Joey Gase

Joey Gase
Gase at Richmond Raceway in 2019
Born	Joseph Robert Gase (1993-02-08) February 8, 1993 (age 31) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Awards	2015 Comcast Community Champion Award
NASCAR Cup Series career
91 races run over 9 years
Car no., team	No. 44 (NY Racing Team)
2021 position	50th
Best finish	44th (2020)
First race	2014 MyAFibStory.com 400 (Chicagoland)
Last race	2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
286 races run over 14 years
Car no., team	Nos. 35/53 (Joey Gase Motorsports)
2023 position	36th
Best finish	20th (2014, 2018)
First race	2011 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Last race	2024 United Rentals 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2022 position	100th
Best finish	100th (2022)
First race	2018 Active Pest Control 200 (Atlanta)
Last race	2022 Worldwide Express 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	119th (2010)
First race	2010 Prairie Meadows 200 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 2 years
Best finish	40th (2010)
First race	2010 Goodyear Dealers of Iowa 200 (Iowa)
Last race	2011 Visit Hampton VA 175 (Langley)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 7, 2024.

Joseph Robert Gase (born February 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 35 and 53 Chevrolet Camaros for his own team, Joey Gase Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for NY Racing Team.

Gase started racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in the track's junior classes in 2001.^[1] He won the track modified B championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 2007, the youngest driver to do so.^[1] In 2009, he became the youngest driver to win the track's late model championship at Hawkeye Downs Speedway.^[2] Gase graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2011.^[3]

Gase's mother, Mary Jo, died from a brain aneurysm when Gase was 18 years old. Gase was awarded the inaugural Comcast Community Champion Award at the joint Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series banquet after the 2015 season. The award was in recognition of Gase's efforts to promote organ donation, to honor his mother, whose donated organs helped 66 others after her death.^[4]

Gase made his Truck Series debut at Atlanta, driving a start and park truck for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. He started 26th and finished 31st.

On September 28, 2018, it was announced that Gase joined Copp Motorsports for one race at Talladega with Sparks Energy being the sponsor.

After running a limited schedule of American Speed Association races starting in 2008, and selected ARCA Racing Series, USAR Pro Cup Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races in 2010 and 2011,^[1] Gase made his first start in NASCAR's Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway in August 2011.^[3] Driving for Go Green Racing in the No. 39 Ford, Gase made five starts during the second half of the 2011 season; throughout those races, he posted the best finish of 20th and an average finish of 25th.^[3]

In January 2012, it was announced that Gase would drive the No. 39 Ford for Go Green Racing for the entire 2012 Nationwide Series season, competing for rookie of the year honors.^[3][5] Gase was planned to be the lead driver of a two-car team for Go Green Racing; the team's second car, the No. 04, would be driven by several drivers.^[5] A lack of sponsorship meant that Gase only ran a partial season, competing for several teams.^[6]

In December 2012, Gase announced that he would be driving for Jimmy Means Racing full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2013;^[7] partway through the season he began running for Go Green Racing as well as Means due to a lack of sponsorship.

In the 2015 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Gase was replaced by Dexter Bean after suffering food poisoning prior to the race. Gase started the race, and was replaced by Bean during the event.^[8] On May 2, Gase earned his best career finish, placing fifth in the Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega.^[9]

On January 5, 2018, it was announced Gase would drive the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Go Green Racing (the sister team to Go Fas Racing) in the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time for the 2018 season,^[10] even though he left Jimmy Means Racing to seek more opportunities in the Cup Series.

In 2019, Gase joined MBM Motorsports to run the full Xfinity schedule in the team's No. 35 Toyota Supra.^[11]

Gase continued to race part-time in the Xfinity Series from 2020 onward.^[12] Although much of his 2020 and 2021 schedules were in the Cup Series, he declared for Xfinity points in both seasons, the latter of which came midseason when he switched points in order to run the Talladega Dash 4 Cash race.^[13] At Talladega when he drove for Jimmy Means Racing, the car was a Ford which Gase himself had owned.

At the 2024 ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway, Gase was involved in a crash during the final laps. In the heat of the moment, he tore off his bumper and threw it at the No. 4 car of Dawson Cram. NASCAR fined Gase US$5,000 for a safety violation may be imposed for any action or omission by a competitor or vehicle that creates an unsafe environment or poses a threat to the safety of the competitors.^[14]

On August 27, 2014, Gase announced he would make his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 32 Ford with Go FAS Racing in the 2014 MyAFibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland.^[15] Gase returned in 2015 with Go FAS Racing at Richmond, but finished 43rd after Aric Almirola tapped him, sending him head-on into the SAFER barrier.

