Ty ‘LittleJoe’ Gibbs (54) and Sammy Smith (18) will lead the 38 car field to the green flag under mostly sunny skies. It’s 68 degrees with a 2 mph breeze during pre-race ceremonies. The stages are 45-45-110 laps.
Championship contenders and JR Motorsports teammates starting positions:
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- Noah Gragson (9) starts in fourth position.
- Josh Berry (8) starts in ninth position.
- Justin Allgaier (7) starts in eleventh position.
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Noah Gragson starts in fourth position. Josh Berry (8) starts in ninth position. Justin Allgaier (7) starts in eleventh position.
Gimmick shots on the warm-up lap headed to the green flag indicates this is going to be unwatchable.
Ty ‘LittleJoe’ Gibbs (54) gets the early lead.
Caution 31 of 200 for an incident involving Brandon Brown (08) visiting the wall.
Restarting on lap 37 of 200 with ‘LittleJoe’ (54) and Noah Gragson (9) leading the field.
Ty ‘LittleJoe’ Gibbs (54) wins stage one.
Restarting on lap 53 of 200 with Nicholas Sanchez (48) and Sammy Smith (18) on the front row.
Sammy Smith (18) gets the early lead.
Caution on lap 60 of 200 for a spin by J.J. Yeley (66).
Restarting on lap 65 of 200 with teammates Ty Gibbs (54) and Sammy Smith (18) up front. Smith takes the early lead.
On lap 68 of 200 Noah Gragson (9) passes Smith (18) and Gibbs (54) who were racing door-to-door for the lead.
Smith (18) passes Gragson (9) on lap 69 of 200 to regain the lead.
Noah Gragson passes Sammy Smith for the lead on lap 73 of 200.
‘LittleJoe’ (54) takes the lead on lap 79 of 200.
‘LittleJoe’ (54) wins stage two.
Justin ‘LittleGator/DewyAlligator’ Allgaier (7) wins the race off pit road. Ty Gibbs (54), Brandon Jones (19), Noah Gragson (9) and Sammy Smith (18) follow Allgaier off pit road.
Dale Earnhardt Jr is on a pit box for the race.
Restarting on lap 98 of 200 with Justin Allgaier (7) and Ty Gibbs (54) leading them to the flag.
‘LittleJoe’ finally gets the lead from the restart on lap 99 of 200.
Caution on lap 101 of 200 for Riley Herbst (98) pushing Sammy Smith (18) into Sam Mayer (1) and turning him. They collected Ryan Sieg (39), Kyle Weatherman (34), Parker Retzlaff (02), Austin Hill (21), Anthony Alfredo (23), Kaz Grala (26), Kyle Sieg (38), Ryan Sieg (39), Stefan Parsons (45).
Restarting on lap 108 of 200 with Ty Gibbs (54) and Justin Allgaier (7) up front.
Caution on lap 110 of 200 for a spin by Joey Gase (35) with Sammy Smith (18) spinning to avoid him. Mason Massey (91) also received damage in the incident.
Restarting on lap 116 of 200 with Ty Gibbs (54) and Noah Gragson (9) at the head of the field.
Gragson (9) gets the early lead from the restart.
Justin Allgaier (7) takes over the lead from Noah Gragson (9) on lap 148 of 200.
The televised race is hard to watch since they spend a lot of time showing car bumpers and car hoods and track surface and the SAFER barrier and shots from the blimp and five box split screens.
On lap 154 of 200 Dylan Bassett (77) goes up in smoke bringing out the caution. Bassett tapped the wall prior to his engine expiring.
Dale Earnhard Jr is the embodiment of anxiety standing on the pit box.
Ty ‘LittleJoe’ Gibbs (54), Justin Allgaier (7), Josh Berry (8), Sheldon Creed (2) win the race off pit road. Noah Gragson (9) loses five positions on pit road.
Restarting on lap 164 of 200 Ty Gibbs (54) and Justin Allgaier (7) will lead the field to the green flag.
Puffs of smoke coming from the 7 car of Justin Allgaier as they scrub the tires heading to the green flag.
Justin Allgaier (7) gets the early lead. He goes up the track on turn 2 and Gibbs (54) takes the lead.
Brandon Jones (19) spins on lap 165 of 200 bringing out the caution.
MRN’s Dave Moody reports Allgaier may have been spinning the tires to clean them off coming to the flag and creating the puffs of smoke every time he accelerated.
MRN reports more smoke coming out as they approach the flag. Moody says it seems to coincides with him ‘goosing the engine’ to get some heat in the tires.
Restarting on lap 170 of 200 with ‘LittleJoe’ (54) and Justin Allgaier (7) on the front row.
Justin Allgaier (7) gets the early lead. He holds off Gibbs to retain the lead.
Josh Berry (8) bangs the outside wall, but continues on. On lap 173 of 200 MRN’s Jeff Striegle reports Josh Berry (8) has fallen back to the 23rd position.
On lap 180 of 200 Gibbs (54) wrestles the lead from Allgaier (7).
‘LittleJoe’ takes the white flag.
Ty Gibbs holds off Noah Gragson to win.
That was a disappointing race. It wasn’t as exciting as last night’s truck series race. The finish was thoroughly disappointing. It didn’t seem particularly competitive as the field seemed to have been told to stay away from the championship contenders. The crowd is booing Ty Gibbs throughout his television interview.
Noah Gragson (9) said he was too tight at the end to chase down the 54 car. He also mentioned losing five spots on pit road.
The Truck series race was competitive, exciting, thrilling, and exciting. I’m not sure how memorable it was in the long run, but it was definitely more memorable than the Xfinity series race. The winner of the Truck series championship was very deserving. The Xfinity series race was boring overall. The level of on-track action improved during the last quarter of the race, but didn’t reach the levels seen last night in the Truck series race. The event seemed to have most of the field hamstrung to allow only the championship four to race each other. The series champ is thoroughly dismal. He has proven himself to be less than championship quality. He seems to represent NASCAR as it is today – if you have the right connections you’re untouchable and will not be held responsible for your actions. You get a pass on everything and the fans are expected to just look the other way and forget every disgusting display of unsportsmanlike, un-champion-like, and generally unacceptable behavior since your grandfather will foot the bill and NASCAR will look the other way.
Jeff Burton of NBCSports said he (Ty Gibbs) is the future of Joe Gibbs Racing and the people that work there they have to want to be there and he recognized he’s gotta respect that and they need to respect him. Burton believes the backlash Ty Gibbs received for wrecking his teammate Brandon Jones (19) and keeping him out of the championship race, as well as comparing himself to Jesus Christ saying that Jesus was hated too, got his attention. Burton believes his quickly mumbled apologies are genuine. His apologies do not sound genuine. They sound rehearsed. He negates most of them with the next line he speaks. He is the future of Joe Gibbs racing. The future is bleak with more of the same claiming Christian and behaving heathen.
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