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NASCAR Cup North Wilkesboro All-Star Race

Ty Gibbs' team wins All-Star Race pit crew competition

NASCAR Cup rookie Ty Gibbs’ pit crew ripped off the fastest pit stop of the day and earned the $100,000 bonus as part of the All-Star Race weekend.

Jim Utter

Edited: May 20, 2023, 12:40 AM

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Gibbs crew on the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team completed a four-tire pit stop in 13.012 seconds to lead all 37 entries in both the All-Star Race and the Open.

As the top-performing Open team, Gibbs will start Sunday night’s 100-lap Open race from the pole.

“All credit to them,” Gibbs said of his pit crew. “I don’t think you should be interviewing me. You should be interviewing those guys. They work so hard. I appreciate all that they do.

“I’m excited. We’ll see what happens. I’m excited that NASCAR brought this back.”

Gibbs’ crew chief, Chris Gayle, said he was glad to see his team’s crew get recognition for the work that often goes unnoticed.

“We see the ins and outs every week with these guys – live and die with them,” he said. “We sort of see the success today that you get to enjoy after going through some hit and misses this season.”

Starting alongside Gibbs in the Open race will be Josh Berry, who had a 13.677-second stop in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Berry has been substituting for Alex Bowman, who suffered a fractured vertebra in his back during a wreck in a sprint car race last month.

The top two finishers in the Open race will advance to the All-Star main event Sunday night as will the winner of the Fan Vote.

With the top pit stops among the drivers already qualified for the All-Star Race main event, Daniel Suarez and Chris Buescher will start on the pole for Saturday night’s two 60-lap heat races.

The result of Saturday night’s heat races will set the starting lineup for Sunday night’s All-Star Race which pays $1 million to the winner.

No. 54 winning pit crew

Crew Chief: Chris Gayle

Car Chief: Nate Bellows

Fuel: Peyton Moore

Jack: Darrell Edwards

Front: Blake Houston

Rear: Mike Hicks

Carrier: Jacob Holmes

Driver: Ty Gibbs

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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 1 13.012 172.917 2 99 Mexico Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 1 13.297 0.285 0.285 169.211 3 17 United States Chris Buescher Ford 1 13.381 0.369 0.084 168.149 4 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 1 13.572 0.560 0.191 165.782 5 48 Josh Berry Chevrolet 1 13.677 0.665 0.105 164.510 6 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 1 13.712 0.700 0.035 164.090 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 1 13.835 0.823 0.123 162.631 8 24 United States William Byron Chevrolet 1 13.867 0.855 0.032 162.256 9 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 1 13.911 0.899 0.044 161.743 10 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 14.089 1.077 0.178 159.699 11 21 Harrison Burton Ford 1 14.091 1.079 0.002 159.676 12 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 1 14.294 1.282 0.203 157.409 13 1 United States Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1 14.373 1.361 0.079 156.544 14 34 Michael McDowell Ford 1 14.509 1.497 0.136 155.076 15 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 1 14.674 1.662 0.165 153.332 16 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1 14.697 1.685 0.023 153.092 17 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 1 14.707 1.695 0.010 152.988 18 41 United States Ryan Preece Ford 1 14.760 1.748 0.053 152.439 19 10 Aric Almirola Ford 1 14.776 1.764 0.016 152.274 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 1 15.063 2.051 0.287 149.373 21 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 1 15.115 2.103 0.052 148.859 22 2 Austin Cindric Ford 1 15.154 2.142 0.039 148.476 23 23 United States Bubba Wallace Toyota 1 15.167 2.155 0.013 148.348 24 29 Kevin Harvick Ford 1 15.579 2.567 0.412 144.425 25 16 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 1 15.796 2.784 0.217 142.441 26 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 1 18.044 5.032 2.248 124.695 27 78 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 1 18.281 5.269 0.237 123.079 28 77 United States Ty Dillon Chevrolet 1 18.447 5.435 0.166 121.971 29 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 18.819 5.807 0.372 119.560 30 13 Chandler Smith Chevrolet 1 19.004 5.992 0.185 118.396 31 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 1 19.531 6.519 0.527 115.201 32 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 1 20.064 7.052 0.533 112.141 33 51 United States Ryan Newman Ford 1 20.300 7.288 0.236 110.837 34 42 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 1 20.886 7.874 0.586 107.728 35 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 1 21.034 8.022 0.148 106.970 36 15 J.J. Yeley Ford 1 21.066 8.054 0.032 106.807 37 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 1 21.359 8.347 0.293 105.342

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