GIBBS SCORES ANOTHER STRONG RUN IN XFINITY SERIES SONOMA DEBUT
Sammy Smith leads all rookies with a top-10 finish
SONOMA, Calif. (June 10, 2023) – Ty Gibbs (fourth) and Sammy Smith (ninth) led Toyota with top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday evening.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Sonoma Raceway
Race 14 of 33 – 156.95 miles, 79 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Aric Almirola*
2nd, AJ Allmendinger*
3rd, Kyle Larson*
4th, TY GIBBS
5th, Parker Kligerman*
9th, SAMMY SMITH
16th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
20th, KAZ GRALA
29th, BRAD PEREZ
32nd, CONNOR MOSACK
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
TY GIBBS, No. 19 He Gets Us Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 4th
Can you talk about your top-five finish here at Sonoma?
“Yeah, I felt like we had a really fast He Gets Us Toyota Supra. Just lost some track position in the end, and we were a little too loose for the most part. We just have to make the right adjustments to keep going. We will keep moving forward.”
SAMMY SMITH, No. 18 Pilot Flying J Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 9th
How was your race?
“Yeah, disappointing day for our Pilot Flying J team. I felt like we had a lot of speed in our Supra, just could never get the track position. We kind of fell back on pit stops, so it was kind of frustrating. I feel like we could have run fourth or fifth all day, just never really got up there.”
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