🇺🇸 Riley Herbst

Riley Herbst is an established professional driver competing at the national championship level of NASCAR. His rating of 5,643 places him among established professionals; this is the level of drivers who hold full-time seats in top-tier racing series and win races in the strongest fields. Herbst has spent nine seasons racing across NASCAR's three main national series, with 260 starts since 2018. His primary racing has been in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where he has taken three wins and fifteen podiums across 179 starts. He has also competed as a full-time driver in the NASCAR Cup Series since 2023, though without wins or podiums in 67 races; his average finishing position across all series is P17.4.[1]

Herbst's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals reveals a mixed competitive picture. Against Justin Allgaier, a 2018 Xfinity Series champion who rates higher at 5,787, Herbst has finished ahead only 68 times in 185 shared races. He has also run behind Jeremy Clements, a semi-professional driver rated 4,488, in 117 of 179 encounters. Conversely, Herbst has a significant edge over Ryan Sieg, finishing ahead 111 times in 179 races. His record against Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson, both elite-level drivers in the 6,800s range, shows he has beaten them on occasion, though infrequently relative to his overall encounters with drivers of that calibre.[2]

Herbst remains active in the NASCAR Cup Series, where recent activity has centred on 2026 racing at venues including Chicagoland Speedway, where he led Cup practice in July 2026. His career trajectory has been one of steady participation at the national level without championship success; he continues as a regular full-time competitor in NASCAR's premier series.