back problems.

Brian Vickers in 2013.

Brian Vickers (2013)

Starting in the 2013 season, 2003 Busch Series Champion Brian Vickers joined the team driving the No. 20 for the full season with sponsorship from Dollar General, in addition to a partial Sprint Cup Series schedule in Michael Waltrip Racing's 55 car. Dollar General had sponsored Vickers in the past with Braun Racing, and like teammate Elliott Sadler, Vickers was attempting to reclaim his career in the second-tier series. After 30 starts, Vickers was sidelined with a second incidence of blood clots, replaced by Denny Hamlin and Drew Herring in the final three races of the season. Though he went winless, Vickers scored 13 top 5s and 18 top 10s to finish 10th in points. He would leave for a full-time ride at MWR at the end of the year.

Kenny Habul at Road America in 2014

Multiple drivers (2014)

The No. 20 team continued to run full-time in 2014. Matt Kenseth drove the No. 20 in a total of 18 races, with GameStop sponsoring 10 races and Reser's Fine Foods sponsoring 7 races. Sam Hornish Jr. and Kenseth each ran 1 race and Kenny Habul 2 races with Habul's Sun Energy 1 sponsoring. Darrell Wallace Jr. ran at Talladega in the spring with ToyotaCare and Daytona in July with Coca-Cola "Share a Coke". Daniel Suárez made his debut at RIR, finishing 19th. Michael McDowell ran at both Iowa races with Pizza Ranch. Denny Hamlin returned to the No. 20 at Chicagoland in September with Sport Clips, finishing 32nd after a blown engine. Development driver Justin Boston, running the full ARCA schedule, made his debut in the No. 20 at Kentucky later in the month, with sponsor Zloop E-Recycling. Kenseth scored a win in the final race of the season at Homestead Miami Speedway, and the No. 20 would finish 9th in owners points.

Erik Jones (2015–2017)

Erik Jones was scheduled to run a limited schedule in the No. 20 car in 2015, with Kenny Habul and SunEnergy1 also returning for the three road courses. Jones, whose schedule was expanded due to Kyle Busch's injury, scored his first Xfinity win in his 9th career start at Texas in April, leading a race-high 79 laps. Ross Kenseth, son of Sprint Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth, made his Xfinity Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway on June 20. David Ragan made a single start at Daytona in July with Interstate Batteries sponsorship. Kenny Wallace made his final career start in the No. 20 car at Iowa Speedway in August, with longtime sponsor U.S. Cellular. Wallace started seventh and finished 15th. Matt Tifft made his Xfinity Series debut at Kentucky in September, finishing 10th. Denny Hamlin drove a total of six races in the 20; two with SunEnergy 1 sponsorship, three with Hisense, and running a throwback scheme at Darlington in September with Sport Clips sponsoring. Hamlin scored three wins, all of which were from the pole starting position. Matt Kenseth ran five races with Reser's Fine Foods, scoring four-second-place finishes.

Erik Jones at Road America.

Erik Jones drove the car full-time in 2016, with Gamestop, Reser's, Hisense, Interstate Batteries and Dewalt as the sponsors. Jones won 4 times but finished 4th in points after getting trapped behind the slow car of Cole Whitt on the last restart of the final race at Homestead.

In 2017, the No. 20 was driven by a variety of different drivers. Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, Kyle Benjamin, Christopher Bell, Daniel Suarez, James Davison and Ryan Preece are among them. Jones drove the car for 18 races starting at Daytona, sweeping the Texas races as well as winning the Bristol spring race. Hamlin drove the car for three races and won at Michigan. Suárez drove the No. 20 for two races at Las Vegas and the Bristol fall race, finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively. Benjamin drove the car for two races at the spring Richmond race and the first Pocono race, winning the pole in the latter. Bell drove the No. 20 for three races starting at the June Iowa race, where Bell won stage one, led the most laps, but finished 16th after being collected in a crash between the lapped cars of Brennan Poole and Ryan Reed while leading. Ryan Preece drove the car at Loudon, the July Iowa race, and the September Kentucky race. Preece finished 2nd to his teammate Kyle Busch at Loudon. In his next race at Iowa, Preece led the most laps and won the race, then finished 4th at Kentucky. James Davison drove the No. 20 at Mid Ohio and Road America, leading the most laps at Road America before getting collected in a wreck.

