On SiriusXMNASCAR Radio, NASCAR's SVP of Competition Elton Sawyer confirmed the cause of the TyGibbs car fire during practice for TheClash. It was unrelated to last year's issues:
During practice for the pre-season exhibition race, a fire broke out inside the cockpit of Gibbs' No. 54He escaped the flames unharmed, and the team managed to repair the car in time to make the main event on Sunday.
On Tuesday while speaking to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the sanctioning body made it clear that this latest incident is unrelated to last year's woes. "You know, obviously we ran mufflers there . We worked closely after that incident with the team. First time at an event with mufflers and the installation wasn't quite where it needed to be. We worked with the team, we got there after the incident and got it corrected. They got everything tight and where it needed to be.
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