Ty Gibbs wins Skrewball 200, 3rd NXS win in 10 career starts

When Ty Gibbs finally begins full-time competition in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the future, you can already pencil him in as a playoff and likely championship contender. Until then, he will just keep winning as a part-timer.

Saturday’s Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 at Watkins Glen International ended with Gibbs holding off venerable road course expert A.J. Allmendinger to win his third career race in just his tenth start. The effort came in dominating fashion as he led 43 of 82 laps.

Austin Cindric started on the pole and led the entire first segment. Excluding a competition caution on lap 12, the lone yellow flag of the stage came on lap five when NASCAR newcomer Michael Munley crashed into the tyre barrier, though he would return to the race before exiting much later into the event with a suspension failure. Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric, Harrison Burton, Jeb Burton, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones, Riley Herbst, and Sam Mayer rounded out the top ten.

Harrison Burton, Jones, Gibbs, and Allmendinger would lead laps in Stage #2 with Allmendinger taking the win ahead of Gibbs, Cindric, Justin Allgaier, Gragson, Herbst, Mayer, Michael Annett, Erik Jones, and Hemric. Annett was making his return to competition after recovering from a leg injury. Alex Labbé‘s car stalling on lap 35 was responsible for the only caution in the segment.

Gibbs led the field to begin the final stage before losing it to Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Hemric and Matt Mills bringing out the caution. Jones, doing a one-off, also wrecked on lap 69 for another yellow, as did Kyle Weatherman on lap 78 after his car caught fire due to an electrical issue. The Weatherman incident set up a four-lap run to the finish, one that saw Gibbs keep Allmendinger at bay en route to the victory.

Besides being the 18-year-old’s third win, it is Gibbs’ second on a road course after triumphing in his Xfinity début at the Daytona Road Course in February.

“That was probably the most fun race I’ve ever been in with A.J. and with the #7 (Allgaier) and the #22 (Cindric), those guys are very experienced veterans in this racing series,” said Gibbs. “To be able to race and beat them just means a lot. I learned a lot from them too. […] The #22 and A.J., the baddest dudes on the road course ever. I don’t really know how I beat them.

“My guys worked so hard and they do such a good job. What a great race. I’m just at a loss for words right now. This is just awesome.”

Race results

Finish	Start	Number	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Status
1	15	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	82	Running
2	6	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
3	2	22	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	82	Running
4	1	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
5	4	20	Harrison Burton	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	82	Running
6	21	19	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	82	Running
7	11	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
8	8	10	Jeb Burton	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
9	5	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
10	23	8	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
11	18	1	Michael Annett	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
12	14	68	Brandon Brown	Brandonbilt Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
13	10	98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	82	Running
14	19	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
15	7	2	Myatt Snider	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
16	12	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
17	24	26	Kris Wright*	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	82	Running
18	13	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	82	Running
19	17	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Martins Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
20	20	4	Landon Cassill	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
21	16	48	Jade Buford	Big Machine Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
22	3	18	Daniel Hemric	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	82	Running
23	35	90	Preston Pardus	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
24	30	17	Josh Bilicki*	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	82	Running
25	28	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
26	9	02	Brett Moffitt	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
27	27	78	Jesse Little	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	Running
28	40	61	Stephen Leicht	MBM Motorsports	Toyota	82	Running
29	32	66	Timmy Hill*	MBM Motorsports	Chevrolet	81	Running
30	25	07	Joe Graf Jr.	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	81	Running
31	31	15	Colby Howard	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	81	Running
32	39	74	Bayley Currey*	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	81	Running
33	38	52	David Smith	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	80	Running
34	22	47	Kyle Weatherman	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	75	Electrical
35	34	6	Michael Munley	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	74	Suspension
36	36	31	Erik Jones*	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	66	Accident
37	33	23	Austin Dillon*	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	53	Chassis
38	29	5	Matt Mills	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Toyota	47	Accident
39	26	36	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	28	Rear Gear
40	37	99	Kyle Tilley*	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	20	DVP