Ty Gibbs, NASCAR Cup Series driver and grandson of Joe Gibbs, won his first Cup race in the Food City 500 at Bristol after staying out following a spin by driver Chase Elliott, holding off drivers Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson.
Kyle Larson led 284 laps and Ryan Blaney led 190, but differing pit calls left Gibbs on older tires while Larson and Blaney took fresher rubber; a late caution when driver Riley Herbst hit the wall after contact with driver Kyle Busch sent the race to overtime.
In overtime Gibbs chose the top lane and held off Blaney to win by 0.055 seconds, the closest Bristol margin since 1991 per NASCAR Insights on X, with driver Kyle Larson finishing third, driver Tyler Reddick fourth and driver Chase Briscoe fifth.
Gibbs said to Fox Sports he was more thrilled by the quality of the racing than the result, and the win capped a strong start to his third full season on his grandfather’s team.
This report is based on information originally published by Road and Track Motorsport.
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