In December 2016, Gase joined BK Racing in the No. 23 Toyota Camry for three races starting at the 2017 Daytona 500.^[16] In May, he signed with Premium Motorsports to drive the No. 15 at Talladega's GEICO 500. The No. 15 received sponsorship from Sparks Energy, who also sponsored the Talladega Xfinity race.^[17] In July, Gase ran the second of his three-race schedule with BK at the Quaker State 400.^[18]

In January 2018, it was announced that Gase would also drive a part-time No. 33 Ford for Circle Sport Racing which invested in Go FAS Racing's No. 32 Cup Series Ford. However, the deal fell through. Gase drove at Las Vegas for Premium Motorsports' No. 55, also drove the No. 00 for StarCom Racing at Talladega's spring race, and Coke Zero 400 and the No. 23 for BK Racing at Darlington.

In conjunction with his Xfinity ride with MBM for 2019, Gase also joined the team's Cup program, driving the No. 66 Toyota part-time starting with the Daytona 500.^[11] For the Digital Ally 400 at Kansas, he drove a second MBM car, the No. 46.^[19] In July, Gase drove the No. 53 Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.^[20]

Gase began racing full-time in the Cup Series in 2020 with Ware, though he did not compete for Cup points.^[21][22] For the 2021 GEICO 500 weekend, which included running the Xfinity race, Gase switched to No. 28 and ran a tribute paint scheme to Davey Allison

At the 2021 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Gase was involved in a scary crash when his No. 15 RWR car lost a tire and slammed the wall, sending the car airborne. Gase was transported to the hospital and released a few hours later.^[23]

On August 20, 2024, it was revealed that Gase would return to race during the 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet for NY Racing Team, his first start in the Cup Series since 2021.^[24] Despite qualifying 39th and losing the draft early on, he would end up finishing the race 20th, tying with the team's best finish at Atlanta in 2022.^[25]

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

NASCAR Cup 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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Go Fas Racing	32	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 37	NHA	DOV	KAN 37	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX 37	PHO 33	HOM	68th	01	[26]
2015				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH 43	TAL	KAN 38	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX DNQ	PHO 42	HOM	72nd	01	[27]
2016				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO 32	CAL	MAR 36	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN 34	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI 40	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN 35	TAL	MAR	TEX 36	PHO	HOM	57th	01	[28]
2017	BK Racing	23	Toyota	DAY 23	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH									KEN 36	NHA					BRI 34	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL 32	KAN	MAR				55th	01	[29]
	Premium Motorsports	15	Toyota										TAL 21	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY
			Chevy																				IND 25	POC	GLN	MCH
		7																																			TEX 32	PHO 30
	BK Racing	83	Toyota																																				HOM 39
2018	Premium Motorsports	55	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS 32	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH																												59th	01	[30]
	StarCom Racing	00	Chevy										TAL 27	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY 25	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI				RCH 35	ROV	DOV	TAL 18	KAN	MAR 35
	BK Racing	23	Toyota																									DAR 40	IND	LVS
	Rick Ware Racing	51	Ford																																		TEX 37	PHO	HOM
2019	MBM Motorsports	66	Toyota	DAY DNQ	ATL	LVS 38	PHO	CAL 35	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH 33	TAL	DOV		CLT 32	POC	MCH	SON	CHI								DAR 34	IND	LVS 38	RCH	ROV	DOV	TAL 36	KAN 38	MAR	TEX	PHO 38	HOM	54th	01	[31]
		46													KAN 38
	Rick Ware Racing	53	Chevy																		DAY 27	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI
2020		51		DAY 23								BRI 33		MAR 35																										44th	01	[32]
		53	Ford		LVS 31	CAL 33																							DAY 31
		53	Chevy				PHO 29
		51	Ford					DAR 30	DAR 29	CLT 36	CLT 39		ATL 38		HOM 36	TAL 37	POC 37	POC 33	IND 26	KEN 34	TEX 32	KAN 29	NHA 34				DOV 35	DOV 40		DAR 33	RCH 35	BRI 31	LVS 35	TAL 17	ROV	KAN 37	TEX 37	MAR 34	PHO 32
	Tommy Baldwin Racing	7	Chevy																					MCH 39	MCH	DRC
2021	Rick Ware Racing	53	Ford	DAY 20	DRC	HOM																												TAL 25	ROV					50th	02	[33]
		15	Chevy				LVS 34	PHO						KAN 35	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	SON	NSH 29	POC	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC	MCH 37		DAR 29	RCH 33	BRI	LVS 37
		53							ATL 35	BRD	MAR	RCH																								TEX 39	KAN 32	MAR 38	PHO 29
		28	Ford										TAL 34
		15																											DAY 31
2024	NY Racing Team	44	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	BRI	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	KAN	DAR	CLT	GTW	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	RCH	MCH	DAY 20	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	52nd	01	[34]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2017	BK Racing	Toyota	29	23
2019	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ
2020	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	37	23
2021		Ford	28	20

