Todd Gilliland is poised to achieve a milestone start in this weekend’s Cup Playoff event at Watkins Glen International, he will make his 100th career start in NASCAR’s premier series.
The 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, executed a final lap pass on Kyle Busch amid an overtime shootout to become the 205th competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series, the 13th competitor to claim a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth by winning a regular-season event and deliver a milestone victory for Wood Brothers at the World Center of Racing.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 183.165 mph in 49.136 seconds, which was enough to edge teammate Todd Gilliland by three-tenths of a second for his fourth Cup pole of the 2024 season and set the best qualifying lap in a Next Gen car at Daytona.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led 15 over 206 over-scheduled laps and survived two overtime shootouts and a late challenge from William Byron to grab his second Cup victory of 2024 at the Irish Hills.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led eight of 167 over-scheduled laps and prevailed in two overtime attempts to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis for the first time in his career.
The reigning Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, led a race-high 44 of 160 laps and capitalized on a 23-lap dash to the finish to claim his second Cup victory of the 2024 season at the Tricky Triangle.
The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion form Norman, Oklahoma, led a race-high 149 of 305 over-scheduled laps and executed an overtime shootout to perfection on wet tires for his third Cup victory of 2024 at the Magic Mile.
The 2022 Daytona 500 champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, led 53 of 240 laps and overtook teammate Ryan Blaney on the final lap to snap an 85-race winless drought and claim his second Cup career victory.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 63 of 268 over-scheduled laps and edged Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds during an overtime shootout, which set a new closest margin of victory recorded in the Cup Series' history.
The 2017 Craftsman Truck Series champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led 50 of 312 laps en route to the first Cup Series victory of the 2024 season for himself, Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota in the desert valley.
