Joseph Robert Gase (born February 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for NY Racing Team and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 35/53/55 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Early career and personal life
Gase started racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in the track's junior classes in 2001. He won the track modified B championship at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 2007, the youngest driver to do so. In 2009, he became the youngest driver to win the track's late model championship at Hawkeye Downs Speedway. Gase graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2011.
Gase's mother, Mary Jo, died from a brain aneurysm when Gase was eighteen 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.
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series 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.
Xfinity Series 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, Gase made his first start in NASCAR's Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway in August 2011. 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 twentieth and an average finish of 25th.
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. 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. A lack of sponsorship meant that Gase only ran a partial season, competing for several teams.
In December 2012, Gase announced that he would be driving for Jimmy Means Racing full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2013; 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. On May 2, Gase earned his best career finish, placing fifth in the Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega.
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, 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.
Gase continued to race part-time in the Xfinity Series from 2020 onward. 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. 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 5,000 for a safety violation, which 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.
Cup Series 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. 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. 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. In July, Gase ran the second of his three-race schedule with BK at the Quaker State 400.
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. For the Digital Ally 400 at Kansas, he drove a second MBM car, the No. 46. In July, Gase drove the No. 53 Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.
Gase began racing full-time in the Cup Series in 2020 with Ware, though he did not compete for Cup points. 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 into the wall, sending the car airborne. Gase was transported to the hospital and released a few hours later.
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. Despite qualifying 39th and losing the draft early on, he would end up finishing the race twentieth, tying with the team's best finish at Atlanta in 2022.
Motorsports career results
Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsTop 5Top 10PointsPosition2010NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastSpraker Racing200022140thARCA Racing Series100095119th2011NASCAR K&N Pro Series EastVSI Racing100017049thNASCAR Nationwide SeriesGo Green Racing50009343rd2012NASCAR Nationwide SeriesGo Green Racing600023630thHamilton Means Racing110002013NASCAR Nationwide SeriesGo Green Racing200024231stHamilton Means Racing180002014NASCAR Nationwide SeriesJimmy Means Racing3300048220thNASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesGo Fas Racing40000NC†2015NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJimmy Means Racing3301154521stNASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesGo Fas Racing30000NC†2016NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJimmy Means Racing3300043722ndNASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesGo Fas Racing60000NC†2017NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJimmy Means Racing3300233622ndMonster Energy NASCAR Cup SeriesBK Racing50000NC†Premium Motorsports40002018NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesJJC Racing20000NC†NASCAR Xfinity SeriesGo Green Racing3300049520thMonster Energy NASCAR Cup SeriesPremium Motorsports10000NC†StarCom Racing5000Rick Ware Racing1000BK Racing10002019NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck SeriesJJC Racing20000NC†NASCAR Xfinity SeriesMBM Motorsports3200033924thMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series100000NC†Rick Ware Racing10002020NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRSS Racing10005849thB. J. McLeod Motorsports1000SS-Green Light Racing2000NASCAR Cup SeriesRick Ware Racing320000NC†Tommy Baldwin Racing10002021NASCAR Xfinity SeriesSS-Green Light Racing10003257thJimmy Means Racing4000NASCAR Cup SeriesRick Ware Racing150000NC†2022NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesOn Point Motorsports10000NC†Young's Motorsports1000NASCAR Xfinity SeriesEmerling-Gase Motorsports1000014738th2023NASCAR Xfinity SeriesEmerling-Gase Motorsports1300115236th2024NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJoey Gase Motorsports1400014836thNASCAR Cup SeriesNY Racing Team10000NC†2025NASCAR Xfinity SeriesJoey Gase Motorsports1700018934thNASCAR Cup SeriesNY Racing Team10000NC†Garage 6610002026NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts SeriesJoey Gase Motorsports22000189*31st*NASCAR Cup SeriesNY Racing Team20000NC† † As Gase was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Cup Series 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 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 CHI37 NHA DOV KAN37 CLT TAL MAR TEX37 PHO33 HOM 68th 01 2015 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH43 TAL KAN38 CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEXDNQ PHO42 HOM 72nd 01 2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO32 CAL MAR36 TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN34 DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI40 NHA DOV CLT KAN35 TAL MAR TEX36 PHO HOM 57th 01 2017 BK Racing 23 Toyota DAY23 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH KEN36 NHA BRI34 DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL32 KAN MAR 55th 01 Premium Motorsports 15 TAL21 KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY Chevy IND25 POC GLN MCH 7 TEX32 PHO30 BK Racing 83 Toyota HOM39 2018 Premium Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY ATL LVS32 PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH 59th 01 StarCom Racing 00 TAL27 DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY25 KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI RCH35 ROV DOV TAL18 KAN MAR35 Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford TEX37 PHO HOM BK Racing 23 Toyota DAR40 IND LVS 2019 MBM Motorsports 66 DAYDNQ ATL LVS38 PHO CAL35 MAR TEX BRI RCH33 TAL DOV CLT32 POC MCH SON CHI DAR34 IND LVS38 RCH ROV DOV TAL36 KAN38 MAR TEX PHO38 HOM 54th 01 46 KAN38 Rick Ware Racing 53 Chevy DAY27 KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI 2020 51 DAY23 BRI33 MAR35 44th 01 53 PHO29 Ford LVS31 CAL33 DAY31 51 DAR30 DAR29 CLT36 CLT39 ATL38 HOM36 TAL37 POC37 POC33 IND26 KEN34 TEX32 KAN29 NHA34 DOV35 DOV40 DAR33 RCH35 BRI31 LVS35 TAL17 ROV KAN37 TEX37 MAR34 PHO32 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Chevy MCH39 MCH DRC 2021 Rick Ware Racing 53 Ford DAY20 DRC HOM TAL25 ROV 50th 02 15 Chevy LVS34 PHO KAN35 DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH29 POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH37 DAR29 RCH33 BRI LVS37 53 ATL35 BRD MAR RCH TEX39 KAN32 MAR38 PHO29 28 Ford TAL34 15 DAY31 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 DAY20 DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 52nd 01 2025 Garage 66 66 Ford DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW37 GLN RCH 55th 01 NY Racing Team 44 Chevy DAY28 DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*
Daytona 500 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
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