Ty Gibbs finally gets first Cup win, more NASCAR Bristol winners, losers

Ty Gibbs , at age 23, is too young for a winless streak to be truly meaningful. But Gibbs had gone 130 starts, across 3. 5 seasons, without a Cup Series victory heading into the Food City 500 on April 12 in the NASCAR Bristol race.

The expectations for Gibbs were (and still are) understandably high coming into his NASCAR Cup career, in top-tier equipment with family-run Joe Gibbs Racing after two dominant seasons in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, including a championship at age 20 in 2022. Gibbs wiped any concerns away with a memorable first career Cup Series victory, holding off Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson on older tires to claim the checkered flag. Here are the winners and losers from the NASCAR Bristol race: BRISTOL RESULTS: Who won the NASCAR Bristol race?

Winner is Ty Gibbs, plus full results NASCAR Bristol winners and losers as Ty Gibbs finally gets his first Cup win Winner: Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs is a NASCAR Cup Series winner for the first time. Gibbs steadily moved up in the final half of the race, working into the top five and then to second before the pivotal moment in the race. Crew chief Tyler Allen opted to stay out as the other two chief contenders (Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney) pitted with less than 20 laps to go.

Gibbs held on to the lead ahead of Tyler Reddick before Larson and Blaney quickly closed in. And it looked like Gibbs was starting to pull away when Riley Herbst's spin with four laps to go set up an overtime finish. In OT, Gibbs lined up on the outside and never allowed Larson to drive to his outside from the second row while keeping Blaney pinned on the inside.