Ty Gibbs nets first top-5 finish in NASCAR Cup Series
Ty Gibbs’ fifth-place finish Sunday at Pocono Raceway earned the NASCAR Cup Series rookie his first top-5 finish in the series.
Gibbs started 11th, leading four laps and collecting four stage points throughout the race.
“It’s great to come home in the top-five,” Gibbs said. “Thank you to everybody [who] supports me at JGR [Joe Gibbs Racing] and Toyota, TRD. What a great day.”
Gibbs is the 543rd different driver to score a Top-5 finish in NASCAR’s premier series.
Prior to Pocono, Gibbs’ highest finish in the Cup Series was ninth-place on four occasions.
“We were up front all day. Solid day with good track position,” Gibbs said. “It was nice to stay out of the mess back there. We just have to keep fighting.”
With five races left in the regular season, Gibbs is 19th in driver’s standings. He is -28 points to the playoff cutline behind Michael McDowell in 16th.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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