Christopher Bell (2017–2019)

Christopher Bell at Road America in 2019.

For 2018, Christopher Bell drove the No. 20 full-time, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Jason Ratcliff was his crew chief, moving from the No. 20 cup series team. Bell won seven races in 2018, breaking the record for a rookie in the series previously held by Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch. He made it to the Championship 4 but had a tire go down at Homestead and finished 13th in the race and 4th among the championship contenders. He returned for the full 2019 season.

Harrison Burton (2020–2021)

Burton's No. 20 car at Dover International Speedway in 2020

In 2020 and 2021, Harrison Burton drove for Joe Gibbs Racing full-time in their No. 20 Toyota, replacing Christopher Bell, who moved up to the NASCAR Cup Series while also competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Ben Beshore served as crew chief, moving from the No. 18 Xfinity Series team. During the 2020 season, Burton won his first four races at Fontana, Homestead, Texas, and Martinsville and finished eighth in the final standings. On July 15, 2021, it was announced that Burton would leave JGR to drive the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 in the Cup Series for Wood Brothers in 2022. Despite not winning a race throughout 2021, Burton once again made the playoffs with his consistency and finished 8th in the final standings. Following the end of the 2021 season, JGR shut down the No. 20 team and downsized its Xfinity program to three teams: The Nos. 18, 19, and 54.

John Hunter Nemechek (2023)

John Hunter Nemechek’s race-winning car at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

On December 8, 2022, it was announced that John Hunter Nemechek would pilot the returning No. 20 in the Xfinity Series on a full time basis. Nemecheck began the 2023 season with a second-place finish at Daytona. Throughout the season, he scored wins at Fontana, Martinsville, Atlanta, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Kansas. During the playoffs, Nemechek won at Texas. He finished 28th at Phoenix and fourth in the points standings.

Multiple drivers (2024)

For 2024, Nemechek shared the No. 20 with Aric Almirola and Ryan Truex. Nemecheck started the season with a seventh place finish at Daytona. Two weeks later, he scored a win at Las Vegas. Almirola won at Martinsville and took home the bonus US$100,000 for winning the first Dash 4 Cash race of the season.

