Drew Herring

Drew Herring
Born (1987-05-05) May 5, 1987
Benson, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
20 races run over 5 years
Car no., team No. 24/28 (JGL Racing)
No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
2016 position 34th
Best finish 34th (2016)
First race 2010 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2016 Drive Sober 200 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish 88th (2012)
First race 2012 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 2, 2016.

Andrew Herring (born May 5, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing and the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.[1]

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.[2][3]

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 Ricky Benton´s team and posted top-20 finishes in both of his series starts.[3][4]

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.[5]

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 (two Iowa races, Nashville, and IRP). 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.[6] After taking 2014 off, he qualified as a stand-in for JGR twice in 2015, but did not run a single race.[7]

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.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Drew Herring Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Drew Herring". Joe Gibbs Racing. 1987-05-05. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  3. 1 2 "The official website of Kyle Busch Motorsports - Drivers". Kylebuschmotorsports.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Drew Herring 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  5. ↑ "Drew Herring 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  6. ↑ "Drew Herring 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  7. ↑ "Drew Herring 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-10-21.

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