NASCAR Xfinity 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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2011	Go Green Racing	39	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW 20	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 23	DOV	KAN 29	CLT 26	TEX 29	PHO	HOM	43rd	93	[35]
2012				DAY 29	PHO 25	LVS 37	BRI 36	CAL 23	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR											IOW 32	GLN	CGV													30th	236	[36]
	Hamilton Means Racing	52	Chevy										IOW 33	CLT 25	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY 37	NHA 27	CHI	IND				BRI 31	ATL 43	RCH DNQ	CHI 35	KEN 35	DOV	CLT DNQ	KAN 19	TEX 31	PHO DNQ	HOM 32
2013			Toyota	DAY DNQ				CAL 40						DOV 34		MCH 27	ROA				CHI 40								CHI 35				CLT DNQ	TEX 30				31st	242	[37]
			Chevy		PHO 30	LVS 33	BRI Wth		TEX DNQ									KEN 32	DAY 36	NHA 33		IND DNQ	IOW 26	GLN 33	MOH	BRI DNQ	ATL 31	RCH 32		KEN 31	DOV 29	KAN DNQ			PHO 29	HOM
	Go Green Racing	79	Ford							RCH 30	TAL	DAR	CLT		IOW 27
2014	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Chevy	DAY 32	PHO 24		BRI 29	CAL 26	TEX 26	DAR 26	RCH 31	TAL 11	IOW 27		DOV 23	MCH 27	ROA 30	KEN 32	DAY 37	NHA 29	CHI 31	IND 31	IOW 24	GLN 36	MOH 27	BRI 32	ATL 30	RCH 28	CHI 35	KEN 28	DOV 27	KAN 32	CLT 26	TEX 37	PHO 28	HOM 39		20th	482	[38]
			Toyota			LVS 36								CLT 34
2015			Chevy	DAY 32	ATL 30	LVS 27	PHO 31	CAL 30	TEX 31	BRI 25	RCH 26	TAL 5	IOW 27	CLT 32	DOV 29	MCH 27	CHI 31	DAY 30	KEN 25	NHA 28	IND 26	IOW 34	GLN 31	MOH 26	BRI 27	ROA 29	DAR 30	RCH 27	CHI 28	KEN 21	DOV 24	CLT 27	KAN 28	TEX 26	PHO 25	HOM 32		21st	545	[39]
2016				DAY 32	ATL 32	LVS 28	PHO 33	CAL 28	TEX 27	BRI 31	RCH 26	TAL 38	DOV 23	CLT 36	POC 23	MCH 25	IOW 25	DAY 19	KEN 27	NHA 25	IND 28	IOW 24	GLN 32	MOH 28	BRI 22	ROA 22	DAR 24	RCH 27	CHI 26	KEN 31	DOV 27	CLT 32	KAN 23	TEX 31	PHO 24	HOM 37		21st	437	[40]
2017				DAY 7	ATL 31	LVS 30	PHO 35	CAL 28	TEX 26	BRI 28	RCH 20	TAL 16	CLT 23	DOV 36	POC 32	MCH 25	IOW 18	DAY 10	KEN 33	NHA 25	IND 30	IOW 24	GLN 29	MOH 21	BRI 27	ROA 32	DAR 28	RCH 36	CHI 27	KEN 30	DOV 28	CLT 31	KAN 30	TEX 27	PHO 33	HOM 29		22nd	336	[41]
2018	Go Green Racing with SS-Green Light Racing	35	Chevy	DAY 33	ATL 26	LVS 20	PHO 24	CAL 16	TEX 20	BRI 16	RCH 22	TAL 21	DOV 20	CLT 17	POC 19	MCH 39	IOW 21	CHI 22	DAY 32	KEN 33	NHA 22	IOW 17	GLN 22	MOH 24	BRI 18	ROA 19	DAR 21	IND 15	LVS 15	RCH 22	ROV 23	DOV 30	KAN 15	TEX 22	PHO 22	HOM 23		20th	495	[42]
2019	MBM Motorsports		Toyota	DAY 16	ATL 29	LVS 38	PHO 24	CAL 27	TEX 24	BRI 27	RCH 23	TAL 37	DOV 29	CLT 21	POC 33	MCH 29	IOW 33	CHI 33	DAY DNQ	KEN 22	NHA 31	IOW 19	GLN 34	MOH 36	BRI 20	ROA 19	DAR 25	IND 18	LVS 29	RCH 20	ROV 21	DOV 22	KAN 32	TEX 26	PHO 24	HOM 27		24th	339	[43]
2020	RSS Racing	93	Chevy	DAY	LVS 19	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IRC	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN	ROA	DRC	DOV	DOV														49th	58	[44]
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	99	Toyota																						DAY 28	DAR
	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy																								RCH 20	RCH 23	BRI	LVS	TAL	ROV	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO
2021	SS-Green Light Racing with Rick Ware Racing	28	Ford	DAY	DRC	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL 36	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH																				57th	32	[45]
	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Chevy																POC 36	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IRC	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS			TEX 30	KAN 40	MAR	PHO DNQ
			Ford																												TAL 15	ROV
2022	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	53	Ford	DAY 26																																		38th	147	[46]
		35	Toyota		CAL 20	LVS 22	PHO	ATL	COA																			KAN 30	BRI	TEX 25						PHO 24
			Ford							RCH 34	MAR	TAL 16	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL 26	NHA	POC	IRC	MCH	GLN	DAY 16	DAR
	Emerling-Gase Motorsports with B. J. McLeod Motorsports	5																													TAL 21	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR
2023	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	53		DAY 18														NSH 31																				36th	152	[47]
		35	Toyota		CAL 29	LVS 38	PHO 26																						KAN 24	BRI	TEX 26	ROV	LVS 32	HOM	MAR
		53	Chevy					ATL 37	COA
		35	Ford							RCH 27	MAR	TAL 9	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON																			PHO 27
	SS-Green Light Racing	08	Ford																CSC DNQ	ATL	NHA
	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	35	Chevy																			POC 31	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY 14	DAR
2024	Joey Gase Motorsports	53		DAY DNQ																													LVS 30	HOM	MAR			36th	148	[48]
		35			ATL 29	LVS 30	PHO	COA	RCH 34		TEX 30	TAL 18	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW 16	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND 24	MCH 31						KAN 32	TAL 21	ROV				PHO 27
		53	Ford							MAR 28															DAY 20	DAR	ATL
		35	Toyota																									GLN RL†	BRI
† – Relieved Thomas Annunziata