Car No. 20 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	34	35	Owners	Pts
2001	Mike McLaughlin	20	Pontiac	DAY 6	CAR 14	LVS 9	ATL 11	DAR 5	BRI 13	TEX 37	NSH 9	TAL 1	CAL 10	RCH 22	NHA 10	NZH 17	CLT 11	DOV 21	KEN 25	MLW 18	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR
2001	Mark McFarland																												RCH 20	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM
2002	Coy Gibbs			DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL 41	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN 14	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI 27	DAR	RCH	DOV									61st	416
2002	Coy Gibbs		Chevy																												KAN 21	CLT	MEM 30	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM		61st	416
2003	Mike Bliss		Pontiac	DAY 33						TAL 5											DAY 39																		10th	3932
2003			Chevy		CAR 6	LVS 3	DAR 32	BRI 5	TEX 22		NSH 4	CAL 17	RCH 28	GTY 12*	NZH 3	CLT 5	DOV 9	NSH 33	KEN 31	MLW 21		CHI 10	NHA 33	PPR 16	IRP 10	MCH 16	BRI 30	DAR 12	RCH 27	DOV 5	KAN 31	CLT 3	MEM 8	ATL 21	PHO 20	CAR 15	HOM 7		10th	3932
2004				DAY 30	CAR 13	LVS 12	DAR 10	BRI 17	TEX 18	NSH 8	TAL 39	CAL 17	GTY 17	RCH 8	NZH 33	CLT 16	DOV 19	NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 6	DAY 5	CHI 33	NHA 32	PPR 6	IRP 7	MCH 10	BRI 21	CAL 16	RCH 6	DOV 18	KAN 19	CLT 1	MEM 5	ATL 27	PHO 12	DAR 3	HOM 27		5th	4115
2005	Denny Hamlin			DAY 33	CAL 18	MXC 15	LVS 12	ATL 16	NSH 9	BRI 9	TEX 14	PHO 11	TAL 28	DAR 7	RCH 13	CLT 20	DOV 24	NSH 7	KEN 15	MLW 6	DAY 14	CHI 15	NHA 3	PPR 14	GTY 11	IRP 6	GLN 33	MCH 8	BRI 13	CAL 20	RCH 34	DOV 6	KAN 12	CLT 30	MEM 7	TEX 19	PHO 9	HOM 37	5th	4143
2006				DAY 14	CAL 10	MXC 1*	LVS 6	ATL 38	BRI 4	TEX 10	NSH 3*	PHO 39	TAL 30	RCH 10	DAR 1	CLT 29	DOV 7	NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 2	DAY 30	CHI 14	NHA 3	MAR 3	GTY 3*	IRP 8	GLN 12	MCH 6	BRI 22	CAL 15	RCH 6	DOV 40	KAN 33	CLT 8	MEM 6	TEX 8	PHO 3	HOM 4	4th	4667
2007				DAY 9	CAL 8	MXC 2	LVS 12				TEX 2	PHO 4		RCH 41	DAR 1	CLT 34	DOV 2			MLW RL^†	NHA 5		CHI 7				GLN 14	MCH 1		CAL 3	RCH 7	DOV 1	KAN 6	CLT 5		TEX 3	PHO 28	HOM 13	2nd
	Tony Stewart							ATL 10
	Aric Almirola								BRI 32	NSH 19			TAL 20					NSH 10	KEN 6	MLW 1		DAY 28			IRP 6	CGV 11			BRI 10
	Travis Kittleson																							GTY 17
	J. J. Yeley																																		MEM 11
2008	Tony Stewart		Toyota	DAY 1	CAL 1*	LVS 27				TEX 10			TAL 1*		DAR 1*						NHA 1*		CHI 9					MCH 3
	Kyle Busch						ATL 24*		NSH 16*			MXC 1
	Denny Hamlin							BRI 26			PHO 3			RCH 1		CLT 2						DAY 1
	Joey Logano																DOV 6	NSH 31	KEN 1*	MLW 2				GTY 2	IRP 8	CGV 17	GLN 7		BRI 16	CAL 6	RCH 7	DOV 14	KAN 9	CLT 14	MEM 5	TEX 4	PHO 10	HOM 10
2009	Joey Logano			DAY 20	CAL 3		BRI 9	TEX 12	NSH 1*	PHO 4	TAL 3	RCH 6	DAR 12	CLT 5	DOV 2		KEN 1		NHA 2*	DAY 4	CHI 1*				GLN 33				ATL 6			KAN 1	CAL 1	CLT 14		TEX 24		HOM 4
	Denny Hamlin					LVS 21																								RCH 17	DOV 27						PHO 12
	Brad Coleman															NSH 10		MLW 24				GTY 5	IRP 16	IOW 13		MCH 23	BRI 29	CGV 28
	Matt DiBenedetto																																		MEM 14
2010	Joey Logano			DAY 7	CAL 5*		BRI 14	NSH 8*	PHO 10	TEX 2	TAL 2	RCH 6			CLT 3		KEN 1*		NHA 4	DAY 2	CHI 2				GLN 2	MCH 6	BRI 10	CGV 6	ATL 6		DOV 2	KAN 1	CAL 5	CLT 4		TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 7
	Denny Hamlin					LVS 2							DAR 1*	DOV 12																RCH 6
	Matt DiBenedetto															NSH 10		ROA 29				GTY 29	IRP 31	IOW 9											GTY 24
2011	Joey Logano			DAY 12	PHO 6		BRI 5	CAL 7	TEX 4	TAL 2	NSH 4			DOV 13		CLT 11		MCH 6		DAY 1	KEN 10	NHA 29				GLN 3		BRI 2						CLT 19	TEX 8		HOM 10
	Denny Hamlin					LVS 7						RCH 1*	DAR 2
	Drew Herring															IOW 12									IRP 8	IOW 11
	Ryan Truex																												ATL 11	RCH 4	CHI 13	DOV 8	KAN 10			PHO 8
2012	Joey Logano			DAY 16	PHO 8	LVS			TEX 15	RCH 18		DAR 1		CLT 6								IND 7										CLT 1*	KAN	TEX 10
