Taylor Gray

20-Year-Old Driver  
Joe Gibbs Racing
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
Wins GOVX 200 Pole
O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
March 6, 2026
Gray won the pole for the GOVX 200 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 130.743 mph.
ANALYSIS
Gray advanced to the final round of drivers to battle for the pole. He'd lay down an impressive final lap in his No. 54 Toyota. Gray edged Jesse Love to capture his first pole of the season and fourth-career pole position. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver will be a Top-5 threat in Saturday's GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway.
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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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Wins IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250
XFINITY Series
October 25, 2025
Gray won the IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night.
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Leads Vegas Xfinity Practice
XFINITY Series
October 11, 2025
Gray was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Focused Health 302 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 176.718 mph.
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Third at the Brickyard
XFINITY Series
July 26, 2025
Gray finished third in the Pennzoil 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon.
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Wins Dover Xfinity Pole
XFINITY Series
July 19, 2025
Gray won the pole for the BetRivers 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 152.685 mph.
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Runner-up Finish in Mexico
XFINITY Series
June 14, 2025
Gray finished second in The Chilango 150 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on Saturday afternoon.
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