Todd Jeremey Gilliland[1] (born May 15, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Gilliland first started driving when he was three years old; his parents purchased a pink (later repainted to black) Barbie Corvette with modified pedals and an additional battery to increase its speed.
[5] Later in the year, he won his first late model race at Southern National Motorsports Park.
[6] On May 17, two days after his fifteenth birthday, Gilliland became the youngest driver to compete in the ARCA Racing Series when he made his debut at Toledo Speedway with Venturini Motorsports.
[7] After leading the race weekend's practice session and qualifying fifth, he held off Tom Hessert and Josh Williams to win, becoming the youngest winner in ARCA series history.
[8] On November 12, Gilliland ran his first race in the K&N Pro Series West for Frontline Enterprises and Bill McAnally Racing[9] at Phoenix International Raceway, taking the lead with five laps to go after J. J. Haley's tire went down and defeated William Byron on the green–white–checker finish to win.
[11] In postrace inspection, Gilliland's car was found to have the lubrication oil reservoir tank cover bolted improperly.
As a result, his team received a P5 penalty (the second-worst in NASCAR) and was docked thirty points, although Gilliland was allowed to keep the victory.
[10] On January 29, 2016, Gilliland joined Kyle Busch Motorsports' Super Late Model team.
After winning the pole,[14] he won the race in controversial fashion, as Ronnie Bassett Jr. was originally declared the winner since the flagman failed to wave the white flag in time after lap 150 and unintentionally extended the race by a lap.
[19] In December 2016, Gilliland signed with Kyle Busch Motorsports to run four Camping World Truck Series races in the No.
[20] In May 2017, KBM announced plans for Gilliland to make his Truck Series debut at Dover International Speedway in the No.
[22] On January 17, 2018, KBM announced that Gilliland would compete for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year in 2018, driving the No.
[29] Todd Gilliland won his second career Truck Series at Circuit of the Americas, his first win for Front Row Motorsports.
[35] Gilliland's early season performances showed improvement to the previous two years, as he led a then career-high 16 laps at the Daytona 500 prior to being collected in a late-race incident, before surpassing that stat by leading the most laps at Atlanta with 58, though he would fall out of win contention late on with a broken toe link.
* Season in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.