Riley Herbst
Herbst at Sonoma Raceway in 2023
BornRiley Dederick Kern Herbst
(1999-02-24) February 24, 1999
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Achievements2023 Baja 1000 Trophy Truck Spec Class Winner
Awards2017 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 1 year
First race2023 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2023 YellaWood 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
139 races run over 5 years
Car no., teamNo. 98 (Stewart-Haas Racing)
2022 position10th
Best finish10th (2022)
First race2018 Iowa 250 (Iowa)
Last race2023 Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix Raceway)
First win2023 Alsco Uniforms 302 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 68 2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
11 races run over 5 years
2022 position93rd
Best finish39th (2018)
First race2018 Eaton 200 (Gateway)
Last race2022 Heart of America 200 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 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 5, 2022.

Riley Dederick Kern 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.

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]

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]

Off-road racing

Herbst is from a family rooted in off-road racing. His father Troy, grandfather Jerry, and uncles Ed and Tim participate in desert racing such as the Baja 500 and Baja 1000.[2][3] The quartet was inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.[4]

During his youth, Herbst competed in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series' Junior 1 Kart division.[5]

In 2020, he joined his cousins Pierce and Thor at the 2020 Baja 1000, where they finished second in the Trophy Truck Spec class.[6] The trio also ran the 2021 1000 and placed ninth.[7][8]

Herbst, his father, Troy, and Jordan Dean won the Trophy Truck Spec class in the 2023 Baja 1000, finishing 8th overall.[9][10]

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.[11][12] He also claimed the series' Rookie of the Year award over Gus Dean after passing Dean in the season's final event.[13] For the 2019 season, he split JGR's No. 18 with Ty Gibbs.

Xfinity Series

Herbst's No. 18 Monster Energy 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.[14] For the 2019 season, he split JGR's No. 18 with Jeffrey Earnhardt, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin.[15]

In 2020, Herbst assumed full-time driving duties in the No. 18. He qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated following the first round.[16] 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.[17] After the season, JGR signed Daniel Hemric to drive the No. 18 full-time starting in 2021, leaving Herbst without a ride.[18]

Herbst's No. 98 car at Daytona International Speedway in 2021

On December 10, 2020, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Herbst would drive the No. 98 Ford beginning with the 2021 season.[17] After a rough start to the season that saw his involvement in wrecks—none of which were of his doing—in three of the first four races,[19][20] he rebounded with a fourth-place finish at Phoenix Raceway.[21] In 2022, 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 after qualifying at [[Pocono Raceway]] in 2023

Herbst began the 2023 season with a sixth-place finish at Daytona. He then scored five more consecutive top ten finishes. Despite missing the playoffs, Herbst scored his first career win at Las Vegas.[22]

Truck Series

In 2018, Herbst was tabbed to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports.[23] 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.[24]

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.

Herbst returned to the Truck Series in February 2021 for the Daytona road course race, driving the No. 17 Ford for David Gilliland Racing.[25] He returned to the No. 17 truck for Daytona and Kansas in 2022.

Cup Series

On January 31, 2023, 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.[26] Herbst would go on to finish tenth in his debut despite being involved in a multi car crash late in the race. He is also one of five drivers in NASCAR history to score a Top 10 in their first Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series starts. He made another start for Rick Ware at Talladega where he started 36th and finished 20th. He competed for Front Row Motorsports at the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona in the No. 36 Ford. He started in sixth but fell to back at the end of stage 1 before getting caught up in the big one at the end of stage 2. He would be classified in 38th place. Herbst would compete for Front Row in the No. 36 again in the fall Talladega race that same year. Herbst would start in sixth again but this time was able to finish the race despite crashing again. He was also in contention for the win as he running 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. Herbst would come across the line in 9th (originally 10th before Harvick got disqualified), his best career finish in the Cup Series.

Personal life

Herbst's family owns the Terrible Herbst company.[3]

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup 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 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2023 Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford DAY
10
CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL
20
DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN 45th 01 [27]
Front Row Motorsports 36 Ford DAY
38
DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL
9
ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2023 Rick Ware Racing Ford 38 10

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 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 100th 01 [28]
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 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO
30
HOM 88th 01 [29]
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
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 2152 [30]
2021 Stewart-Haas Racing 98 Ford DAY
26
DRC
39
HOM
11
LVS
40
PHO
4
ATL
6
MAR
29
TAL
4
DAR
28
DOV
17
COA
16
CLT
12
MOH
21
TEX
12
NSH
10
POC
35
ROA
7
ATL
19
NHA
10
GLN
13
IRC
8
MCH
7
DAY
10
DAR
38
RCH
5
BRI
3
LVS
33
TAL
27*
ROV
34
TEX
12
KAN
13
MAR
10
PHO
4
11th 2157 [31]
2022 DAY
4
CAL
9
LVS
14
PHO
38
ATL
4
COA
26
RCH
5
MAR
6
TAL
7
DOV
9
DAR
3
TEX
8
CLT
25
PIR
35
NSH
3
ROA
7
ATL
9
NHA
30
POC
12
IRC
6
MCH
9
GLN
7
DAY
15
DAR
34
KAN
16
BRI
5
TEX
5
TAL
11
ROV
32
LVS
18
HOM
8
MAR
3
PHO
7
10th 2197 [32]
2023 DAY
6
CAL
7
LVS
8
PHO
4
ATL
5
COA
10
RCH
23
MAR
30
TAL
23
DOV
21
DAR
38
CLT
14
PIR
32
SON
15
NSH
2
CSC
24
ATL
36
NHA
20
POC
4
ROA
5
MCH
6
IRC
12
GLN
35
DAY
24
DAR
6
KAN
23
BRI
8
TEX
37
ROV
4
LVS
1*
HOM
2
MAR
4
PHO
4
13th 904 [33]
2024 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR 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

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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 NCWTC 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 [34]
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 [35]
51 TAL
3
MAR PHO HOM
2020 DAY
12
LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO 86th 01 [36]
2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY DRC
5
LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 99th 01 [37]
2022 DAY
12
LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN
12
TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 93rd 01 [38]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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 [39]
16 DOV
8
2017 54 NSM GRE BRI
Wth
SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM 47th 37 [40]
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 [41]
2019 17 NSM BRI
18
SBO SBO MEM NHA
6
IOW 22nd 96 [42]
54 GLN
12
BRI GTW NHA DOV

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 [43]

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 [44]
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 [45]
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 [46]
2020 DAY
7
PHO TAL
4
POC IRP KEN IOW KAN
3
TOL TOL MCH
1
DRC GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 24th 167 [47]
2021 David Gilliland Racing 17 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN
6
MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN 79th 38 [48]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC 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
MMP
5
MMP
4
MER
19
AAS
12
7th 510 [49]
2017 54 TUS
9
KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
3
28th 76 [50]
2019 Levin Racing with Joe Gibbs Racing 10 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
10
48th 35 [51]
2023 Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Ford PHO IRW KCR PIR
18
SON
3
IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 27th 68 [52]

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