Ty Gibbs finally broke through to score his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, as he held off Ryan Blaney in an overtime finish to the Food City 500.
Gibbs, who was on 95-lap older tires than Blaney, utilized the high lane to keep his momentum going over the final few laps, and was able to keep the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang Dark Horse at bay for the win.
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At the finish line, Gibbs would collect the checkered flag 0.055 seconds ahead of Blaney, the runner-up finisher. Kyle Larson would finish the race in the third position, ahead of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe, the fifth-place finisher.
Todd Gilliland, Joey Logano, Ryan Preece, Denny Hamlin, and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top-10 finishers in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Food City 500 Race Results
|
Fin |
Car |
Driver |
Laps |
Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
54 |
Ty Gibbs |
505 |
— |
|
2 |
12 |
Ryan Blaney (X) |
505 |
0.055 |
|
3 |
5 |
Kyle Larson (S1) (S2) |
505 |
0.229 |
|
4 |
45 |
Tyler Reddick |
505 |
0.665 |
|
5 |
19 |
Chase Briscoe |
505 |
1.195 |
|
6 |
34 |
Todd Gilliland |
505 |
1.450 |
|
7 |
22 |
Joey Logano |
505 |
1.516 |
|
8 |
60 |
Ryan Preece |
505 |
1.677 |
|
9 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
505 |
1.770 |
|
10 |
77 |
Carson Hocevar |
505 |
1.826 |
|
11 |
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
505 |
1.956 |
|
12 |
7 |
Daniel Suarez |
505 |
2.013 |
|
13 |
17 |
Chris Buescher |
505 |
2.077 |
|
14 |
6 |
Brad Keselowski |
505 |
2.350 |
|
15 |
16 |
AJ Allmendinger |
505 |
2.624 |
|
16 |
2 |
Austin Cindric |
505 |
4.904 |
|
17 |
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
504 |
1 lap |
|
18 |
3 |
Austin Dillon |
504 |
1 lap |
|
19 |
38 |
Zane Smith |
504 |
1 lap |
|
20 |
1 |
Ross Chastain |
504 |
1 lap |
|
21 |
35 |
Riley Herbst |
504 |
1 lap |
|
22 |
9 |
Chase Elliott |
504 |
1 lap |
|
23 |
43 |
Erik Jones |
503 |
2 laps |
|
24 |
71 |
Michael McDowell |
503 |
2 laps |
|
25 |
8 |
Kyle Busch |
503 |
2 laps |
|
26 |
4 |
Noah Gragson |
503 |
2 laps |
|
27 |
20 |
Christopher Bell |
501 |
4 laps |
|
28 |
41 |
Cole Custer |
501 |
4 laps |
|
29 |
10 |
Ty Dillon |
501 |
4 laps |
|
30 |
24 |
William Byron |
500 |
5 laps |
|
31 |
51 |
Cody Ware |
500 |
5 laps |
|
32 |
21 |
Josh Berry |
490 |
15 laps |
|
33 |
88 |
Connor Zilisch # |
478 |
27 laps |
|
34 |
97 |
Shane van Gisbergen |
335 |
170 laps |
|
35 |
42 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
324 |
181 laps |
|
36 |
66* |
Chad Finchum (i) |
241 |
Out |
|
37 |
48 |
Alex Bowman |
163 |
Out |
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