Ty Gibbs won his fifth race of the 2022 season on Saturday (Aug. 6) in the New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway ahead of Justin Allgaier. Noah Gragson finished third, followed by Brandon Jones. Austin Hill rounded out the rest of the top five the day before his NASCAR Cup Series debut.
Gibbs was able to pull the rug out from underneath his fellow playoff-bound competitor Gragson to take the checkered flag. Gragson swept the first two stages, leading the entirety of stage one before barely edging out AJ Allmendinger for stage two.
The race marked Gibbs’ ninth win in 39 starts, setting his winning percentage at an astonishing 23.08%.
If you’re a fan of green flag racing, this one was for you. The race ran caution free from the restart on lap 68 all the way to the finishing lap at 125, making this one a competition of pit strategy and conservation. We don’t need cautions to have fun in this column, though, so let’s dive in.
The Winners
If you thought you were seeing double yesterday, there are two possibilities. Either A) you could have hit the sauce a little hard in that pregame for the race, or B) you were just seeing Jordan Anderson Racing‘s two identical cars.
Going to be seeing double this weekend!
Pretty cool opportunity to have the 31 and 32 hit the track in Michigan with @MyattSnider and myself behind the wheel in matching @BommaritoAuto Chevrolets! 🙏🏼
Grateful to have Sefton Steel and @ImpactbyMCS help make this all possible. pic.twitter.com/HnG2IPUmna
— Jordan Anderson (@j66anderson) August 2, 2022
Now typically, something like this wouldn’t make our winners list, but when it’s a small team like JAR, it catches my eye. Not only do these Bommarito Auto schemes look phenomenal, but for this small of a team to have the kind of funding to field a pair of entries is a big step forward in the right direction. The team’s full-time driver Myatt Snider ended up 17th, while owner Jordan Anderson failed to qualify.
The story of Brandon Brown and BrandonBilt Motorsports has been one that has piqued the interest of those in tune with the Xfinity Series in the last few weeks. Brown shared a few weeks ago that due to funding, he will be taking on a smaller role as the team driver. But despite the news, he brought home a top-15 finish (13th, to be exact) for the small team he began his career with. If that doesn’t make you feel all warm inside, I’m not sure what will.
The Losers
Allmendinger might have…
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