9/20/2020
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Ty Gibbs Caps Nearly Flawless ARCA Run With Winchester Win
By ARCAracing.com (Winchester, IN) -- Ty Gibbs was nearly as perfect Saturday as he’s been all season, and that’s saying something.
The 17-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, driver made his debut at Winchester Speedway and was unfazed by "The World’s Fastest 1/2 Mile." He put the No. 18 Monster/Terrible Herbst/ORCA Toyota atop the practice charts, won the General Tire Pole Award, and then drove away from the field on the high-speed, high-banked half-mile.
It was Gibbs’ fifth ARCA Menards Series win of the season, plus his ARCA Menards Series East victory, in 16 starts over the two series.
Michael Self finished second, one spot ahead of championship rival Bret Holmes. Self was able to nose in front of Gibbs on the Lap 79 restart to lead one lap and gained the valuable bonus point. Self leads Holmes by three points with three races remaining in the season.
Jesse Love finished fourth in his series’ debut. The 15-year-old is the ARCA Menards Series West points leader with three races remaining in that series.
Fellow 15-year-old Taylor Gray rounded out the top five.
Drew Dollar finished sixth, followed by Mike Basham, Eric Caudell, Brad Smith and Con Nicolopoulos.
Saturday marked Gibbs first win since WWT Raceway at Gateway on Aug. 29. Since, he’s had a fourth, a third and a runner-up finish, just two days ago, in the ARCA Menards Series.
He made his point, starting in practice, that he going to be denied any longer.
Gibbs led 199 laps and finished .966 seconds ahead of Self.
The ARCA Menards Series heads to Tennessee’s Memphis International Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 26 for the Sioux Chief Power PEX 200. The race will also serve as the finale for the Sioux Chief Showdown. Gibbs trails Sam Mayer by six points.
RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts
1 1 18 Ty Gibbs Monster / Terrible Hrbst / ORCA (Coy Gibbs) Toyota 200 running 199 49
2 2 25 Michael Self Sinclair Lubricants (Cathy Venturini) Toyota 200 running 1 43
3 4 23 Bret Holmes Holmes II Excavation, Inc (Stacy Holmes) Chevrolet 200 running 0 41
4 3 20 Jesse Love JBL (Billy Venturini) Toyota 200 running 0 40
5 5 17 Taylor Gray Ford Performance (David Gilliland) Ford 200 running 0 39
6 6 15 Drew Dollar Sunbelt Rentals (Bill Venturini) Toyota 199 running 0 38
7 8 11 Mike Basham Clifton Trucking (Michelle Hillenburg) Toyota 194 running 0 37
8 10 7 Eric Caudell Caudell Consulting & Marketing (Eric Caudell) Ford 182 running 0 36
9 9 48 Brad Smith Henshaw Automation (Brad Smith) Chevrolet 175 running 0 35
10 13 06 Con Nicolopoulos GreatRailing.com (Wayne Peterson) Toyota 170 running 0 34
11 11 10 Rick Clifton Green Renewable Inc / Double H Ranch (Andy Hillenburg) Chevrolet 168 running 0 33
12 7 4 Hailie Deegan Monster Energy (David Gilliland) Ford 109 crash 0 32
13 12 12 Owen Smith Fast Track Blasting (Andy Hillenburg) Toyota 4 brakes 0 31
14 14 0 Wayne Peterson GreatRailing.com (Wayne Peterson) Chevrolet 2 valve spring 0 30
Caution flag breakdown:
Condition From
Lap To
Lap # Of
Laps Reason Free
Pass
1 59 59
60 64 5 #4 accident turn 2 #17
65 75 11
76 79 4 break 1 #4
80 111 32
112 121 10 #4 accident turn 1 none
122 149 28
150 153 4 break 2 #15
154 200 47
Percent of race run under caution: 11.5% Average green flag run: 35.4 laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Leader From
Lap To
Lap # Of
Laps
Ty Gibbs 1 78 78
Michael Self 79 79 1
Ty Gibbs 80 200 121
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott