David Gilliland Racing

David Gilliland Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards Series West, and the CARS Tour.[1] The team was founded in early 2017 when racing team owners David Gilliland and Bo LeMastus came together to form a collaborative effort from their respective teams, David Gilliland Racing and Crosley Sports Group, known as DGR-Crosley. DGR-Crosley fielded Toyotas in 2018 and 2019 before announcing its switch to Ford starting in 2020.[2] The team reverted to the David Gilliland Racing name in 2021 as Johnny Gray became a co-owner.[3] Former co-owner and driver Bo LeMastus will remain with the team in a marketing and sponsorship capacity.

David Gilliland Racing
Owner(s)David Gilliland
Johnny Gray
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Camping World Truck Series
ARCA Menards Series
ARCA Menards Series East
ARCA Menards Series West
CARS Tour
NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series
Race driversTruck Series:
1. Hailie Deegan (R)
15. Tanner Gray
17. David Gilliland, Taylor Gray (part-time)
ARCA Menards Series:
17. Tanner Gray, Taylor Gray (part-time)
46. Thad Moffitt (part-time)
54. Joey Iest (part-time)
ARCA East:
17. Taylor Gray
54. Joey Iest (part-time)
ARCA West:
54. Joey Iest (part-time)
CARS Tour/Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series:
TBA. Joe Valento (R)
SponsorsTruck Series:
1. Monster Energy, TBA
15. Ford Performance, TBA
17. Black's Tire & Wheel Distributors
ARCA Menards Series:
17. TBA
46. Clean Harbors
54. TBA
ARCA East:
17. Ford Performance
54. Basila Ranch
ARCA West:
54. TBA
CARS Tour/Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series:
TBA. TBA
ManufacturerFord
Opened2018
Career
DebutTruck Series:
2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Latest raceTruck Series:
2020 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Races competedTotal: 277
Truck Series: 124
ARCA Menards Series: 62
ARCA East: 76
ARCA West: 15
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 1
ARCA East: 1
Race victoriesTotal: 10
Truck Series: 1
ARCA East: 7
ARCA West: 2
Pole positionsTotal: 7
ARCA Menards Series: 2
ARCA East: 5

History

Truck No. 1 history

On January 18, 2021, it was announced that Hailie Deegan would pilot the No. 1 truck in her rookie season.

Truck No. 5 history

In June 2019, DGR-Crosley formed the No. 5 team for a five-race schedule with Dylan Lupton starting at Chicagoland Speedway.[4]

Truck No. 5 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 NGTC Pts
2019 Dylan Lupton 5 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI
10		 KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS
10		 TAL MAR PHO
16		 HOM
DNQ		 38th 77

Truck No. 7 history

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

Truck No. 7 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 NGTC Pts
2019 Tanner Gray 7 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO
17		 HOM
16		 47th 42

Truck No. 15 history
Tanner Gray in the No. 15 at Pocono Raceway in 2020

DGR-Crosley began running the 15 part-time for Anthony Alfredo starting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2019. Alfredo got his first career top 10 in the truck at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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

Truck No. 15 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 NGTC Pts
2019 Anthony Alfredo 15 Toyota DAY ATL LVS
18		 MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT
8		 TEX
12		 IOW GTW CHI
9		 POC
31		 ELD MCH
26		 LVS
12		 TAL
15		 PHO
24		 HOM
32		 26th 253
Dylan Lupton KEN
5		 BRI
27		 MSP
Tanner Gray MAR
20
2020 Ford DAY
23		 LVS
8		 CLT
20		 ATL
11		 HOM
12		 POC
12		 KEN
9		 TEX
36		 KAN
18		 KAN
4		 MCH
3		 DAY
15		 DOV
17		 GTW
10		 DAR
29		 RCH
16		 BRI
3		 LVS
3		 TAL
29		 KAN
36		 TEX
10		 MAR
31		 PHO
15		 17th 511

Truck No. 17 history
Kyle Benjamin in the No. 17 at Martinsville Speedway in 2018

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 purchased Red 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-owner Bo LeMastus shifted to the 17, which had no owner points. Qualifying was rained out, and LeMastus missed the race.[5]

On December 14, 2018, it was announced that Tyler 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.[6] On February 20, 2019, it was announced that Ryan Reed will drive the No. 17 Toyota at the Strat 200 at Las Vegas.[7] On July 11, 2019, Ankrum scored his first Truck Series win at Kentucky after Brett Moffitt ran out of fuel towards the final lap. This also marked DGR-Crosley's first Truck Series win.[8]