	Ryan Truex						BRI 10	CAL			TAL 11				DOV 2									GLN 15	CGV	BRI	ATL									HOM 38
	Bubba Wallace												IOW 9										IOW 7					RCH 10	CHI	KEN	DOV 12
	Michael McDowell															MCH 7	ROA	KEN
	Clint Bowyer																		DAY 26	NHA	CHI
	Brian Vickers																																		PHO 2
2013	Brian Vickers			DAY 19	PHO 17	LVS 3	BRI 3	CAL 34	TEX 9	RCH 4	TAL 15	DAR 3	CLT 11	DOV 2	IOW 29	MCH 33	ROA 6	KEN 4	DAY 13	NHA 2	CHI 5	IND 4	IOW 3	GLN 3	MOH 5	BRI 34	ATL 15	RCH 7	CHI 6	KEN 7	DOV 4	KAN 29	CLT 31
	Denny Hamlin																																	TEX 2
	Drew Herring																																		PHO 16	HOM 15
2014	Matt Kenseth			DAY 14	PHO 5	LVS 6	BRI 5	CAL 7	TEX 6	DAR 3				CLT 6	DOV 4			KEN 36		NHA 3		IND 3		GLN 5			ATL 11	RCH 12				KAN 6	CLT 3	TEX 5		HOM 1			9th	1142
	Daniel Suárez										RCH 19
	Bubba Wallace											TAL 31							DAY 7
	Michael McDowell												IOW 7										IOW 2
	Sam Hornish Jr.															MCH 2
	Kenny Habul																ROA 14								MOH 31
	Erik Jones																				CHI 7					BRI 8									PHO 6
	Denny Hamlin																												CHI 32
	Justin Boston																													KEN 9	DOV 12
2015	Erik Jones			DAY 18		LVS 29		CAL 3	TEX 1*	BRI 4		TAL 30	IOW 3	CLT 15					KEN 2		IND 34							RCH 5				CLT 2		TEX 4	PHO 3	HOM 3			5th	1186
	Matt Kenseth				ATL 8		PHO 2								DOV 2														CHI 2				KAN 2*
	Denny Hamlin										RCH 1*					MCH 10				NHA 1*					BRI 3*		DAR 1*				DOV 2
	Ross Kenseth																CHI 6
	David Ragan																	DAY 7
	Kenny Wallace																					IOW 15
	Kenny Habul																						GLN 29	MOH 28		ROA 14
	Matt Tifft																													KEN 10
2016	Erik Jones			DAY 31	ATL 3	LVS 3	PHO 2	CAL 15	TEX 2	BRI 1	RCH 34	TAL 21	DOV 1*	CLT 31	POC 2	MCH 4	IOW 27	DAY 10	KEN 4	NHA 2	IND 22	IOW 1*	GLN 12	MOH 6	BRI 33	ROA 21	DAR 6	RCH 2	CHI 1	KEN 28*	DOV 16	CLT 5	KAN 15	TEX 4	PHO 10	HOM 9			8th	2220
2017	Erik Jones			DAY 32			PHO 3	CAL 4	TEX 1*	BRI 1		TAL 5		DOV 35				DAY 25	KEN 3*		IND 23		GLN 8				DAR 4		CHI 18*		DOV 20	CLT 30	KAN 15*	TEX 1*	PHO 3				4th	4001
	Denny Hamlin				ATL 20								CLT 5			MCH 1
	Daniel Suárez					LVS 3																			BRI 2
	Kyle Benjamin										RCH 32				POC 16
	Christopher Bell																IOW 16											RCH 6								HOM 36
	Ryan Preece																			NHA 2		IOW 1								KEN 4
	James Davison																							MOH 4		ROA 37
2018	Christopher Bell			DAY 39	ATL 3	LVS 2	PHO 4	CAL 21	TEX 2	BRI 29	RCH 1*	TAL 12	DOV 4	CLT 3	POC 36	MCH 11	IOW 2	CHI 12	DAY 3	KEN 1	NHA 1*	IOW 1	GLN 9	MOH 11	BRI 2	ROA 23	DAR 34	IND 7	LVS 4	RCH 1	ROV 5	DOV 1*	KAN 37	TEX 32	PHO 1*	HOM 11			4th	4026
2019	Christopher Bell	DAY 6		ATL 1*	LVS 13	PHO 30	CAL 3	TEX 3*	BRI 1	RCH 16	TAL 3	DOV 1	CLT 31	POC 5	MCH 13	IOW 1*	CHI 38	DAY 3	KEN 2	NHA 1*	IOW 2*	GLN 2	MOH 2	BRI 14	ROA 1	DAR 4	IND 29	LVS 2*	RCH 1*	ROV 12	DOV 25	KAN 12	TEX 1*	PHO 16*	HOM 5			3rd	4032
2020	Harrison Burton	DAY 2		LVS 5	CAL 1	PHO 2	DAR 9	CLT 9	BRI 4	ATL 5	HOM 1	HOM 8	TAL 32	POC 32	IRC 25	KEN 17	KEN 12	TEX 4	KAN 3	ROA 16	DRC 8	DOV 5	DOV 11	DAY 5	DAR 6	RCH 16	RCH 4	BRI 4	LVS 9	TAL 23	ROV 33	KAN 11	TEX 1	MAR 1*	PHO 6			8th	2248
2021	Harrison Burton	DAY 3*		DRC 6	HOM 39	LVS 9	PHO 12	ATL 3	MAR 7	TAL 10	DAR 11	DOV 6	COA 6	CLT 3	MOH 38	TEX 30	NSH 3	POC 37	ROA 5	ATL 24	NHA 5	GLN 5	IRC 9	MCH 5	DAY 9	DAR 2	RCH 9	BRI 7	LVS 10	TAL 25	ROV 15	TEX 8	KAN 34	MAR 20	PHO 3			9th	2193
2023	John Hunter Nemechek	DAY 2		CAL 1*	LVS 6	PHO 6	ATL 8	COA 27	RCH 2	MAR 1*	TAL 32	DOV 5	DAR 5*	CLT 2	PIR 10	SON 16	NSH 6	CSC 2	ATL 1	NHA 1*	POC 32	ROA 34	MCH 1*	IRC 13	GLN 6	DAY 28	DAR 3*	KAN 1*	BRI 3	TEX 1	ROV 8	LVS 2	HOM 3	MAR 18	PHO 28			4th	4009
2024	John Hunter Nemechek	DAY 7		ATL 32	LVS 1*	PHO 32	COA 3						DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
	Aric Almirola						RCH 2*	MAR 1*
	Ryan Truex								TEX	TAL	DOV

