Gibbs, 19, dominated much of Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and led the way on the start of the final two-lap overtime.
However, in a reversal of fortunes from last weekend at Richmond, it was Gibbs who got nudged out of the way on the last lap by his teammate Brandon Jones, who went on to win his first race of the season.
After being passed, Gibbs fell back into a three-wide battle with Sam Mayer and Landon Cassill as Gibbs and Mayer still had a chance to win the $100,000 Dash4Cash bonus. Mayer – in the middle – nudged Gibbs up the track and he ended up finishing eighth.
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A.J. Allmendinger ended up collecting the bonus as Mayer dropped to fifth after the contact. On the cool-down lap, Gibbs attempted to spin Mayer on the track.
After both parked on pit road, Gibbs went directly to confront Mayer and appeared to hit him in the chest as Mayer was removing his helmet. The two had a brief conversation as Mayer tried to get…
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