Gibbs, 19, dominated much of the race but got nudged out of the way on the last lap by his Joe Gibbs Racing 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, finishing out of the money and the win.
After attempting to spin Mayer on the track on the cool-down lap, Gibbs went directly to confront Mayer on pit road 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 Gibbs to remove his helmet, then the two traded shoves and Gibbs struck Mayer with at least three punches before officials separated the drivers.
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