Tricon Garage

Owner(s)	David Gilliland Johnny Gray
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Cup Series
Race drivers	Cup Series: 56.Martin Truex Jr. (part-time) Truck Series: 1.William Sawalich,Brandon Jones,Lawless Alan,Brent Crews 5.Toni Breidinger(R) 11.Corey Heim 15.Tanner Gray 17.Gio Ruggiero(R)
Sponsors	Cup Series: 56.Bass Pro Shops Truck Series: 1. TBA 5.Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers,Celsius,Sunoco 11.Safelite,JBL 15. Dead on Tools 17.JBL, TBA
Manufacturer	Toyota
Opened	2018
Career
Debut	Truck Series: 2018NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Latest race	Truck Series: 2025Baptist Health 200 (Homestead)
Races competed	Total: 239 Truck Series: 113 ARCA Menards Series: 62 ARCA East: 45 ARCA West: 18
Drivers' Championships	Total: 1 Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA East: 1 ARCA West: 0
Race victories	Total: 30 Truck Series: 15 ARCA Menards Series: 2 ARCA East: 8 ARCA West: 5
Pole positions	Total: 15 Truck Series: 5 ARCA Menards Series: 2 ARCA East: 6 ARCA West: 2

Tricon Garage, formerly known asDavid Gilliland Racing,DGR-Crosley, andTeam DGR,^[1] is an American professionalstock car racing team that competes in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and theNASCAR Cup Series.^[2] The team was founded in early 2017 when racing team ownersDavid Gilliland andBo LeMastus came together to form a collaborative effort from their respective teams, David Gilliland Racing and Crosley Sports Group, known asDGR-Crosley. DGR-Crosley fieldedToyotas in 2018 and 2019 before announcing its switch toFord starting in 2020.^[3] The team reverted to the David Gilliland Racing name in 2021 as Johnny Gray became a co-owner.^[4] Former co-owner and driverBo LeMastus remained with the team in a marketing and sponsorship capacity.

On October 27, 2022, the team announced that they would be moving toToyota Racing Development in 2023 and would rename the team Tricon Garage. The new name is said to be derived from the prefixtri- and the wordicon.^[5]

On January 16, 2025, it was announced that Tricon will attempt to make itsNASCAR Cup Series debut at the2025 Daytona 500. The team will field the No. 56Toyota Camry driven byMartin Truex Jr., withBass Pro Shops as the primary sponsor andCole Pearn serving as the crew chief. The entry would be primarily built byJoe Gibbs Racing as their technical partners.^[6]

Truex was able to qualify based on qualifying lap-time into the Daytona 500 field and would start from 39th, needing to rely on time instead of Duel results.^[7] On lap 71, Truex was involved in an incident that ended his day and placed 38th.^[8]

Hailie Deegan (2021–2022)

On January 18, 2021, it was announced thatHailie Deegan would pilot the No. 1 truck in her rookie season. Deegan would return to run a second season in 2022.

Multiple drivers (2023–Present)

On October 27, 2022, it was announced that with the move to Toyota in 2023, various Toyota drivers would take the seat.

William Sawalich, who competed in six events for the No. 1 team in 2023, earning three top tens, has been announced for a nine race schedule with the team in 2024. Starkey SoundGear will return to sponsor Sawalich in all nine races in 2024.^[9]

Toni Breidinger was announced to drive the 2024 season opening race at Daytona, sponsored by Celsius.

Brett Moffitt, the 2018 Truck Series Champion, was announced to drive the spring Kansas race, sponsored by Concrete Supply and Destiny Homes. He would go on to finish 5th, 2nd best of the 5 Tricon entries that race, behind teammateCorey Heim, who won.^[10][11]

Kris Wright was announced to drive the No. 1 on a two-race deal in 2024, with sponsorship fromFNB Corporation in both races.^[12]

Dylan Lupton (2019)

In June 2019, DGR-Crosley formed the No. 5 team for a five-race schedule withDylan Lupton starting atChicagoland Speedway.^[13] He would go on to attempt four of those races, getting 2 top 10s but failing to qualify into the season finale atHomestead-Miami Speedway.

Dean Thompson (2023–2024)

On December 5, 2022, Tricon Garage announced thatDean Thompson would drive for the team in the No. 5 Truck full-time in 2023 and 2024. He finished the2023 season with two top 5s, five top 10s, a 23rd place points finish.

Toni Breidinger (2025)

On November 26, 2024, Tricon Garage announced thatToni Breidinger would drive for the team in the No. 5 Truck full-time in 2025.^[14]

Truck No. 5 results

Tanner Gray (2019)

DGR-Crosley ran the No. 7 truck forTanner Gray for the last two races of the 2019 season.

