| Todd Gilliland | |||||||
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 Gilliland atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025 | |||||||
| Born | Todd Jeremey Gilliland (2000-05-15)May 15, 2000 (age 25) Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2016,2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion 2016Idaho 208 Winner Winner of the first everCARS Late Model Stock Tour race (Southern National, 2015) YoungestARCA Menards Series race winner (15 years, 2 days) | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 144 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 34 (Front Row Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2025 position | 27th | ||||||
| Best finish | 22nd (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2022Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 94 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| 2022 position | 89th | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2017Bar Harbor 200 (Dover) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022Clean Harbors 150 (Knoxville) | ||||||
| First win | 2019NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last win | 2022Clean Harbors 150 (Knoxville) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 25th (2018) | ||||||
| First race | 2015Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care (Toledo) | ||||||
| Last race | 2019 FORTS USA 150 (Pocono) | ||||||
| First win | 2015Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care (Toledo) | ||||||
| Last win | 2019General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 24 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 2nd (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2016Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
| Last race | 2019General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
| First win | 2016Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
| Last win | 2018Zombie Auto 150 (Bristol) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 30 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2016,2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Casino Arizona 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2020 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2015 Casino Arizona 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last win | 2017 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts (Douglas County) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 2, 2025. | |||||||
Todd Jeremey Gilliland[1] (born May 15, 2000) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 34Ford Mustang Dark Horse forFront Row Motorsports.[2] He is the son ofNASCAR driver andTricon Garage ownerDavid Gilliland.
Gilliland first started driving when he was three years old; his parents purchased a pink (later repainted to black)Barbie Corvette with modified pedals and an additional battery to increase its speed.[3] Afterwards, he began driving aquarter midget on a neighborhood dirt track. Two years later, he started racing competitively,[4] but stopped for two years at the decision of his father. In 2012, he won championships in the North Carolina Quarter Midget Association, USAC World Formula National Quarter Midget Championship, and on the West Coast; he concluded his quarter midget career with 34 wins. The following year, he started limitedlate model racing, running three races. In 2014, he won his first limited late model race from thepole position atAce Speedway.[5] Later in the year, he won his first late model race atSouthern National Motorsports Park.[6]
On May 17, two days after his fifteenth birthday, Gilliland became the youngest driver to compete in theARCA Racing Series when he made his debut atToledo Speedway withVenturini Motorsports.[7] After leading the race weekend's practice session and qualifying fifth, he held offTom Hessert andJosh Williams to win, becoming the youngest winner in ARCA series history.[8]
On November 12, Gilliland ran his first race in theK&N Pro Series West for Frontline Enterprises andBill McAnally Racing[9] atPhoenix International Raceway, taking the lead with five laps to go afterJ. J. Haley's tire went down and defeatedWilliam Byron on thegreen–white–checker finish to win.[10] The win made Gilliland the youngest race winner in track history.[11] In postrace inspection, Gilliland's car was found to have the lubrication oil reservoir tank cover bolted improperly. As a result, his team received a P5 penalty (the second-worst in NASCAR) and was docked thirty points, although Gilliland was allowed to keep the victory.[10] On January 29, 2016, Gilliland joinedKyle Busch Motorsports' Super Late Model team.[12]
