Ty Gibbs won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ New Holland 250 Saturday (Aug. 6).
It was all about pit strategy for the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing driver, as he won the race off pit road just before the end of stage two while others stayed out. As the pit stops cycled through, Gibbs was able to get back into the lead and win his fifth NXS race of the year.
Justin Allgaier finished second after having a slower stop in stage two, coming out behind Gibbs. Polesitter Noah Gragson was third, Brandon Jones was fourth and Austin Hill rounded out the top five.
On lap 41, CJ McLaughlin slammed the outside wall hard; Matt Mills, who was a few cars behind McLaughlin, got on his brakes, spun around and also hit the wall.
Later on the caution came out again for David Starr, who spun off of turn 2 after some contact from Dillon Bassett.
This set up a two-lap shootout for stage two between AJ Allmendinger, Landon Cassill and Noah Gragson. Justin Allgaier was leading prior to the caution but pitted, allowing those three to battle for the stage win. Cassill at first held the bottom lane for about a lap but got too loose and fell back. The No. 9 closed in on Allmendinger and edged out the No. 16 to win stage two, sweeping both stages.
But no more cautions for incidents came for the rest of the race, allowing Gibbs to lead 54 laps en route to the victory in the Irish Hills.
Xfinity travels to Watkins Glen International in two weeks for some road course racing. It will air on Aug. 20 at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network.
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