Ty Gibbs Rolls to Vegas Jackpot

(LAS VEGAS, NV – MAR 5, 2022 – RIS) Ty Gibbs came back from early adversity and added another victory to his career total in taking the checkered flag under caution when a crash occurred after the white flag flew for a crash involving CJ McLaughlin and Bayley Currey.

Early in the race, Gibbs made slight contact with Ryan Sieg, sending Sieg into the wall with damage to the rear bodywork. A lap later, a blown engine in Brennan Poole's car sprayed fluids on the track, causing a yellow flag. During that caution, rain started falling on the track, causing a red flag. During the red, the rain changed to sleet and snow before ending with the race resuming after almost 43 minutes. After a talk with Gibbs on pit road, Sieg returned to the track and later spun out close to Gibbs, almost hitting him with the incident taking Brett Moffitt and Sheldon Creed into the wall. 

Eight drivers swapped the lead for 17 times, with Justin Allgaier leading the most laps, 62 followed by runner-up finisher Noah Gragson next at 52 laps. Gibbs led only the final five laps of the race.

"I want to apologize to the 39 (Ryan Sieg) for the contact that I made," said Gibbs after the race. "It wasn't my best decision and I'm sorry to their whole group. Ryan's family, they worked so hard, so I want to apologize to them. But let's put this thing on red baby. Let's go," said Gibbs. "It was awesome. I want to say thank you to Justin Allgaier for my push too. That helped me a lot. You know, I had a fun time racing with the JR cars. Hopefully we can keep it going and go out and win some more races. I want to say thank you to Monster Energy, Toyota, my GR Supra was so fast. This is awesome. And let's go Vegas."

Ryan Sieg had a different perspective on the lap 2 incident: "We were riding along there at the beginning and he (Ty Gibbs) came along and packed air underneath us.  He got us loose once and then pretty much cleaned us out on the second tap.  The suspension was rubbing all over the shocks, so we had a suspension issue right there out of four.  I tried to hang onto it and stay out of the wall and just come to pit road because we were pretty much done."

Unofficial Results, 26th Annual Alsco Uniforms 300, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps , St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 11, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, 200, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5, 56, Running
2) 4, Noah Gragson, No. 9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, 200, 1, 1, 5, 52, 2, 55, Running
3) 6, Daniel Hemric, No. 11 South Point Chevrolet, 200, 9, 5, , , , 42, Running
4) 2, Josh Berry, No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet, 200, 3, 7, , , , 45, Running
5) 16, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 BRANDT Chevrolet, 200, , 10, 3, 62, , 33, Running
6) 5, Landon Cassill, No. 10 StormX Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 31, Running
7) 8, Sheldon Creed #, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, 200, , , 1, 5, , 30, Running
8) 13, Brett Moffitt, No. 02 Half Off Wholesale Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 29, Running
9) 1, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Chevrolet, 200, 6, , 1, 32, , 33, Running
10) 21, Brandon Jones, No. 19 Menards/Barracuda Pumps Toyota, 200, 8, 6, 1, 2, , 35, Running
11) 12, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 First Pacific Funding Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 10, John Hunter Nemechek(i), No. 26 Berry's Bullets Toyota, 200, 10, 8, , , , 0, Running
13) 35, Ryan Ellis, No. 44 Four Loko USA Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 3, Riley Herbst, No. 98 Circa Sports Ford, 200, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 17, Alex Labbe, No. 36 Southwest Site Services Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 24, Kyle Sieg #, No. 38 TopPool.com Ford, 199, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 25, Anthony Alfredo, No. 23 Dude Wipes Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 20, Running
18) 27, Bayley Currey, No. 4 KSDT CPA Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 38, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 30, JJ Yeley, No. 66 Hex.com Ford, 198, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 34, Myatt Snider, No. 31 TaxSlayer Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 36, Joey Gase, No. 35 Nevada Donor Network Toyota, 198, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 23, Kaz Grala(i), No. 45 Lilly Finance/Ruedebusch Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 0, Running
24) 31, CJ McLaughlin, No. 28 Sci Aps Ford, 198, , , , , , 13, Running
25) 9, Sam Mayer, No. 1 Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet, 198, 2, 3, 4, 25, , 29, Running
26) 26, Kyle Weatherman, No. 92 PORAC Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 32, Mason Massey, No. 91 BRUNT Workwear Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 14, Jade Buford, No. 48 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 22, Joe Graf Jr., No. 07 Bucked Up LFG BURN Ford, 194, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 18, Brandon Brown, No. 68 TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet, 193, , , 1, 3, , 7, Running
31) 7, Ryan Truex, No. 18 Toyota Accessories Toyota, 190, 5, 9, , , , 14, Accident
32) 15, Austin Hill #, No. 21 Bennett Transportation and Logistics Chevrolet, 188, 7, 4, 1, 13, , 16, Accident
33) 28, Ryan Vargas, No. 6 Swann Security Chevrolet, 168, , , , , , 4, Accident
34) 29, Stefan Parsons, No. 99 SOKAL Chevrolet, 168, , , , , , 3, Accident
35) 37, Jesse Iwuji #, No. 34 Chevy Truck Month Chevrolet, 156, , , , , , 2, Accident
36) 19, Matt Mills, No. 5 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 83, , , , , , 1, Accident
37) 20, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford, 25, , , , , , 1, Accident
38) 33, Brennan Poole, No. 47 Lerner & Rowe Injury Lawyers Chevrolet, 3, , , , , , 1, Engine
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 56 Mins, 15 Secs.
Race Length: 200 Laps, 300. Miles
Average Speed: 102.128 MPH
Margin of Victory: Under Caution

Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 1, 8, 54, 18, 16, 21, 19, 11, 26
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 54, 1, 21, 11, 19, 8, 26, 18, 7

Comments: Ty Gibbs won the Alsco Uniforms 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his fifth career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.

Prior to the start, the following cars dropped to the rear under penalty for the reasons indicated: No. 2, 4, 10, 19, 21, 45, 48, 66, 68 and 99 (back up car), No. 5 (engine change), No. 6 (transmission change), and No. 27 and 91 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: (3) 08 David Starr, 13 Stan Mullis, 78 Josh Williams.

Cautions: 11 for 65 laps;
Laps: 5-12 (Fluid on the Backstretch from No. 47 [None]);
16-22 (Debris in Turn 1 from No. 39 [Red Flag: 41:53] [None]);
30-32 (No. 02, 2, 39, and 54 Incident in Turn 4 [None]);
47-54 (Stage 1 Conclusion [34]);
67-70 (No. 34 Spin in Turn 2 [31]);
75-78 (No. 07 and 92 Incident in Turn 2 [31]);
85-94 (No. 5 and 07 Incident on the Backstretch [92]);
173-180 (No. 6, 34 and 99 Incident in Turn 4 [02]);
183-188 (No. 1 and 19 in Turn 2 [2]);
190-195 (No. 18, 21 and 98 Incident in Turn 4 [44]);
200-200 ( [None]).

Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers;
A. Allmendinger 1-32;
S. Mayer 33-38;
N. Gragson 39-48;
S. Creed # 49-53;
S. Mayer 54-69;
N. Gragson 70-91;
B. Brown 92-94;
S. Mayer 95-96;
A. Hill # 97-109;
J. Allgaier 110-144;
S. Mayer 145;
B. Jones 146-147;
N. Gragson 148-152;
J. Allgaier 153-176;
N. Gragson 177;
J. Allgaier 178-180;
N. Gragson 181-194;
T. Gibbs 195-200

