Taylor Gray

21-Year-Old Driver  
Joe Gibbs Racing
2026 Stats
Points
0
Starts
1
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
2026 Xfinity Stats
Points
476
Starts
18
Wins
1
Poles
1
Top 5
3
Top 10
7
2026 Fantasy Outlook
His first full season of O'Reilly Series competition yielded Gray's first win (Martinsville) and he would stack up an impressive 15 Top-10 finishes in the No. 54 Toyota team. Crew chief Jason Ratcliff and he did some impressive work down the stretch run of last season and built a lot of excitement and anticipation for 2026. Gray will now look to forge his first multi-win season in this division of NASCAR and move his name into the upper tier of championship contending drivers. He showed a lot of versatility and ability on a variety of tracks last season and did some great work on the short tracks. Gray was also no slouch on the road circuits, and raced them well too. All indicators point towards improvement in the upcoming season and at 20-years-old, lots of time to improve. Read Past Outlooks
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Car No. 54 Toyota
Crew Chief Jason Ratcliff
Rookie Year 2023
Birth Date 3/25/2005
Born Denver, North Carolina, United States
Country UNITED STATES
Runner-up Finish in San Diego
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
June 20, 2026
Gray finished second in the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Naval Base Coronado on Saturday afternoon.
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Gray would lead a race-high 16 laps and dominate most of the afternoon on Coronado Island. The Joe Gibbs Racing youngster would take the win in stage 2. Gray would be leading at the white flag but he wheel-hopped one of the turns on the final lap and lost the lead to Austin Hill. The driver of the No. 54 Toyota would hang on for the bittersweet runner-up finish in San Diego.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
2023
Gray makes the jump from the truck series to the Xfinity Series in 2025. The young driver is coming off a 14 Top-10 finish and sixth-place points finish with TRICON Garage last season. Gray now takes over the No. 54 Toyota that was Chandler Smith's No. 81 Toyota last year. Smith drove the car to two victories and 22 Top-10 finishes before a fifth-place finish in the points. Crew chief Jason Ratcliff will join Gray in the No. 54 Toyota and put his talent to work. Gray has won all through the lower divisions of ARCA Menards racing and should prove to be a quick study behind the wheel of a strong Gibbs' Toyota. It should be just a matter of short time before he finds the win column in the Xfinity Series and puts his name into championship contention.
Gray would make some nice progression in 2023. It would be his first full Craftsman Truck Series slate of action and he wouldn't disappoint. The youngster would grab three Top-5 and six Top-10 finishes on his way to a very solid 14.6 average finish. It all added up to a respectable 15th-place finish in the final driver standings. Gray's best tracks were intermediate ovals and short tracks for the most part, although he did have a couple nice drives on road circuits. Gray's potential is just being tapped as he's a tender 18-years-old to start the 2024 season. He'll be paired with veteran crew chief, Jeff Hensley, this season and the two will look to continue his development and improvement.
Gray's two seasons of part-time racing in this division of NASCAR are now complete and now the soon-to-be 18-year-old driver is ready to take on a full slate of races for the first time. Gray's 13 starts over the last two seasons have netted a pair of Top-10 finishes with short tracks appearing to be his biggest strength. TRICON Garage, formerly David Gilliland Racing, will pair Gray with ace crew chief, Chad Johnston, and look to make a big splash in Gray's rookie season. The young driver has a lot of potential, so most of the burden will be on this race team to provide Gray with a fast truck week-in and week-out.
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Bounces back in Nashville
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
June 1, 2026
Gray finished ninth in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 at Nashville Superspeedway.
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Fast O'Reilly Practice at Dover
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
May 16, 2026
Gray was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the BetRivers 200 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 151.585 mph.
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Third at Watkins Glen
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
May 9, 2026
Gray finished third in The Mission 200 at The Glen O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon.
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Wins Kansas Lottery 300
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
April 18, 2026
Gray won the Kansas Lottery 300 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday night.
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Tops O'Reilly Practice at Bristol
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
April 11, 2026
Gray was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Suburban Propane 300 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway Speedway on Saturday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 121.859 mph.
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