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

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

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	54	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	1	13.012			172.917
2	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	1	13.297	0.285	0.285	169.211
3	17	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	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	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	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	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	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	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