Car No. 54 history

Multiple drivers (2013-2015)

Sam Hornish Jr. at Road America in 2014.

In 2012, Kyle Busch fielded the No. 54 & After running the 54 for his team in 2012 with only one win (by his brother Kurt), Kyle Busch returned to JGR's strong Nationwide program with the No. 54 as a fourth JGR car, running 26 races and bringing sponsor Monster Energy with him. Parker Kligerman would take over the newly renumbered 77 for KBM. Busch didn't take long to get to victory lane. He won the pole, lead the most laps, and won the race in only the second race of the 2013 season at Phoenix International Raceway. He then scored victories at Bristol (4th race) and at Fontana (5th race). During the 2013 season, he won a total of 12 races. Joey Coulter, Owen Kelly, and Drew Herring also ran in the 54, which finished 2nd in the owner's championship to the Team Penske No. 22 by one point.

For the 2014 season, Kyle Busch ran part-time the No. 54 car, running all Sprint Cup Series companion races except Talladega and Daytona in July. Former IRL champion Sam Hornish Jr., who was not re-signed by Team Penske after scoring a win and finishing 2nd in Nationwide points in 2013, ran 7 races to help compete for the owner's championship. At Iowa in May, Hornish won the Get To Know Newton 250, beating Ryan Blaney's 22 for his third career win. The 54 once again finished 2nd in owners points to the Penske 22.