On February 4, 2016, McAnally announced that Gilliland would compete for full-time in the series, driving the No. 16 Toyota Camry.[13] Gilliland also made a start in theK&N Pro Series East atNew Smyrna Speedway. After winning the pole,[14] he won the race in controversial fashion, asRonnie Bassett Jr. was originally declared the winner since the flagman failed to wave the white flag in time after lap 150 and unintentionally extended the race by a lap.[15] The race was subsequently declared official after 150 laps.[14] On March 19, 2016, Gilliland went on to win his second Pro Series West race and his third Pro Touring series race atIrwindale Speedway.[16] After winning atKern County Raceway Park, the victory marked his fourth K&N Series win in four starts, tying the record set byDan Gurney 50 years earlier.[17] In May, he was named a member of the 2016–17 NASCAR Next program.[18] Gilliland clinched the Pro Series West championship on October 15.[19]
In December 2016, Gilliland signed withKyle Busch Motorsports to run fourCamping World Truck Series races in the No. 51Toyota Tundra in 2017.[20] In May 2017, KBM announced plans for Gilliland to make his Truck Series debut atDover International Speedway in the No. 46 truck, followed by stints in the No. 51 atGateway Motorsports Park,Canadian Tire Motorsports Park andNew Hampshire Motor Speedway before returning to the No. 46 atMartinsville Speedway. On November 4, Gilliland won the Pro Series West championship for the second consecutive season.[21] For his final Truck race of the year, he would drive the No. 51 atPhoenix International Raceway.[22]
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On January 17, 2018, KBM announced that Gilliland would compete forNASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesRookie of the Year in 2018, driving the No. 4Toyota Tundra beginning atMartinsville Speedway, and most of the races following that.[23] The series did grant Gilliland a waiver to become eligible for theNASCAR playoffs with a win, as drivers usually have to start every race to make the playoffs.[24] Gilliland started the 2018 season by holding offHarrison Burton to win theK&N Pro Series East season opener atNew Smyrna Speedway, leading the most laps and winning on a last lap pass.[25] He also won the second K&N East race of the season, triumphing atBristol Motor Speedway for his twentieth overall win in K&N Pro Series competition, also having won races in theNASCAR K&N Pro Series West.[26]
On October 25, 2019, Gilliland won his first career Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.[27]
On January 13, 2020,Front Row Motorsports announced that Gilliland would drive the newly opened No. 38Ford F-150 for the full 2020 Truck season.[28] Gilliland recorded ten top-ten finishes and four top-fives to qualify for the playoffs.[29]
Gilliland returned to the No. 38 in 2021.[29] Todd Gilliland won his second career Truck Series atCircuit of the Americas, his first win for Front Row Motorsports.[30] With his win at COTA, Gilliland qualified for the playoffs and was eliminated after the Round of 10.
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On November 30, 2021, Front Row Motorsports announced that Gilliland would bypass theXfinity Series to drive Front Rows No. 38 Cup Series ride and compete forNASCAR Rookie of the Year.[31] His first Cup Series race was at the2022 Daytona 500. Gilliland started 29th and finished 33rd after being eliminated in an incident on lap 190.[32] On December 15, 2022, Gilliland returned to the No. 38 car for his second full-time season in the Cup Series with new crew chief Ryan Bergenty. However, on February 7, Gilliland was demoted to a part-time ride sinceZane Smith will be in the No. 38 car for six races.[33] Gilliland however was able to sign a deal withRick Ware Racing for five races; one in the No. 15 and four in the No. 51. On March 2, Front Row Motorsports announced that Gilliland will race at Talladega in the No. 36 to complete his full season.[34] He ended up finishing the season 28th in points, scoring four top-tens with a best finish of eighth.
On August 9, it was announced that Gilliland would return to Front Row Motorsports in the No. 38 in 2024, which would mark his third season in the NASCAR Cup Series.[35]
Gilliland's early season performances showed improvement to the previous two years, as he led a then career-high sixteen laps at theDaytona 500 prior to being collected in a late-race incident, before surpassing that stat by leading the most laps atAtlanta with 58, though he would fall out of win contention late on with a broken toe link.[36][37] During a run of nine consecutive Top 20 finishes in late spring and early summer, Gilliland signed a multi-year extension with Front Row.[38][39] With four top-ten finishes and an average finish of 20.9, Gilliland finished 22nd in the standings, one position higher than his experienced teammateMichael McDowell.[40][41] On November 19, 2024, FRM announced that Gilliland would move to the No. 34 in2025.[42]
