Todd Gilliland

Todd J. Gilliland[1] (born May 15, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. The son of NASCAR driver David Gilliland, he currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 38 Ford F-150 for Front Row Motorsports.

Todd Gilliland
Gilliland at Martinsville Speedway in 2019
Born	Todd J. Gilliland (2000-05-15) May 15, 2000 Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
Achievements	2016, 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
59 races run over 4 years
Truck no., team	No. 38 (Front Row Motorsports)
2019 position	11th
Best finish	10th (2018)
First race	2017 Bar Harbor 200 (Dover)
Last race	2020 Henry Ford Health System 200 (Michigan)
First win	2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 33 2
Statistics current as of August 7, 2020.

Racing career

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.[2] Afterwards, he began driving a quarter midget on a neighborhood dirt track. Two years later, he started racing competitively,[3] 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 limited late model racing, running three races. In 2014, he won his first limited late model race from the pole position at Ace Speedway.[4] Later in the year, he won his first late model race at Southern National Motorsports Park.[5]

On May 17, two days after his fifteenth birthday, Gilliland became the youngest driver to compete in the ARCA Racing Series when he made his debut at Toledo Speedway with Venturini Motorsports.[6] After leading the race weekend's practice session and qualifying fifth, he held off Tom Hessert and Josh Williams to win, becoming the youngest winner in ARCA series history.[7]

On November 12, Gilliland ran his first race in the K&N Pro Series West for Frontline Enterprises and Bill McAnally Racing[8] at Phoenix International Raceway, taking the lead with five laps to go after J. J. Haley's tire went down and defeated William Byron on the green–white–checker finish to win.[9] The win made Gilliland the youngest race winner in track history.[10] 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.[9] On January 29, 2016, Gilliland joined Kyle Busch Motorsports' Super Late Model team.[11]

Gilliland's No. 16 at Sonoma Raceway in 2017

On February 4, 2016, McAnally announced that Gilliland would compete full-time in the series, driving the No. 16 Toyota Camry.[12] Gilliland also made a start in the K&N Pro Series East at New Smyrna Speedway. After winning the pole,[13] he won the race in controversial fashion, as Ronnie 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.[14] The race was subsequently declared official after 150 laps.[13] On March 19, 2016, Gilliland went on to win his second Pro Series West race and his third Pro Touring series race at Irwindale Speedway.[15] After winning at Kern County Raceway Park, the victory marked his fourth K&N Series win in four starts, tying the record set by Dan Gurney 50 years earlier.[16] In May, he was named a member of the 2016–17 NASCAR Next program.[17] Gilliland clinched the Pro Series West championship on October 15.[18]

In December 2016, Gilliland signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run four Camping World Truck Series races in the No. 51 Toyota Tundra in 2017.[19] In May 2017, KBM announced plans for Gilliland to make his Truck Series debut at Dover International Speedway in the No. 46 truck, followed by stints in the No. 51 at Gateway Motorsports Park, Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and New Hampshire Motor Speedway before returning to the No. 46 at Martinsville Speedway. On November 4, Gilliland won the Pro Series West championship for the second consecutive season.[20] For his final Truck race of the year, he would drive the No. 51 at Phoenix International Raceway.[21]

Gilliland on pit road at Dover International Speedway in 2018

On January 17, 2018, KBM announced that Gilliland would compete for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year in 2018, driving the No. 4 Toyota Tundra beginning at Martinsville Speedway, and most of the races following that.[22] The series did grant Gilliland a waiver to become eligible for the NASCAR playoffs with a win, as drivers usually have to start every race to make the playoffs.[23] Gilliland started the 2018 season by holding off Harrison Burton to win the K&N Pro Series East season opener at New Smyrna Speedway, leading the most laps and winning on a last lap pass.[24] He also won the second K&N East race of the season, triumphing at Bristol Motor Speedway for his 20th overall win in K&N Pro Series competition, also having won races in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.[25]

On October 25, 2019, Gilliland won his first career Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. [26]

On January 13, 2020, Front Row Motorsports announced that Gilliland would drive the No. 38 Ford F-150 for the full 2020 Truck season.[27]

Personal life

Gilliland's father David competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. His grandfather Butch, the 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series champion,[28] formerly competed in the Cup Series and Craftsman Truck Series.[29]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series 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	Ref
2017	Kyle Busch Motorsports	46	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 20	TEX													MAR 5	TEX			27th	178	[30]
		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	[31]
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	[32]
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	DAY	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[33]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
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	[34]
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	[35]
2018	DGR-Crosley	54	Toyota	NSM 1*													DOV 14	22nd	127	[36]
		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	[37]
	DGR-Crosley	54	Toyota												DOV 3

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2015	Bill McAnally Racing	16	Toyota	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS	PHO 1		70th	17	[38]
2016				IRW 1	KCR 1*	TUS 2	OSS 4	CNS 2	SON 24	SLS 1	IOW 1*	EVG 1*	DCS 6*	UMC 2	UMC 2	MER 1	AAS 8	1st	594	[39]
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	[40]

ARCA Menards Series

(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
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	[41]
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	[42]
2019		4		DAY 2	FIF	SLM	TAL 1	NSH	TOL	CLT	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW							28th	595	[43]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota															POC 2*	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN

^* Season in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

1. "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
2. "Like Father, Like Son – The Gillilands". Motor Racing Network. April 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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External links

• Official website
• Todd Gilliland driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Chris Eggleston	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion 2016–2017	Succeeded by Derek Thorn
Achievements
Preceded by Noah Gragson	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Rookie of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Derek Kraus