In 2015, Kyle Busch suffered injuries during the season-opening race at Daytona. He broke his leg after hitting the inside wall that had no SAFER barrier installed. His replacements were announced to be Erik Jones (at least 3 races), Cup series teammate Denny Hamlin (5 races), and road course veteran Boris Said (7 races). Busch returned to the Xfinity Series at Michigan in June and scored his first win of the season. Jones scored a win the following race at Chicagoland, his second of the season.

Part-time (2020)

For the 2020 season Kyle Busch (5 races) and Denny Hamlin (1 race) will race in the No. 54 car (previously used in 2012–15).

Multiple drivers (2021)

On January 27, 2021, it was confirmed that Ty Gibbs, Ty Dillon, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. would drive the 54 car in select races for the 2021 season. Ty Gibbs won in his series debut at the Daytona Road Course while Busch won by 11 seconds at COTA. Following Busch's win, Gibbs won again the next week at Charlotte holding off Austin Cindric for the second time. In the series’ return to Nashville Superspeedway, Busch made history by winning his 100th race. On July 3, Busch battled back from adversity to win the Henry 180 at Road America.

Ty Gibbs (2021–2022)

Ty Gibbs returned to the No. 54 in 2022 on a full-time basis. He won at Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Richmond. At the Martinsville spring race on April 8, Gibbs finished eighth after Sam Mayer did a bump and run on him on the final lap. After the race, Gibbs attempted to spin Mayer out during the cool-down laps before both drivers engaged in a fistfight on pit road. In addition to this incident, Gibbs was fined US$15,000 for hitting Mayer's car on pit road after the race. Gibbs scored his fourth win at Road America by passing Kyle Larson on the final lap. He claimed his fifth win of the season at Michigan. At Watkins Glen, Gibbs fiercely battled William Byron for the lead throughout most of the race until they both spun off-course during the final restart, resulting in Gibbs finishing 27th. At the Martinsville playoff race, Gibbs dumped Jones to the outside wall on the final overtime lap to win and make the Championship 4. After the race, he compared himself to Jesus in an interview on the SiriusXM NASCAR channel. Gibbs dominated at Phoenix to become the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

Car No. 54 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	Owners	Pts
2013	Kyle Busch	54	Toyota	DAY 32	PHO 1*	LVS 2	BRI 1*	CAL 1*	TEX 1*	RCH 3		DAR 1*	CLT 1*	DOV 5*		MCH 4		KEN 5*	DAY 11	NHA 1*		IND 1*		GLN 24		BRI 1*	ATL 2	RCH 4	CHI 1^*		DOV 8	KAN 4	CLT 1	TEX 26	PHO 1^*	HOM 3	??	??
	Joey Coulter										TAL 21										CHI 14
	Drew Herring														IOW 11								IOW 6							KEN 6
	Owen Kelly																ROA 4								MOH 23
2014	Kyle Busch			DAY 4*	PHO 1*	LVS 2	BRI 1	CAL 3	TEX 2	DAR 4*	RCH 3			CLT 3	DOV 1*	MCH 4		KEN 3	DAY 17	NHA 2		IND 2		GLN 2		BRI 2*	ATL 4	RCH 1**	CHI 3*		DOV 1*	KAN 1	CLT 2	TEX 1*	PHO 2*	HOM 2	2nd	1324
2014	Sam Hornish Jr.											TAL 5	IOW 1*				ROA 12*				CHI 36		IOW 4		MOH 30					KEN 30							2nd	1324
2015	Kyle Busch			DAY 26												MCH 1			KEN 3*	NHA 4	IND 1*				BRI 1		DAR 2	RCH 2	CHI 1*		DOV 3*	CLT 31*	KAN 1	TEX 14	PHO 1*	HOM 30	2nd	1191
	Erik Jones				ATL 13		PHO 5				RCH 4				DOV 9*		CHI 1*	DAY 8				IOW 7								KEN 8
	Denny Hamlin					LVS 4		CAL 18	TEX 7	BRI 31				CLT 2
	Boris Said											TAL 16	IOW 26										GLN 4	MOH 13		ROA 6
2020	Kyle Busch			DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO 3*	DAR 2	CLT 1*	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IND	KEN	KEN	TEX 37	KAN	ROA	DAY	DOV	DOV	DAY		RCH 3	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	??	??
2020	Denny Hamlin																									DAR 5											??	??
2021	Ty Dillon			DAY 14		HOM 37	LVS 31				TAL 35																										2nd	4031
	Ty Gibbs				DRC 1			PHO 2		MAR 4		DAR 18	DOV 5		CLT 1	MOH 3			POC 2				GLN 1*	IRC 19	MCH 13			RCH 7*	BRI 11	LVS 11		ROV 21		KAN 1	MAR 27
	Kyle Busch													COA 1*			TEX 1*	NSH 1*		ROA 1	ATL 1*
	Denny Hamlin																										DAR 12*
	Martin Truex Jr.								ATL 2*
	Christopher Bell																					NHA 1*				DAY 6
	John Hunter Nemechek																														TAL 22		TEX 1*			PHO 6
2022	Ty Gibbs			DAY 11	CAL 13	LVS 1	PHO 6	ATL 1	COA 15	RCH 1	MAR 8*	TAL 35	DOV 3	DAR 16	TEX 12	CLT 2	PIR 7*	NSH 4	ROA 1	ATL 35	NHA 21*	POC 2	IRC 8	MCH 1*	GLN 27	DAY 7	DAR 6	KAN 3*	BRI 36	TEX 3	TAL 7	ROV 2	LVS 4	HOM 2	MAR 1*	PHO 1*	1st	4040

