Drew Herring


Drew Herring is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing. He also serves as a Toyota Racing Development test driver.

Racing career

Early years

Herring launched into his career in 2006 when he captured the Late Model Championship at South Boston Speedway with nine wins in 17 starts. In the next year, he collected his second Late Model championship at Southern National Raceway Park with seven wins and 21 top-five finishes in 29 races.
In 2008, he participated in the USAR Pro Cup Series where he scored Rookie of the Year honors, with two top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 14 starts. Herring continue in the USAR Pro Cup Series in 2009 as he earned his first series win at South Georgia Motorsports Park. He closed the season with seven top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes in 14 starts, finishing third in the USAR Pro Cup Series Championship and fifth in the regular season points standings. Also, Herring participated in two ARCA Racing Series races to his schedule for RBR Enterprises and posted top-20 finishes in both of his series starts.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2012, he made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Iowa Speedway in September, and finished seventh.

Xfinity Series

In 2010, Herring made his debut in the Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway for Baker-Curb Racing, and finished 15th; posting two top-20 finishes in four series starts for the team. The next year, Herring joined Joe Gibbs Racing for four races. He collected two top-10 finishes and led 39 laps. His 7th place in Nashville, was his best result. In 2012 he picked up his first career top 5 finish in the Nationwide Series, at Kentucky Speedway in September, finishing fourth.
For the 2013 season, Herring ran six races for JGR, posting two sixth-place finishes and had only one DNF due to a crash at Bristol Motor Speedway. After taking 2014 off, he qualified as a stand-in for JGR twice in 2015, but did not run a single race.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Herring since 2015 has been a Toyota Racing Development test driver and often tests experimental setups for NASCAR Cup Series cars.
In November 2019, Herring joined Gaunt Brothers Racing for his Cup debut in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead–Miami Speedway, driving the No. 96 with a special paint scheme celebrating TRD's 40th anniversary.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Monster Energy Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points