Gilliland's fatherDavid formerly competed in theNASCAR Cup Series. His grandfatherButch, the 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series champion,[43] formerly competed in the Cup and Truck Series.[44]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 2022 | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 29 | 33 |
| 2023 | 14 | 27 | ||
| 2024 | 31 | 35 | ||
| 2025 | 14 | 27 |
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2017 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 46 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV 20 | TEX | MAR 5 | TEX | 27th | 178 | [49] | ||||||||||||||
| 51 | GTW 21 | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP 11 | CHI | NHA 3 | LVS | TAL | PHO 7 | HOM | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 4 | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR 14 | DOV 10 | KAN | CLT 10 | TEX 6* | IOW 29 | GTW 2 | CHI 16 | KEN 7 | ELD 22 | POC 7 | MCH 5 | BRI 5 | MSP 11 | LVS 27 | TAL 20 | MAR 12 | TEX 4* | PHO 17 | HOM 13 | 10th | 590 | [50] | ||
| 2019 | DAY 19 | ATL 9 | LVS 7 | MAR 15 | TEX 14 | DOV 15 | KAN 3 | CLT 7 | TEX 27 | IOW 10 | GTW 2 | CHI 6 | KEN 17 | POC 7 | ELD 5 | MCH 24 | BRI 9 | MSP 18 | LVS 5 | TAL 2 | MAR 1 | PHO 14 | HOM 8 | 11th | 723 | [51] | |||
| 2020 | Front Row Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY 16 | LVS 7 | CLT 37 | ATL 4 | HOM 6 | POC 4 | KEN 10 | TEX 27 | KAN 10 | KAN 20 | MCH 5 | DRC 33 | DOV 4 | GTW 24* | DAR 7 | RCH 17 | BRI 14 | LVS 13 | TAL 28 | KAN 13 | TEX 31 | MAR 32 | PHO 9 | 10th | 2141 | [52] |
| 2021 | DAY 31 | DRC 4 | LVS 13 | ATL 17 | BRD 4 | RCH 6 | KAN 6 | DAR 15 | COA 1 | CLT 5 | TEX 7 | NSH 2 | POC 7 | KNX 4 | GLN 4 | GTW 29 | DAR 4 | BRI 10 | LVS 5* | TAL 3* | MAR 25* | PHO 8 | 7th | 2262 | [53] | ||||
| 2022 | David Gilliland Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX 1 | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 89th | 01 | [54] |
* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 16 | Toyota | NSM 1* | MOB | GRE | BRI 9 | VIR | DOM | STA 5 | COL 7 | NHA 2 | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM | DOV | 20th | 202 | [55] |
| 2017 | NSM 9 | GRE 3 | BRI 8 | SBO 3 | SBO 2 | MEM 8 | BLN 1 | THO 2* | NHA 1* | IOW 1* | GLN 2 | LGY 1 | NJM 2 | DOV 13 | 2nd | 585 | [56] | |||
| 2018 | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Toyota | NSM 1* | DOV 14 | 22nd | 127 | [57] | ||||||||||||
| 98 | BRI 1* | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA | IOW | GLN | GTW | NHA | ||||||||
| 2019 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM 8 | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA | 23rd | 77 | [58] | |||
| DGR-Crosley | 54 | Toyota | DOV 3 | |||||||||||||||||
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2015 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL 1 | NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW 9 | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 53rd | 420 | [59] |
| 2018 | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT 4* | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI 3 | IOW | ELK | POC 6 | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN 22 | 25th | 830 | [60] |
| 2019 | 4 | DAY 2 | FIF | SLM | TAL 1 | NSH | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | ELK | IOW | 28th | 595 | [61] | ||||||||
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Toyota | POC 2* | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Toyota | KCR | IRW | TUS | IOW | SHA | SON | SLS | IOW | EVG | CNS | MER | AAS | PHO 1 | 70th | 17 | [62] | |
| 2016 | IRW 1 | KCR 1* | TUS 2 | OSS 4 | CNS 2 | SON 24 | SLS 1 | IOW 1* | EVG 1* | DCS 6* | MMP 2 | MMP 2 | MER 1 | AAS 8 | 1st | 594 | [63] | |||
| 2017 | TUS 2 | KCR 1 | IRW 1* | IRW 1* | SPO 1* | OSS 6 | CNS 3* | SON 6 | IOW 1* | EVG 8 | DCS 1 | MER 2* | AAS 2 | KCR 2 | 1st | 610 | [64] | |||
| 2020 | DGR-Crosley | 54 | Ford | LVS | MMP | MMP | IRW | EVG | DCS | CNS | LVS | AAS | KCR | PHO 4 | 20th | 90 | [65] | |||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | CLMSCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | David Gilliland Racing | 98G | Ford | SNM 1 | ROU 27 | HCY 27 | SNM 3 | TCM 19 | MMS 2 | ROU 19 | CON | MYB 6 | HCY | 13th | 171 | [66] |
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| CARS Super Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | CSLMTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | David Gilliland Racing | 98G | Ford | SNM | ROU | HCY | SNM | TCM | MMS 18 | ROU | CON | MYB | HCY | 55th | 15 | [67] |
| 2016 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 51B | Toyota | SNM | ROU | HCY | TCM | GRE | ROU | CON | MYB 7 | HCY | 33rd | 48 | [68] | |
| 54G | SNM 11 | |||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | NASCARK&N Pro Series West Champion 2016–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by | NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Rookie of the Year 2016 | Succeeded by |
