NASCAR Cup Series driver Ty Gibbs held off Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney in overtime at Bristol Motor Speedway to win the 500-lap race and become the 207th different winner in Cup Series history.
The overtime restart left three drivers on different tire strategies; Cup Series driver Kyle Larson led the most laps, Blaney ran the fastest car on four fresh tires, but Gibbs stayed out and won by 0.055 seconds.
The victory was Gibbs' first in 131 Cup starts and capped a strong early-season run; his mother Heather and grandfather Joe Gibbs, team owner, celebrated while thoughts were with Coy Gibbs and JD Gibbs, who died in recent years. Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney were left frustrated after strong runs that fell short on strategy or slow pit stops, while Cup Series driver Todd Gilliland climbed from 35th to sixth for his first top ten of 2026 and matched FRM's best result this year.
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