A 15th-place finish for Ty Gibbs last weekend at Richmond Raceway — his ninth finish inside the top 15 this season — illustrated the upside the 20-year-old has as he vies for a playoff berth in his first full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series.
However, the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing driver — who currently sits 18 points below the elimination line — didn’t net another top-15 finish on young talent alone. His pit crew helped with some very fast stops. The No. 54 team delivered two of the fastest pit stops of the year, so Gibbs’ average four-tire pit time improved compared to last week’s mark. Additionally, the No. 54 team’s average four-tire pit stop time was one of only two four-tire stops to average less than 10 seconds during a race this season.
Should Gibbs continue to excel on the track while his crew capitalizes on stops on pit road, the continuous grind could continue to vault the No. 54 Toyota deeper into the postseason conversation.