Ty Gibbs

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Ty Gibbs
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Gibbs at Pocono Raceway in 2021
NationalityUnited States American
BornTyler Randal Gibbs
(2002-10-04) October 4, 2002 (age 18)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Related toJoe Gibbs (grandfather)
Coy Gibbs (father)
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamJoe Gibbs Racing
Car number18
EngineToyota
Crew chiefMark McFarland
Starts38
Championships0
Wins18
Poles15
Best finish5th in 2020
Finished last season5th (2020)
Previous series
2017–2019
2019–present		CARS Late Model Stock Tour
ARCA Menards Series West
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 54/81 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
First race2021 Super Start Batteries 188 (Daytona RC)
Last race2021 Food City 300 (Bristol)
First win2021 Super Start Batteries 188 (Daytona RC)
Last win2021 Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 9 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
Debut season2019
Current teamJoe Gibbs Racing
Car number18
EngineToyota
Crew chiefMark McFarland
Former teamsDGR-Crosley
Starts12
Championships0
Wins5
Poles3
Best finish2nd in 2020
Finished last season2nd (2020)
Last updated on: June 27, 2021.

Tyler Randall Gibbs (born October 4, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, as well as part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in each series. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving JGR's No. 54 and 81 Toyota Supra. He is the son of Coy Gibbs and the grandson of Joe Gibbs.

Racing career[]

CARS Late Model Stock Tour[]

In 2017 and 2018, Gibbs competed in the CARS Late Model Stock series for Marlowe Racing. He finished 14th in the season points standings in 2017 (due to Gibbs only competing in 8 out of 13 races that year), and 8th in 2018. He has 2 pole positions, has led 90 laps, and has an average finish of 13.3, with a best finish of 2nd at Anderson Motor Speedway.

East Series[]

On September 21, 2019, Gibbs scored his first career win at the Apple Barrel 125 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[1] He would compete full-time in the series, now known as the ARCA Menards Series East, the following year. He drove the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing, who was fielding an entry in the series for the first time since 2012. Gibbs would win one of the series' six races on the schedule at Toledo Speedway in June and finish runner-up to Sam Mayer in the standings, who won all other races that year.

West Series[]

Gibbs made his debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West in the 2019 season-finale at ISM Raceway and went on to win the race. Joe Gibbs Racing fielded cars for him and his ARCA teammate Riley Herbst in this race, using owner points from both of Levin Racing's cars, with Herbst driving the No. 10 and Gibbs driving the No. 40. He returned to run the same race the following year, this time with JGR fielding their own No. 18 car with their own owner points.

ARCA Menards Series[]

Gibbs beside his ARCA car before the race at Madison in 2019

Gibbs has won eight ARCA Menards Series races, at Gateway (twice), Salem Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Winchester Speedway, and Memphis.

He finished fifth in the standings in 2020 after running a limited schedule.[2]

Gibbs turned 18 on October 4, 2020, which made him eligible to race on all tracks on the ARCA schedule (including Daytona and Talladega). So in 2021, Gibbs runs full-time in the main ARCA Menards Series in the JGR No. 18.[3] He started the season with a 4th-place finish at Daytona, followed by a win at Phoenix, a 27th-place finish at Talladega after being involved in a crash with Greg Van Alst,[4] and then at Kansas in May, he led every single lap in the race en route to the win. It was the first time since Kevin Swindell in 2012 at Chicago that a driver in the series led all laps in a race.

In 2021, Gibbs won 10 out of 20 races and spent the season in a close points battle with Corey Heim. He finished in the top five every race except Talladega Superspeedway, where he crashed out of the top five and finished 27th.

Xfinity Series[]

On January 26, 2021, JGR announced that Gibbs would make his Xfinity Series debut in 2021 at the Daytona Road Course, which would be the first race of a part-time schedule he would run in the team's No. 54 car. He will shared the ride with Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., John Hunter Nemechek, and Ty Dillon.[3]

On the Daytona Road Course, Gibbs held off Austin Cindric in overtime to win, becoming the sixth driver to win in their Xfinity debut (after Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Rudd, Joe Ruttman, Terry Labonte, and Kurt Busch) and the first to do so without prior experience in the NASCAR Cup Series. He is also the only driver in the modern era (1972–present) to win their first NASCAR national series race.[5][6] At 18 years, four months, and 16 days of age, Gibbs surpassed Cindric as the youngest driver to win an Xfinity road course race.[7] Gibbs later won again at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.

