Garrett Smithley
A Pennsylvania native who has competed across all three national series with small teams, Garrett Smithley represents the tenacity of independent racers. With over 75 Cup starts and additional Xfinity and Truck appearances, Smithley has kept his racing dream alive through sheer determination and resourcefulness.
About Garrett Smithley
Garrett Smithley has made 76 Cup Series starts on determination alone, and the Ligonier, Pennsylvania native's career is a study in how far resourcefulness can carry a racer without a factory ride. Smithley came up through the second-tier ranks, where he has logged more than 200 starts since 2015 and scored a career-best fifth-place finish, before adding Cup appearances with small operations like SS-Green Light Racing beginning in 2018. His job description has rarely been glamorous: qualify on merit, avoid trouble, bring the car home, and keep an underfunded team's season alive. It is thankless work that the sport's economics quietly depend on, and Smithley has done it across all three national series, with a handful of Truck Series starts rounding out the ledger. Every era of NASCAR has needed drivers like this, the ones who fill fields, shepherd small sponsors through their first seasons, and treat a 25th-place car finishing 20th as the victory it genuinely is. Smithley has made that role a career.
Written by Richard R. Glover, NASCAR Reference
Driver Profile 
2026 Season
Best Tracks
Garrett Smithley's best track is Talladega Superspeedway with 0 wins and a 17.3 average finish in 12 races.
| Track | Races | Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Talladega Superspeedway | 12 | 17.3 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 10 | 17.7 |
| Chicagoland Speedway | 5 | 23.6 |
| Portland International Raceway | 3 | 23.7 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 8 | 23.9 |
Recent Results
Garrett Smithley's most recent 20 race results across multiple series.
Year-by-Year Results
Garrett Smithley has competed in 18 combined seasons, with a career average finish of N/A.
| Season | Series | Races | Wins | Avg Start | Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | O'Reilly | 14 | 0 | 28.14 | 25.50 |
| 2025 | O'Reilly | 25 | 0 | 33.80 | 27.20 |
| 2024 | O'Reilly | 22 | 0 | 32.64 | 28.32 |
| 2023 | O'Reilly | 13 | 0 | 31.92 | 27.38 |
| 2023 | Trucks | 1 | 0 | 32.00 | 15.00 |
| 2022 | O'Reilly | 4 | 0 | 32.25 | 25.25 |
| 2022 | Cup | 6 | 0 | 33.50 | 27.67 |
| 2021 | O'Reilly | 4 | 0 | 29.00 | 21.50 |
| 2021 | Cup | 27 | 0 | 34.15 | 31.26 |
| 2020 | O'Reilly | 5 | 0 | 23.60 | 22.00 |
| 2020 | Cup | 26 | 0 | 34.00 | 33.62 |
| 2020 | Trucks | 1 | 0 | 24.00 | 36.00 |
| 2019 | O'Reilly | 33 | 0 | 29.39 | 23.61 |
| 2019 | Cup | 14 | 0 | 35.93 | 33.50 |
| 2019 | Trucks | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | 15.00 |
| 2018 | O'Reilly | 33 | 0 | 27.67 | 22.09 |
| 2018 | Cup | 3 | 0 | 36.67 | 35.67 |
| 2017 | O'Reilly | 33 | 0 | 30.85 | 26.48 |
Season Performance Stats
NASCAR loop data: avg running position, pass differential, driver rating, and more (2007-2022 Cup Series).
| Year | Rating | Avg Start | Avg Finish | Avg Run Pos | Pass Diff | Fast Laps | Laps Led % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.20 | 33.50 | 27.70 | 31.50 | -42 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 2021 | 32.80 | 34.10 | 31.30 | 32.70 | -97 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 31.70 | 34.00 | 33.70 | 34.90 | +2 | 14 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 30.70 | 35.90 | 33.50 | 34.50 | -38 | 8 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 28.00 | 36.70 | 35.70 | 36.30 | -1 | 0 | 0.00% |
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|---|---|
| Josh Bilicki | Teammate |
| Anthony Alfredo | Same Mfr |
| Justin Allgaier | Same Mfr |
| A.J. Allmendinger | Same Mfr |
| Tyler Ankrum | Same Mfr |
| Alex Bowman | Same Mfr |
| Spencer Boyd | Same Mfr |
| Jeb Burton | Same Mfr |
| William Byron | Same Mfr |
| Rajah Caruth | Same Mfr |
| Ross Chastain | Same Mfr |
| Sheldon Creed | Same Mfr |