Ready for Daytona: Monster Energy's Riley Herbst, Ty Gibbs and the Beast's Tyler Reddick Set to Unleash the Beast on NASCAR's 2025 Daytona 500!

Monster Energy and The Beast gear up for action on the 31-Degree banks of The Great American Race

CORONA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unleash the NASCAR Beast! Monster Energy and The Beast NASCAR Cup drivers are bringing the energy in a high horsepower way this weekend with the 67^th running of the NASCAR Daytona 500.

Doing battle Sunday on the 200 mile per hour high banks of sunny Florida's iconic 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway is Tyler Reddick, flying The Beast flag, as part of the Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin's 23XI Racing team, sophomore Cup competitor Ty Gibbs is going to make the competition green with envy with the team his grandfather, Joe Gibbs, built Joe Giggs Racing Toyota, along with M-clawed rookie Riley Herbst under the 23XI Racing awning.

"NASCAR is the apex of American motor racing. Millions of frenzied fans, massive TV audiences and rabidly competitive race teams and drivers all add up to the fiercest Motorsport on Planet Earth," said Monster Energy's Senior VP of Sports Marketing, Mitch Covington.

"And Monster Energy is ALL in. Supporting the sport, racers and teams that fight for their lives in 200 mile an hour drafting packs. It's white knuckles and a merciless will to win. Perfect - and what we are all about. Welcome race fans! Unleash the 200 mph Beast!"

Monster Energy is as dedicated to NASCAR as the racing fans are. In addition to supporting the best of the best on the track, Monster Energy is also the Official Energy Drink of NASCAR.

The 200-lap, 500-mile Daytona 500, aka "The Great American Race," is set for Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2:30 p.m. (EST). The race will be broadcast on FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM and NASCAR Radio.

So, Monster Energy and NASCAR fans, crack open a can of Monster Energy, start your engines and Unleash the Beast!!

Monster Energy and The Beast racers at a glance:

Here's a closer look at the Monster Energy and The Beast-backed racers who are geared up for the green flag to fly this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.

Racer: Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Crew Chief: Billy Scott
Paint Scheme: Representing The Beast with Nasty Beast Hard Tea livery
2024 Cup ranking: 4^th
2024 stats: 3 wins, 12 top five and 21 top 10 finishes, and 3 pole positions

2024 Highlights: Hot on the heels of his best NASCAR Cup Series in his fifth full season of racing, The Beast's Tyler Reddick won last year's Cup Series' regular season (4^th in the Playoffs) and enters the 2025 NASCAR Cup campaign as one of the odds-on favorites to win it all. A two-time Xfinity Series champ, Reddick blew up the Cup scene in '24, winning three races while locking down 12 top five finishes – his pinnacle win coming in the Playoffs where he took the pole position to victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Of the top four racers in the Playoffs, Reddick's near 600 (597) total laps led was the best.

Racer: Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
Paint Scheme: Monster Energy
2024 Cup ranking: 15^th
2024 stats: 8 top 5 finishes, 12 top 10s, 417 laps led, and two pole positions won

2024 highlights: Monster Energy's Ty Gibbs, the grandson of JGR owner Joe Gibbs, continued to build on his impressive 2023 Rookie of the Year season with an even better run in 2024, making the top ten overall in NASCAR Cup's regular season and qualifying for the Playoffs in his sophomore year in the Big Show. Known more as a short track specialist, Gibbs, despite not winning a Cup race last season, showed very well in a wide variety of tracks, including Michigan (2-mile), Phoenix (short track), Austin (road course) and Chicago (street course), with arguably his best finish of the season coming at the legendary Darlington Raceway (mid-size) – battling to his first career Cup runner-up position.

Racer: Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
Crew Chief: Davin Restivo
Paint Scheme: Monster Energy with Monster Energy Zero Sugar Livery
2024 Cup ranking: 55^th
2024 stats: 7^th overall in Xfinity Series with 2 wins, 7 top 5s and 15 top 10s

2024 highlights: Monster Energy's Riley Herbst is kicking off his rookie run at the NASCAR Cup Series tour. Career-wise, Herbst has eight Cup starts (4 in 2023 and 4 in '24), which are highlighted by two top ten finishes – his most notable being a 10^th place run at the '23 Daytona 500 in his very first Cup race. Racing the Xfinity Series the past four seasons with the Stewart-Haas Racing program, Herbst, Son of Troy Herbst and great grandson of Terrible Herbst Oil Company founder Edward R. "Terrible" Herbst, qualified for the Xfinity Series Playoffs in four (of five) full-time seasons of racing – with '24 being his best year to date with a 7^th place overall finish and an impressive 273 laps led. Herbst has three career Xfinity Series victories to date, all with crew chief Davin Restivo, who joins Herbst for 2025 with the 23XI Racing team.

About Monster Energy

Based in Corona, California, Monster Energy is the leading marketer of energy drinks and alternative beverages. Refusing to acknowledge the traditional, Monster Energy supports the scene and sport. Whether motocross, off-road, NASCAR, MMA, BMX, surf, snowboard, ski, skateboard, eSports or the rock and roll lifestyle, Monster Energy is a brand that believes in authenticity and the core of what its sports, athletes, gamers and musicians represent. More than a drink, it's the way of life lived by athletes, sports, bands, believers, and fans. See more about Monster Energy including all its drinks at www.monsterenergy.com.

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