Truck No. 7 results

Corey Heim (2023–present)

Corey Heim was announced as the full-time driver for the new No. 11 entry on October 27, 2022, for the2023 season with sponsorship coming fromSafelite,JBL andSiriusXM. He started the season with an eighth place finish atDaytona. Heim scored his first win of the season atMartinsville.^[15] He was forced to missGateway due to an illness;Jesse Love substituted for him and finished ninth in the race.^[16] Despite missing one race, Heim maintained the points lead and scored his second win atMid-Ohio.^[17] At the conclusion of theRichmond race, Heim claimed the regular season championship.^[18] During the playoffs, Heim won atBristol.^[19] Heim finished third atHomestead to make the Championship 4.^[20] He finished 18th atPhoenix after being spun out byCarson Hocevar and third in the final points standings.,^[21] However, Heim was penalized 25 driver points for intentionally wrecking Hocevar, resulting in a points finish of fourth.

Heim started the2024 season with a second-place finish atDaytona. Throughout the regular season, he scored wins atCOTA,Kansas,North Wilkesboro,Gateway, andPocono.^{[22][23][24][25][26]} During the playoffs, Heim won atKansas.^[27] Heim would finish 2nd in the Championship race at Phoenix, thereby finishing 2nd in the points standings.

Heim started the2025 season with another second-place finish atDaytona; however, the initial race winner,Parker Kligerman, failed post-race inspection after it was found that his truck was too low. Kligerman was disqualified and Heim would be awarded the win.^[28] A month later, he won atLas Vegas.^[29]

Multiple drivers (2019)

DGR-Crosley began running the 15 part-time forAnthony Alfredo starting atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in 2019. Alfredo got his first career top 10 in the truck atCharlotte Motor Speedway.

Tanner Gray (2020–present)

On December 26, 2019, it was announced the No. 15 team will run full-time in 2020 withTanner Gray behind the wheel. Gray scored four top 5 finishes and ended his rookie season 17th in points.

Truck No. 15 results

Multiple drivers (2018–2022)

On January 22, 2018, it was announced that David Gilliland Racing and Crosley Sports Group would merge into one team and join the Truck Series part-time. The team had purchasedRed Horse Racing's assets.Chris Eggleston was announced as the driver beginning at Charlotte for a limited schedule. However, with the threat of rain before the Charlotte race, Eggleston moved to the primary 54 truck for the race and team co-ownerBo LeMastus shifted to the 17, which had no owner points. Qualifying was rained out, and LeMastus missed the race.^[30]

On December 14, 2018, it was announced thatTyler Ankrum will compete full-time in the No. 17 competing for Rookie of the Year honors in 2019. He will miss the first three races due to age restrictions but run all the races after that.^[31] On February 20, 2019, it was announced thatRyan Reed will drive the No. 17 Toyota at theStrat 200 atLas Vegas.^[32] On July 11, 2019, Ankrum scored his first Truck Series win atKentucky afterBrett Moffitt ran out of fuel towards the final lap. This also marked DGR-Crosley's first Truck Series win.^[33] In 2020,Hailie Deegan made her Truck series debut atKansas Speedway. In 2021,Taylor Gray was scheduled to drive at theToyotaCare 250, but he suffered multiple fractures in a single-car accident. That same yearDonny Schatz would make his debut at theCorn Belt Weekend.Ryan Preece won at Nashville Superspeedway in his Truck Series debut. Preece would win again at Nashville in 2022.

Taylor Gray (2023–2024)

Taylor Gray was announced as a TRD development driver on October 27, 2022. He was announced that he would be driving to No. 17 starting atCircuit of the Americas due to him not being old enough to run the first three races of the season.

Gio Ruggiero (2025)

On November 26, 2024, Tricon Garage announced thatGio Ruggiero would drive for the team in the No. 17 Truck full-time in 2025.^[34]

Truck No. 17 results

LeMastus made his Truck Series debut in the No. 54 atDaytona, getting caught up in a wreck. Various other drivers have run in this truck throughout the 2018 season, includingKyle Benjamin who finished second at Martinsville,Justin Marks at Las Vegas, and team co-ownerDavid Gilliland.^[35]Tyler Ankrum made his Truck Series Debut atMartinsville Speedway after winning the K&N East Championship for DGR.

The No. 54 was driven byNatalie Decker,Anthony Alfredo,David Gilliland,Kyle Strickler, andRaphaël Lessard in2019. Decker finished 19th, Alfredo 22nd, Lessard 32nd, Gilliland 47th, and Strickler 63rd in the points standings.

The No. 54 later returned to 2022 withJoey Logano as depicted by a report.

Truck No. 54 results

On December 17, 2019, DGR-Crosley announcedHailie Deegan as the driver of the No. 4Ford Fusion for the2020 ARCA Menards Series season.^[36]

In 2020, DGR-Crosley field the No. 17Ford Fusion full-time forTanner Gray and his brotherTaylor Gray along withDylan Lupton andAnthony Alfredo.

