Two NASCAR insiders understood why Ty Gibbs was annoyed after Denny Hamlin received the Cup Collection race at Michigan on Sunday. On The Teardown podcast, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic reacted to Gibbs being not joyful after incomes a third-place end.
“I do get his frustration. I believe from his standpoint, he’s now twenty fourth in factors,” Gluck stated about Gibbs, who was instructed to avoid wasting gas on the finish of the race as a substitute of going for the win. “He’s most likely pondering ‘We needs to be virtually the identical kind of mentality that [William] Byron needed to simply, hey, I don’t care if I run out of gasoline. That is my season.’”
Bianchi agreed with Gluck as he additionally understood why Gibbs was annoyed on the finish of the race. “Although Ty doesn’t have wins within the financial institution, you’ve received to take a look at it as we have to be aggressive right here. We have to put ourselves in place to go for the win as a result of that’s how we’re going to get within the playoffs. I get his frustration. I get it, particularly when the identical man who wins the race is on the identical gas technique with you and I consider he let Denny go by him.
Ty Gibbs speaks out on ‘unlucky’ end at Michigan
“…Yeah, you’re annoyed and it’s been that sort of yr for Ty. I additionally see the workforce facet of it, too of like, ‘Hey, that is a part of it. That is huge footage factor.’ They’re each proper to some extent, however I perceive Ty’s frustration, and I’d be annoyed in that second too. Ending third within the grand scheme of issues doesn’t do something for you.”
In 94 Cup Collection races, Ty Gibbs has earned 25 top-10 finishes however has but to win a race. Whereas Gibbs is perhaps joyful that his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate received the win, he believes that he may have earned his first victory within the Cup Collection and clinched a playoff spot.
“Yeah, it’s simply unlucky as a result of I really feel like we had the potential to go do it,” Gibbs stated after the race, per NASCAR.com. “I really feel like we confirmed we have been quick sufficient to go do it. It’s positively irritating, however it’s simply a part of it typically.”
