‘What the heck?’ Ty Gibbs bags his second Xfinity Series win this season as Noah Gragson crashed out in Atlanta

‘What the heck?’ Ty Gibbs bags his second Xfinity Series win this season as Noah Gragson crashed out in Atlanta

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The Atlanta track didn’t disappoint as an intense last lap three-way battle saw 19-year-old young No. 54 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs secure his second win of 2022 season edging Ryan Sieg and Austin Hill in Nalley Cars 250.

Ty Gibbs won the race with a margin of 0.178 seconds from P2 finisher Austin Hill. The 19-year-old was able to lead only one lap in the entire race, the final lap of the race,  but he made it all worthwhile as Ty Gibbs with help of a push from A.J. Allmendinger slipped in between the leaders, Austin Hill and Ryan Sieg, and took the lead to himself in turn one.

Championship leader Noah Gragson had to settle in for a P26 finish after in the early part of second stages of race he got into the wall going which made him go down a lap. Though he fought back and made his way back into contention the big wreck finished off his chances of another strong finish.

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Find out what Ty Gibbs had to say about his second win of the season

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Ty Gibbs’s No 54 Atlanta Xfinity series race-winning car

The young gun was over the moon about his win in Atlanta as the 19-year-old said he is going to have a party together along with his crew for this unexpected win. Ty Gibbs added that he learned a big lesson virtue of his win which is to never give up.

“What the heck? Oh, my gosh! I didn’t expect this at all. That’s one where I learned a big lesson-just never give up… Now I’m going to go party with the boys — let’s go!” Ty Gibbs said.

Austin Hill
Austin Hill

Austin Hill was able to salvage a second-place finish after he was made to surrender the lead to Ryan Sieg on the first attempt at overtime. Hill was quick to appreciate the effort and win by his rival TY Gibbs saying Gibbs 54 team made the right moves at the right time and deserved the win adding that it is bad his team needs to keep their heads up and move on.

“Hats off to the 54 guys. They did a good job today. He made the right moves at the right time, and we’ll have to go on to the next one.  It stings, but we’ve got to hold our heads up,” Austin Hill said.

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