Michigan masterclass by Ty Gibbs produces fifth win

Ty Gibbs is the only NASCAR Xfinity Series driver with five wins in 2022, with nobody else having more than three. Did we mention he is just nineteen years old?

Despite Noah Gragson winning the first two stages, Gibbs started and finished the final segment in first to win in such dominant fashion that the only time he did not lead was due to green-flag pit stops from laps 100 to 109.

The win is the sixth at Michigan for Joe Gibbs Racing‘s Xfinity programme, breaking a tie for first with what is now RFK Racing.

“I think this style of racing shows the strategy and the pit stops,” said Gibbs. “It’s pretty spread out, but my guys did a great job and the pit crew worked so hard. I work out with them during the week and I see how hard they work, every one of them. They do a great job and my cousin (Jackson) is pitting now too so it’s cool to see my family involved. […]

“I just race week in and week out, but people can get all excited and think they’re making a huge statement and then go into Playoffs and suck. I’m just doing what I do week in and week out.”

Although he has been garnering Cup Series experience as a substitute driver for the injured Kurt Busch, Gibbs noted it does not have much of an influence on his primary series. He followed up Saturday’s win by scoring his maiden Cup top ten on Sunday.

“I’m very thankful for the opportunity and I hope Kurt gets better,” Gibbs continued. “But at the end of the day, it doesn’t really help me. It’s so different and the way the car is different. You think these drive different, just wait until you get to the Cup Series.”

The only cautions of the race came in Stage #2 when C.J. McLaughlin wrecked with Matt Mills on lap 42 and David Starr spun on the backstretch ten laps later.

Race results

Finish	Start	Number	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Status
1	9	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	125	Running
2	3	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	125	Running
3	1	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	125	Running
4	7	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	125	Running
5	16	21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	125	Running
6	6	8	Josh Berry	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	125	Running
7	2	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	125	Running
8	4	11	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	125	Running
9	13	98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	125	Running
10	12	10	Landon Cassill	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	125	Running
11	11	2	Sheldon Creed	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	125	Running
12	5	18	Sammy Smith	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	125	Running
13	10	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	124	Running
14	20	23	Anthony Alfredo	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	124	Running
15	15	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	124	Running
16	8	34	Kyle Weatherman	Jesse Iwuji Motorsports	Chevrolet	124	Running
17	17	31	Myatt Snider	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	124	Running
18	23	48	Kaz Grala*	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	124	Running
19	31	26	John Hunter Nemechek*	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	124	Running
20	22	66	J.J. Yeley	MBM Motorsports	Ford	124	Running
21	18	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	124	Running
22	19	27	Jeb Burton	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	124	Running
23	24	07	Joe Graf Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Ford	124	Running
24	29	91	Mason Massey	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	124	Running
25	32	35	Patrick Emerling	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	Toyota	124	Running
26	30	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	124	Running
27	33	44	Ryan Ellis	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	124	Running
28	25	45	Josh Bilicki*	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	124	Running
29	27	6	Ryan Vargas	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	123	Running
30	35	4	Bayley Currey	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	123	Running
31	21	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	123	Running
32	36	02	Blaine Perkins*	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	123	Running
33	26	1	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	123	Running
34	14	77	Dillon Bassett	Bassett Racing	Chevrolet	122	Running
35	37	08	David Starr	SS-Green Light Racing	Ford	100	Hub
36	28	5	Josh Williams	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	87	Electrical
37	34	38	C.J. McLaughlin	RSS Racing	Ford	40	Accident
38	38	78	Matt Mills*	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	39	Accident
DNQ		47	Brennan Poole	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet
DNQ		13	Akinori Ogata	MBM Motorsports	Toyota
DNQ		32	Jordan Anderson	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet

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* – Ineligible for points