{"id":39878,"date":"2022-08-06T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=39878"},"modified":"2022-08-07T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:06:10","slug":"ty-gibbs-picks-up-ninth-career-nascar-xfinity-win-at-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/06\/ty-gibbs-picks-up-ninth-career-nascar-xfinity-win-at-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ty Gibbs picks up ninth career NASCAR Xfinity win at Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway on August 06, 2022 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Reid Spencer<\/em><\/p>\n

NASCAR Wire Service <\/em><\/p>\n

Taking control of the race in the final stage, Ty Gibbs sped to his NASCAR Xfinity Series-best fifth victory of the season in Saturday\u2019s New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway.<\/p>\n

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Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway on August 06, 2022 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

The tenor of the race changed markedly near the end of the second stage when pole winner Noah Gragson opted to stay on the track and compete for the stage win on the high-speed 2.0-mile track.<\/p>\n

Gibbs had pitted under caution on Lap 55 and inherited the lead when Gragson and others who had stayed out until the completion of the stage came to pit road during the stage break.<\/p>\n

The race ran caution-free from the final restart Lap 68 to the finish on Lap 125, and Gibbs beat runner-up Justin Allgaier to the stripe by 1.160 seconds. Gragson worked his way up to third but trailed Gibbs by 2.472 seconds at the finish.<\/p>\n

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Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway on August 06, 2022 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Mike Mulholland\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI think this type of racing shows the strategy in the pit stops,\u201d said Gibbs, who led twice for a race-high 54 laps, matching the number of his No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. \u201cMy guys did such a great job. I work out with them during the week, so I see how hard they work. They do a great job\u2014every one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I’m very thankful and glad to be part of the organization that motivates me like that week in and week out\u2014not motivates, because that’s temporary\u2014but being relentless, and I feel like that’s what they showed me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory was Gibbs first at Michigan and the ninth in 39 Xfinity Series starts for a remarkable winning percentage of 23.08.<\/p>\n

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Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, and Sammy Smith, driver of the #18 Pilot Flying J Toyota, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway on August 06, 2022 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Mike Mulholland\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Allgaier opted for the same strategy as Gibbs, but a slow green-flag pit stop on Lap 100 cost him a chance to compete for the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pitted to try and get clear of some lapped cars, and, unfortunately, we merged back on the race track right behind those same lapped cars, right before they made their pit stops,\u201d Allgaier said. \u201cSo not only did we have to contend with getting by them, as soon as we got by them, they all pitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond place is tough, but my daughter\u2019s birthday\u2019s on Monday, so we\u2019ll celebrate, even though it\u2019s second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gragson\u2019s No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet arguably was the fastest car in the race, but strategy and the absence of cautions in the final stage doomed his prospects.<\/p>\n

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Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops\/TrueTimber\/BRCC Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway on August 06, 2022 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Mike Mulholland\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe won the first stage and then had a caution with about five to go in the second stage and opted to stay out, won the second stage (by .035 seconds of AJ Allmendinger),\u201d Gragson said. \u201cThen just flipped.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestarted the third stage 12th, and that kind of hurt us there at the end, but overall good day for our Bass Pro Shops, Black Rifle Camaro. We were running him down\u2014just needed more laps there at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brandon Jones and Austin Hill finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Josh Berry, Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst and Landon Cassill completed the top 10.<\/p>\n

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