GIBBS CLAIMS FIRST XFINITY SERIES WIN OF 2022
Vegas Proves Successful for Gibbs’ GR Supra
LAS VEGAS (March 5, 2022) – Ty Gibbs claimed his first NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) victory of the 2022 season in Saturday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In a race riddled with numerous caution flags and a 40-plus minute red flag for snow, Gibbs was able to drive his GR Supra to the win.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Race 3 of 33 – 300 miles, 200 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, TY GIBBS
2nd, Noah Gragson*
3rd, Daniel Hemric*
4th, Josh Berry*
5th, Justin Allgaier*
10th, BRANDON JONES
12th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
22nd, JOEY GASE
31st, RYAN TRUEX
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
TY GIBBS, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 1st
How were you able to pull off the win today with all the adversity?
“First of all, I want to say all glory to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to say thank you to him. And I want to second of all, I want to apologize to the 39 (Ryan Sieg) for the contact that I made. 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.”
What happened in the closing laps of the race after the final restart and what does this win mean to you?
“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.”
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