On March 8, 2022 a hauler carrying the car on its way toPhoenix Raceway collided with aHonda Passport nearLongview, Texas, killing hauler driver Steven C. Stotts. Two passengers in the hauler and the driver of the SUV survived the accident.^[37][38] Three days later on March 11, Gray won theGeneral Tire 150 after starting second and leading 43 laps, dedicating the win to Stotts.^[39][40][41]

In 2020, it was announced thatThad Moffitt would drive the No. 46 for the season-opening race at Daytona,^[42] and would then run all races on the schedule until sponsorship dried up, plusMemphis, which the team had previously signed a sponsor for. He claimed three top-five finishes over thirteen races, with a career-best finish of fourth at Memphis.

In 2021, it was announced that Moffitt would return to this car for at least eleven races.^[43]

In 2018,Noah Gragson was named as the first driver of the No. 54 and drove the entry in theLucas Oil 200 atDaytona, finishing in 7th place.^[44] Gragson,Todd Gilliland andBo LeMastus all made starts in the car during 2018.

Derek Kraus debuted the car atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway in late 2018, finishing second. He returned for the season finale atDover International Speedway.

Hailie Deegan drove the No. 4 car atToledo andBristol in 2020.

Tanner Gray drove the No. 15 car full-time in 2019. He got his first career win atSouth Boston Speedway and finished third in the standings.

The No. 17 debuted at the beginning of 2018 withTyler Ankrum, who finished in fifth place atNew Smyrna Speedway.^[45] Ankrum won four races in 2018; victories came atSouth Boston Speedway,Thompson Speedway,Iowa Speedway andNew Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ankrum clinched the championship with one race remaining ahead ofTyler Dippel.

In 2019, DGR-Crosley fielded the No. 17 part-time for various drivers includingTy Gibbs andRiley Herbst. On September 21, Gibbs scored his first career win at the Apple Barrel 125 atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway.^[46]

Cup regularErik Jones drove a car for the team atWatkins Glen in 2018.

Thad Moffitt drove the No. 46 car atIowa,Milwaukee, andBristol in 2021.

Todd Gilliland ran the No. 54 at the 2018 New Smyrna 175, scoring DGR-Crosley's first victory with a last lap pass onHarrison Burton.^[47]Noah Gragson ran the following race atBristol Motor Speedway.Tyler Dippel then joined the team, winning the following race atLangley Speedway. After a tumultuous season which included intentionally spinning teammate and eventual championTyler Ankrum atNew Jersey Motorsports Park,^[48] Dippel left the car after the season's penultimate race andTodd Gilliland endcapped the season in the car.

In 2019, Legends car driverDrew Dollar drove the car full-time.

Todd Gilliland ran this car in 2018 atBristol Motor Speedway, leading the most laps and winning the race.Noah Gragson ran the 98 atWatkins Glen.

Natalie Decker ran the 98 in 2019 atBristol Motor Speedway.

Team ownerDavid Gilliland drove this car in 2020 atPhoenix Raceway and won.^[49]

The No. 15 will be run in select events forTanner Gray. After skipping the first race, Gray has finished runner-up in all 3 starts.

The No. 17 run 5 races withTaylor Gray in 2020. Gray won once atKern County Raceway Park.

The No. 20 debuted at the2018 Carneros 200 atSonoma Raceway driven byNASCAR Cup Series driverErik Jones with sponsorship fromDeWalt.^[50]

Jake Garcia drove the No. 45 car at theGeneral Tire 150atPhoenix Raceway in 2021.

The No. 46 car debuted at theGeneral Tire 150 atPhoenix Raceway driven byThad Moffitt, later at the second Phoenix race next year with J.P. Bergeron.

The No. 54 debuted at the2018 Carneros 200 atSonoma Raceway driven by NASCAR Cup Series driverDaniel Suárez with sponsorship fromArris.^[50]

Taylor Gray drove the No. 71 car at theGeneral Tire 150atPhoenix Raceway in 2021.

David Gilliland Racing debuted in 2014 in the X-1R Pro Cup Series, the predecessor to theCARS Tour, fielding the No. 98 forTodd Gilliland. From 2015 to 2017 DGR ran Super Late Models, fielding multiple cars for multiple drivers including; Todd Gilliland,Raphael Lessard,Nicole Behar,Alex Guenette, Anthony Anders,Tanner Thorson,Chase Purdy, andHannah Newhouse.

DGR decided not to run Super Late Models in 2018 due to their transition to DGR-Crosley and their entry into the Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series, they switched to fielding late models starting in 2019.

Taylor Gray andDrew Dollar werelate model drivers for the team in 2019.^[51][52] Taylor Gray drove part-time in the CARS Tour in 2020 picking up a win in the opening round. Joe Valento will run the full season for DGR in the CARS Tour in 2021.^[53]

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• Tricon Garage owner statistics at Racing-Reference (Bo LeMastus) – (until 2020)

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