Ty Gibbs is Perfect in Return to the Monster Mile.
A year after watching a sure win get away at Dover International Speedway following late-race contact with the wall, the 18-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, put together a perfect day Friday in the ARCA Menards Series’ return to the “Monster Mile.”
Gibbs was fastest in practice, won the General Tire Pole Award, and led very lap en route to the win in the General Tire 125.
It is the second straight ARCA race that Gibbs has led every lap. He won pitched a shut out in the ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas Speedway on May 1. It’s also Gibbs’ 13th win across the three ARCA platforms.
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Ty Gibbs has some unfinished business with the ‘Monster Mile.’
A wreck ended his day last year, after he led a race-high 110 laps. Friday, the 18-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, returned to Dover International Speedway for ARCA Menards Series East’s General Tire 125.
He won the General Tire Pole Award with a lap of 23.168 seconds (155.387 mph) around the concrete mile track in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
It is the eighth pole award for Gibbs across the ARCA Menards, East and West series.
Ty Gibbs Stats For 2021:
— Michael Carey (@MichaelICarey) May 13, 2021
NXS : Four starts, 1 WIN (in debut), three top-fives.
ARCA : Four starts, TWO wins, three top-fives.
And the car this weekend is unsponsored as of now. #NASCAR | #Drydene200 pic.twitter.com/I3HLE9z3N6
More impressively, Gibbs was nearly four miles per hour faster than the second qualifier.
Joe Iest will start on the outside row after a lap of 23.737 (151.662). Rajah Caruth briefly knocked Gibbs off the top of the board late in the hour and 10 minute session, and will start third with a lap of 23.745 (151.611).
Drew Dollard and points leader Sammy Smith were fourth and fifth, respectively.
David Gilliland, Josh Berry, Max Gutierrez, Mason Diaz and Jesse Love rounded out the top 10.
Today's a good day to tackle the 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) May 14, 2021
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