At Road America, one of Gibbs’s races, Kyle Busch would race the No. 54, leading JGR to put Gibbs into the No. 81 Toyota with Monster Energy as a sponsor. Gibbs would end up 33rd after a broken transmission ended the teams day. At Watkins Glen International in the No. 54, Gibbs would lead the most laps and win after holding off Austin Cindric and A. J. Allmendinger. He later led the most laps in the race at Richmond Raceway in September before ending up 7th. After competing in 13 races, Gibbs ended the season with three wins, eight top 5s, and one DNF, which came at Road America.

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2021 Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota DAY DAY
1 		HOM LVS PHO
2 		ATL MAR
4 		TAL DAR
18 		DOV
5 		COA CLT
1 		MOH
3 		TEX NSH POC
2 		GLN
1* 		IND
19 		MCH
13 		DAY DAR RCH
7* 		BRI
11 		LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO -* -* [8]
81 ROA
33 		ATL NHA

ARCA Menards Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY FIF
2 		SLM
6 		TAL NSH
2 		TOL
2 		CLT POC MCH
8
1 		CHI ELK
2 		IOW
5 		ISF
15 		DSF SLM
1* 		IRP
15* 		KAN 13th 2315 [9]
2020 DAY PHO
3* 		TAL POC
1* 		IRP
15 		KEN
1* 		IOW
1* 		KAN TOL
2 		TOL
10* 		MCH DAY
2 		GTW
1* 		L44
4 		TOL
3 		BRI
2 		WIN
1* 		MEM
1 		ISF
10 		KAN
14 		5th 674 [10]
2021 DAY
4 		PHO
1* 		TAL
27 		KAN
1** 		TOL
1* 		CLT
1** 		MOH
1* 		POC
2 		ELK
4* 		BLN
2* 		IOW
1* 		WIN
1 		GLN
3 		MCH
1* 		ISF
2 		MLW
1** 		DSF
2 		BRI
1* 		SLM KAN -* -* [11]

ARCA Menards Series East[]

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AMSEC Pts Ref
2019 DGR-Crosley 17 Toyota NSM
2 		BRI SBO SBO MEM
2 		NHA IOW
2 		GLN
4 		BRI
2 		13th 172 [12]
54 NHA
1* 		DOV
2020 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota NSM
3 		TOL
1* 		DOV
12* 		TOL
3 		BRI
2 		FIF
3 		2nd 300 [13]
2021 NSM FIF NSV DOV
1** 		SMP IOW
1* 		MLW
1** 		BRI
1* 		-* -* [14]

ARCA Menards Series West[]

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
2019 with Joe Gibbs Racing 40 Toyota LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
1 		34th 47 [15]
2020 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 LVS UMC UMC IRW EVG CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO
2* 		19th 94 [16]
2021 PHO
1* 		SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO -* -* [17]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References[]

  1. ^ Segal, Davey (September 21, 2019). "Ty Gibbs Earns First Career K&N Pro Series Victory at New Hampshire". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Gillispie, Zach (October 16, 2020). "Corey Heim Wins Kansas, Bret Holmes Completes Dream Season to Claim 2020 ARCA Championship". Frontstretch.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ty Gibbs to make Xfinity Series debut, run full ARCA Menards Series slate". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Carey, Michael (April 24, 2021). "Video: Ty Gibbs, Greg Van Alst Wreck Out Of Talladega ARCA Race". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Long, Dustin (February 20, 2021). "Ty Gibbs wins Xfinity Daytona road course race in first series start". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Drivers to win in first NASCAR Xfinity Series start". NASCAR. February 20, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Cain, Holly (February 20, 2021). "Ty Gibbs wins on Daytona road course in Xfinity Series debut". Racer. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  11. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2020 ARCA Menards East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  14. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2021 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  15. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  16. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  17. ^ "Ty Gibbs – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

External links[]

  • Ty Gibbs driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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