Joe Gibbs Racing Tag

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell earned the pole position for Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – his third pole of the year and third at the 1.5-mile Vegas high banks. Saturday’s lap of 185.344 mph in the No. 20 JGR Toyota bested fellow NASCAR Cup Series Playoff driver Tyler Reddick’s No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota by a slight .013-second. It marks the 13th career pole position for the 29-year old Bell, however a winRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – Sometimes it’s just not meant to be. Parker Kligerman came into Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL in must-win territory to punch his ticket into the next round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs and for a split-second, it looked like he had pulled it off. Until he hadn’t. Pitting for fresh tires inside of 15 laps to go in regulation, Kligerman made the drive of a lifetime, clawing his way forward on a restart with 11Read More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor TALLADEGA, Ala. – All in. Denny Hamlin took his seat behind the desk in the Talladega Superspeedway media center on Saturday morning ready to face the music following the news of 23XI Racing filing a lawsuit against NASCAR earlier in the week amid the ongoing battle between the teams and the sanctioning body regarding the new charter agreement. Despite the chaos off-track, Hamlin remains focused on the task at hand this weekend in Sunday’s YellaWood 500 where he and his 23XI Racing drivers will look toRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS City, Kan.— Part-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Aric Almirola ran down Playoff leader Cole Custer in the closing laps of Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway and pulled away for his second victory of the season in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. In a Round of 12 Playoff opener that ended with several unhappy drivers and a handful of post-race conversations between Playoff contenders, Almirola picked up his first win at the 1.5-mile track and the sixth of his career.Read More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—For once, Christopher Bell thinks he has a car that’s race-worthy as well as lightning fast in qualifying at Kansas Speedway. Navigating the 1.5-mile track in 30.111 seconds (179.336 mph) in the final round of Saturday’s time trials, Bell edged Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs (179.099 mph) by 0.040 seconds for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET (3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Bell will start the first race ofRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—The pit crew servicing Chase Biscoe’s car this weekend won’t be the same group that helped propel him into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with an 11th-hour win at Darlington and subsequently into the Round of 12. Briscoe learned Monday of a swap that will bring the crew of the No. 4 Ford of Josh Berry to his No. 14 Mustang. Briscoe is the only Stewart-Haas Racing driver to have qualified for the Playoffs this season. “The pit crew thing is tough,Read More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor BRISTOL, Tenn. – Speeding penalties, handling issues, and mechanical problems. The four drivers that saw their NASCAR Cup Series Playoff hopes dashed Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway had it all. Ty Gibbs was the first driver to end the night on the outside looking in, having watched his six-point advantage that he came into the weekend with erased early on with a pit road speeding penalty on Lap 133. The penalty dropped him to the tail end of the field and with track position beingRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C.—Christopher Bell survived a near-disaster with Cole Custer on the first lap of overtime and held on to win Saturday’s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 over Custer and snakebit Sheldon Creed. During a green-flag run that started on lap 97 of 150, Creed caught and passed Bell for the lead on Lap 139 and was poised to claim his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory after a record 11 runner-up finishes in the series. But Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger slapped the outside wallRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ryan Truex brought home the victory Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, surviving overtime to capture his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season in the Wawa 250. Midway through the second stage, the younger Truex brother, driving the No. 20 Toyota on a part-time basis for Joe Gibbs Racing asserted himself into the lead for the first time all night and would remain a fixture among the leaders for the duration of the race. Truex and Kaulig Racing’s A.J. AllmendingerRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – What next? Denny Hamlin was flabbergasted with a penalty handed down by NASCAR on Thursday for an engine inspection violation that will have affects on he and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team now and into the Playoffs. Hamlin’s race-winning engine from Bristol this spring was inadvertently torn down and rebuilt by Toyota Racing Development prior to NASCAR being able to inspect it and as such, the sanctioning body was left with no choice but to penalize them. Driver and teamRead More