Joe Gibbs Racing ເພີ່ມ Ty Gibbs ເຂົ້າໄປໃນສາຍ Nascar Cup Series ຢ່າງເປັນທາງການໃນປີ 2023

Ty Gibbs, grandson of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Nascar Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs, will officially compete in the Nascar Cup Series in 2023, replacing two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch.

Gibbs will drive the No. 54 Toyota Camry beginning in 2023, the same number he raced with in the Xfinity Series in 2022. JGR said it will eventually bring the No. 18 back to Cup competition, but this will be the first time the team will not use its original number, which it debuted in 1992.

The 20-year-old Gibbs won seven races en route to the Xfinity Series championship this year.

However, just hours after Gibbs’ triumph, his father Coy Gibbs died in his sleep at the age of 49. The younger Gibbs did not compete in the Cup Series season finale on the same day as his father’s death.

Gibbs has not made any public comments since his father’s death on Nov. 6, 2022. Joe Gibbs Racing said he will speak to media as part of the Nascar Awards Banquet, held in Nashville, on Dec. 1.

Chris Gayle, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຫົວຫນ້າລູກເຮືອຂອງ Gibbs ຂອງ Xfinity Series ໃນປີ 2022, ຈະກັບຄືນມາໃນ Cup Series ກັບ Gibbs ໃນປີ 2023. Gayle ມີປະສົບການສີ່ປີເປັນຫົວຫນ້າລູກເຮືອ Cup Series, ໄດ້ຊະນະສອງການແຂ່ງຂັນກັບ Erik Jones.

Gibbs ມີຈຸດຈົບທີ່ຂັດແຍ້ງກັບລະດູການ 2022 Xfinity Series. ໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນນັດສຸດທ້າຍຂອງປີ, ລາວໄດ້ທໍາລາຍເພື່ອນຮ່ວມທີມ Brandon Jones ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ເພື່ອນໍາພາໃນຕອນທ້າຍຂອງການແຂ່ງຂັນຢູ່ທີ່ Martinsville Speedway. ຖ້າ Jones, ຜູ້ທີ່ປະກາດວ່າລາວຈະອອກຈາກ JGR ສໍາລັບ JR Motorsports ໃນປີ 2023, ໄດ້ຊະນະການແຂ່ງຂັນ, ລາວຈະໃຫ້ JGR ສອງລົດໃນ Championship 4 ນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ Gibbs ລັອກຢູ່ໃນຈຸດ.

ແຟນໆໄດ້ອວດອ້າງ Gibbs ເມື່ອລາວສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງໄຊຊະນະ, ເຊິ່ງເປັນຄັ້ງທີ XNUMX ຂອງປີ. ມິດສະຫາຍຂອງລາວຍັງໄດ້ວິພາກວິຈານການກະ ທຳ ຂອງລາວໃນສື່ສັງຄົມ.

ອາທິດກ່ອນການສູ້ຮົບແຊ້ມ, ຄູ່ແຂ່ງຂອງ Gibbs Noah Gragson, ໄດ້ວິພາກວິຈານຄົນຂັບລົດໂຕໂຍຕ້າຢ່າງເປີດເຜີຍ. ໃນຈຸດຫນຶ່ງ, ລາວຕັ້ງໃຈໂທຫາທີມງານ "Ty Gibbs Racing."

Nonetheless, the two had a clean battle in the Championship 4 event at Phoenix.

“I know what I did last week was unacceptable, and I apologize once again,” Gibbs said after the win. “It was unacceptable because we could have had two shots to win this deal, and it was stupid from an organization standpoint. I will sit here and tell you I’m sorry as much as I can, but it is not going to fix it. I’ve got to fix my actions.”

Gibbs also had a physical altercation earlier in the year with Gragson’s JR Motorsports teammate Sam Meyer.

The issues with Gibbs’ peers, however, did not impact his opportunities. When Kurt Busch had to miss the event at Pocono Raceway due to a concussion, Gibbs was given the call to take over the No. 45 car, co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.

Gibbs evidently spent the remainder of the 2022 season competing in both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series, as Busch was unable to return and announced he was retiring from full-time competition.

The rookie driver earned a top-10 finish at Michigan Speedway in his third Cup start. However, he did not earn another top 10 in the remaining races. The experience, though, was enough to give JGR officials a chance to see what he is capable of in the sport’s top level.

Gibbs was the obvious choice to replace Busch after the team failed to find a replacement sponsor for Mars Wrigley. Gibbs’ 2023 sponsors have not been announced.