Car No. 81 history

Smith's No. 81 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

The No. 81 car made its debut in 2021 as the fifth JGR entry at Road America. It was driven by Ty Gibbs while Kyle Busch occupied Gibbs' usual No. 54.

The No. 81 returned full-time in 2024 with Chandler Smith behind the wheel. Smith started the season with a fifth place finish at Daytona. He later scored wins at Phoenix and Richmond.

Car No. 81 results

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Driver	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	Owners	Pts
2021	Ty Gibbs	81	Toyota	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA 33	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	??	??
2024	Chandler Smith	81	Toyota	DAY 5	ATL 2	LVS 3	PHO 1*	COA 8	RCH 1	MAR 3	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO

NASCAR Truck Series

Erik Jones in 2013.

From 2000 to 2002, Joe Gibbs fielded trucks numbered 20 and 48 in the Craftsman Truck Series for his sons Coy and J. D. Gibbs. Coy ran 12 races in 2000, then the full 2001 and 2002 seasons, with 21 top 10s and 10th-place points finishes in the latter two seasons. J. D. only ran a total of 8 races over the three seasons, with no top 10 finishes.

From 2004 to 2006, JGR drivers drove in the Truck Series for Chevrolet-affiliated Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, fielding Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, J. J. Yeley, Jason Leffler, and Aric Almirola in select races. In 2006, JGR contracted Spears Motorsports to field Almirola in their 75 truck for his rookie Truck season. Almirola had three top 10s (compared to two top 10s in four starts the previous year), finishing 18th in points.

Gibbs after Kyle Busch won the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350

From 2010 through 2022, JGR drivers competed in the Truck Series through Kyle Busch Motorsports, owned by Cup Series driver Kyle Busch. KBM used JGR-built engines in competition. The partnership ended following the 2022 season when Busch left the organization.

ARCA Menards Series

Riley Herbst in 2017

In 1999, Joe Gibbs Racing fielded the No. 18 car for Jason Leffler for one race. Leffler finish 5th at Atlanta. In 2000, Leffler returned at Charlotte, he started 2nd and led one lap, however, he crashed with 55 of 67 laps completed.

From 2004 to 2005, Joe Gibbs Racing partnered with Shaver Motorsports to field development drivers in the ARCA Racing Series. Denny Hamlin finished third in the 2004 season finale at Talladega. J. J. Yeley ran the 2005 season opener at Daytona, as part of his development deal with JGR. Aric Almirola ran the 2005 finale at Talladega.