Ty Gibbs Almost Punted a Competitor Right into a NASCAR Official at Texas Motor Speedway

Final night time’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Texas Motor Speedway was one thing of a shambles because of detonating tires creating essentially the most caution-filled race ever seen on the observe — however we very almost walked away with a fair worse story. Ty Gibbs, driver of the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota, nearly punted a competitor right into a NASCAR official on pit lane.

As a number of automobiles raced off pit highway in the course of the occasion, Ty Gibbs selected that as his second to retaliate in opposition to competitor Ty Dillon for almost colliding with Gibbs popping out of his pit stall. After swerving to keep away from Dillon, Gibbs tried to door-slam his competitor, pushing Dillon’s automotive dangerously near an official inspecting a distinct car on pit highway.

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Whereas it’s little question irritating to be almost clipped by a competitor within the pits, it’s not the place to retaliate — particularly when there are individuals standing on pit highway. It was poor type for Dillon to exit his pit stall the best way he did, however even in a sport as crash-filled as NASCAR, pit highway is off-limits for intentional crashes. It’s one thing that ought to have been solved on the observe or with a protest.

Gibbs has not too long ago taken over the place of Kurt Busch, who has been sidelined with ongoing concussion signs for the previous 10 occasions. Initially taking up the No. 45, Gibbs has since moved to the No. 23, since 23XI Racing swapped him with Bubba Wallace because the No. 45 remains to be eligible for proprietor’s factors within the Cup Sequence playoffs.

As of this writing, NASCAR has not reprimanded Gibbs for the pit highway incident.

The Gibbs/Dillon incident was finally overshadowed by contact between Denny Hamlin and William Byron. Byron collided with Hamlin throughout a yellow flag, sending Hamlin into the grass. Because the automobiles continued pacing the sector, Hamlin proceeded to stumble upon Byron a number of occasions.