Truck No. 17 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 NGTC Pts
2018 Bo LeMastus 17 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT
DNQ		 TEX
26		 IOW GTW CHI POC MCH
17		 BRI MSP LVS
30		 TAL HOM 30th 171
Chris Eggleston KEN
11
Tyler Dippel ELD
13
Kyle Benjamin MAR
5
David Gilliland TEX
30
Tyler Ankrum PHO
6
2019 David Gilliland DAY
13		 8th 2182
Anthony Alfredo ATL
17		 GTW
12
Ryan Reed LVS
9
Tyler Ankrum MAR
19		 TEX
6		 DOV
9		 KAN
11		 CLT
27		 TEX
3		 CHI
13		 KEN
1*		 POC
2		 ELD
9		 MCH
25		 BRI
20		 MSP
9		 LVS
11		 TAL
7		 MAR
25		 PHO
26		 HOM
22
Raphaël Lessard IOW
9
2020 David Ragan Ford DAY LVS CLT ATL
DNQ		 HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH
DNQ		 DAY DOV GTW DAR
22		 RCH
7		 BRI 30th 231
Dylan Lupton LVS
14		 TAL TEX
8		 MAR PHO
16
Hailie Deegan KAN
16

Truck No. 54 history
Natalie Decker in the No. 54 at Homestead–Miami Speedway in 2019

LeMastus made his Truck Series debut in the No. 54 at Daytona, getting caught up in a wreck. Various other drivers have run in this truck throughout the 2018 season, including Kyle Benjamin who finished second at Martinsville, Justin Marks at Las Vegas, and team co-owner David Gilliland.[9] Tyler Ankrum made his Truck Series Debut at Martinsville Speedway after winning the K&N East Championship for DGR.

The No. 54 was driven by Natalie Decker, Anthony Alfredo, David Gilliland, Kyle Strickler, and Raphaël Lessard in 2019. Decker finished 19th, Alfredo 22nd, Lessard 32nd, Gilliland 47th, and Strickler 63rd in the points standings.

Truck No. 54 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 NGTC Pts
2018 Bo LeMastus 54 Toyota DAY
30		 ATL
17		 KAN
19		 CHI
15		 KEN
20		 POC
20		 MSP
22		 TAL
29		 TEX
32		 16th 497
Justin Marks LVS
11
Kyle Benjamin MAR
2
David Gilliland DOV
4		 IOW
4
Chris Eggleston CLT
13		 TEX
14		 LVS
10
Zane Smith GTW
5
Chris Windom ELD
14		 HOM
24
Matt Mills MCH
31
Riley Herbst BRI
15		 PHO
15
Tyler Ankrum MAR
18
2019 Natalie Decker DAY
32		 ATL
24		 LVS
13		 DOV
17		 KAN
25		 CLT
31		 TEX
22		 IOW
17		 GTW
27		 CHI
14		 KEN
27		 POC
16		 MCH
27		 BRI
25		 LVS
25		 TAL
16		 MAR
22		 PHO
22		 HOM
20		 20th 369
David Gilliland MAR
12
Anthony Alfredo TEX
28
Kyle Strickler ELD
18
Raphaël Lessard MSP
10

Car No. 4 history

On December 17, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced Hailie Deegan as the driver of the No. 4 Ford Fusion for the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season.[10]

Car No. 54 history

In 2018, Noah Gragson was named as the first driver of the No. 54 and drove the entry in the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona, finishing in 7th place.[11] Gragson, Todd Gilliland and Bo LeMastus all made starts in the car during 2018.

Car No. 1 history

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

Car No. 15 history

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

Car No. 17 history

The No. 17 debuted at the beginning of 2018 with Tyler Ankrum, who finishied in fifth place at New Smyrna Speedway.[12] Ankrum won four races in 2018; victories came at South Boston Speedway, Thompson Speedway, Iowa Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ankrum clinched the championship with one race remaining ahead of Tyler Dippel.

In 2019, DGR-Crosley fielded the No. 17 part-time for various drivers including Ty Gibbs and Riley Herbst. On September 21, Gibbs scored his first career win at the Apple Barrel 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[13]

Car No. 20 history

Cup regular Erik Jones drove a car for the team at Watkins Glen in 2018.

Car No. 54 history

Todd Gilliland ran the No. 54 at the 2018 New Smyrna 175, scoring DGR-Crosley's first victory with a last lap pass on Harrison Burton.[14] Noah Gragson ran the following race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Tyler Dippel then joined the team, winning the following race at Langley Speedway. After a tumultuous season which included intentionally spinning teammate and eventual champion Tyler Ankrum at New Jersey Motorsports Park,[15] Dippel left the car after the season's penultimate race and Todd Gilliland endcapped the season in the car.

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

Car No. 98 history

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

Natalie Decker ran the 98 in 2019 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Car No. 15 history

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

Car No. 20 history

The No. 20 debuted at the 2018 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway driven by NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones with sponsorship from Dewalt.[16]

Car No. 54 history

The No. 54 debuted at the 2018 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway driven by NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suárez with sponsorship from Arris.[16]

Late model racing

David Gilliland Racing debuted in 2014 in the X-1R Pro Cup Series, the predecessor to the CARS Tour, fielding the No. 98 for Todd 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, and Hannah 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 and Drew Dollar were late model drivers for the team in 2019.[17][18] 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.[19]

References
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