By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Monster Energy sponsored driver Ty Gibbs had a memorable February 20th, 2021. See, this was the first time that he won an event in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
And he won the event at the most prestigious venue in the series. Gibbs won the Super Start Batteries 188 at Daytona International Speedway Road Course on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Florida.
He won the race in two hours and 35 minutes. The 18-year-old Gibbs — who is the grandson of NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs — won the event in double overtime.
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“I just cannot thank everybody right now, really this is like a dream come true for me, it’s just awesome,” said an emotional Gibbs, who turned his first-ever laps in the car and made his first career live pit stop Saturday evening. “I didn’t think I had it there. I fought back and we won.”
Gibbs also won Stage 2 before his win.
“The family is everything to me, they do so much for me,” Gibbs said. “I just can’t thank them enough, this is just amazing; this is a dream come true. It’s all the man above, I’m sorry I’m a wreck. I didn’t think this was going to happen at all. This is awesome, I can’t thank everybody enough for watching, and last week I had a terrible interview. I want to apologize to everybody, I just can’t thank everybody enough. This is just amazing.”
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PPG sponsored driver Austin Cindric finished second in his Roger Penske entry. Poppy Bank sponsored driver Daniel Hemric was third for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Cindric led a race-high 29 laps. Gibbs was second with 14 laps led. A.J. Allmendinger, Harrison Burton, Daniel Hemric, and Jeb Burton led multiple laps. Gray Gaulding and Ryan Sieg also led one lap each.
Five drivers were not able to complete the race. This included Preston Pardus, Jade Buford, David Starr, Riley Herbst, and Natalie Decker.
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