NASCAR Camping World 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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2018	JJC Racing	0	Chevy	DAY	ATL 31	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN 31	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS						112th	01	[49]
	Copp Motorsports	83	Chevy																			TAL DNQ	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2019	JJC Racing	10	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV	KAN 30	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW													111th	01	[50]
		0													CHI 31	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM
2022	On Point Motorsports	30	Toyota	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRD	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX 24	NSH	MOH	POC	IRP							100th	01	[51]
	Young's Motorsports	20	Chevy																		RCH 29	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points
² Gase started the 2021 season running for Cup Series points but switched to the Xfinity Series starting at Talladega in April.

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

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2010	Spraker Racing	37	Chevy	DAY	PBE	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH	IOW 27	MFD	POC	BLN	NJE	ISF	CHI	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR	119th	95	[52]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2010	Spraker Racing	08	Chevy	GRE	SBO	IOW 15	MAR	NHA	LRP	LEE						40th	221	[53]
		37									JFC 20	NHA	DOV
2011	Vision Racing	97	Chevy	GRE	SBO	RCH	IOW DNQ	BGS	JFC							49th	170	[54]
	VSI Racing	66	Ford							LGY 25	NHA	COL	GRE	NHA	DOV

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
2011	Vision Racing	97	Chevy	PHO	AAS	MMP	IOW DNQ	LVS	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	CNS	MRP	SPO	AAS	PHO	N/A	–	[55]

• Official website
• Joey Gase driver statistics at Racing-Reference