NASCAR insider reveals Ty Gibbs potential penalty fate, Sonoma pit road altercation under review

NASCAR reviewed the Ty Gibbs incident from this past Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway — in which he passed through Brad Keselowski‘s pit box and clipped a tire being held by the No. 6 team’s tire carrier — and determined that he did nothing wrong. However, NASCAR will review the altercation that ensued, in which No. 6 team tire carrier Telvin McClurkin confronted the No. 54 pit crew.

“NASCAR is not going to review what Ty Gibbs did at all. That is closed. They feel he did not do anything wrong,” Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic said on The Teardown podcast. “However, they are going to review the altercation on pit road between the tire carrier from the 6 team and the altercation between the 54 team. That is the only thing that is open from this…

“They looked at it already [Gibbs incident]. They did look at it in the moment and they’re good. So, it’s not that they’re burying their head in the sand. They did look at it and they absolved him and that’s that.”

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NASCAR reviewing altercation after Ty Gibbs pit road incident

McClurkin never lost control of the tire and completed the stop. He did twist his wrist, he told the TNT broadcast. McClurkin declined comment to The Athletic after the race. NASCAR said that the No. 6 team should have given Gibbs more room to enter his pit stall.

Bianchi said that he spoke with Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing competition director Chris Gabehart and RFK Racing competition director Josh Sell after the race. Gibbs was adamant he didn’t do anything wrong; Gabehart agreed, while Sell admitted they would have liked to have seen it play out differently.

“The rule is the rule, and the 54 [car] in that instance has the right of way, and the pit crew members just have to be aware enough to know that and not run into traffic unless you have to,” Gabehart said. “[McClurkin] has the right to be standing out there, but the 54 has got to get in his box first. And it’s one of those tough rules. I don’t really fault anybody on it. It just takes a lot of give-and-take in that situation. And unfortunately, they got into him.”

Gibbs continued his fine run of form, finishing seventh at Sonoma. Keselowski, who has struggled at road courses throughout his career, finished P11, his second-best finish on a road course in the Next Gen era.