Unofficial Points: NASCAR Xfinity Series
Rank, Driver, Car, Starts, GL, Points, Ldr, Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts
1) Noah Gragson, 9, 3, 1, 144, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2
2) Ty Gibbs, 54, 3, 4, 127, -17, 17, 1, 0, 5
3) AJ Allmendinger, 16, 3, -2, 123, -21, 4, 0, 0, 0
4) Justin Allgaier, 7, 3, -1, 120, -24, 3, 0, 0, 0
5) Josh Berry, 8, 3, 2, 108, -36, 12, 0, 0, 0
6) Daniel Hemric, 11, 3, 3, 103, -41, 5, 0, 2, 2
7) Riley Herbst, 98, 3, -3, 94, -50, 9, 0, 0, 0
8) Anthony Alfredo, 23, 3, 0, 82, -62, 12, 0, 0, 0
9) Sam Mayer, 1, 3, 3, 80, -64, 2, 0, 0, 0
10) Austin Hill #, 21, 3, 1, 74, -70, 6, 1, 0, 5
11) Ryan Sieg, 39, 3, -6, 72, -72, 2, 0, 0, 0
12) Brandon Jones, 19, 3, 5, 70, -74, 2, 0, 0, 0
13) Brandon Brown, 68, 3, -3, 68, -76, 2, 0, 0, 0
14) Sheldon Creed #, 2, 3, 2, 66, -78, 2, 0, 0, 0
15) Jeb Burton, 27, 3, -1, 59, -85, 7, 0, 0, 0
16) JJ Yeley, 66, 3, -1, 56, -88, 3, 0, 0, 0
17) Kyle Sieg #, 38, 3, 1, 56, -88, 0, 0, 0, 0
18) Landon Cassill, 10, 3, 9, 55, -89, 1, 0, 0, 0
19) Brett Moffitt, 02, 3, 12, 50, -94, 5, 0, 0, 0
20) Jeremy Clements, 51, 3, 9, 47, -97, 3, 0, 0, 0
21) Trevor Bayne, , 1, -8, 44, -100, 3, 0, 1, 0
22) Joey Gase, 35, 3, 0, 43, -101, 1, 0, 0, 0
23) Myatt Snider, 31, 3, 1, 42, -102, 1, 0, 0, 0
24) Ryan Truex, 18, 2, 2, 40, -104, 2, 0, 0, 0
25) Bayley Currey, 4, 3, 7, 39, -105, 1, 0, 0, 0
26) Kyle Weatherman, 92, 3, -3, 37, -107, 2, 0, 0, 0
27) Alex Labbe, 36, 2, 8, 35, -109, 2, 0, 0, 0
28) Joe Graf Jr., 07, 3, -8, 31, -113, 4, 0, 0, 0
29) Jeffrey Earnhardt, , 2, -10, 30, -114, 1, 0, 0, 0
30) Josh Bilicki, , 1, -9, 28, -116, 2, 0, 0, 0
31) Matt Mills, 5, 3, -6, 28, -116, 0, 0, 0, 0
32) Ryan Vargas, 6, 3, -2, 26, -118, 2, 0, 0, 0
33) Ryan Ellis, 44, 1, 22, 24, -120, 2, 0, 0, 0
34) Jade Buford, 48, 3, 0, 24, -120, 0, 0, 0, 0
35) Josh Williams, , 2, -7, 22, -122, 2, 0, 0, 0
36) Tommy Joe Martins, , 2, -3, 19, -125, 3, 0, 0, 0
37) Mason Massey, 91, 2, 0, 19, -125, 0, 0, 0, 0
38) CJ McLaughlin, 28, 2, 2, 15, -129, 4, 0, 0, 0
39) Jesse Iwuji #, 34, 3, -3, 14, -130, 1, 0, 0, 0
40) Stefan Parsons, 99, 2, -2, 11, -133, 3, 0, 0, 0
41) Shane Lee, , 1, -2, 4, -140, 7, 0, 0, 0
42) Drew Dollar, , 1, -1, 1, -143, 3, 0, 0, 0
43) Brennan Poole, 47, 1, 4, 1, -143, 0, 0, 0, 0
44) Caesar Bacarella, , 1, -2, 1, -143, 0, 0, 0, 0
45) Cole Custer(i), , 1, -2, 0, -144, 1, 1, 1, 0
46) John Hunter Nemechek(i), 26, 1, 0, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
47) Kaz Grala(i), 45, 2, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
48) David Starr, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
49) Will Rodgers, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
50) STAN MULLIS, , 0, -50, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
51) Natalie Decker, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
52) Gray Gaulding, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
53) Ronnie Bassett, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
54) Harrison Rhodes, , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
55) Tim Viens(i), , 0, -3, 0, -144, 0, 0, 0, 0
(G/L) = Positions gained/lost, (-Ldr/-Nxt) = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

John Davison

Long-time RIS staffer, beginning in the mid-80s. Charlotte, NC area local contact.

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