Team owner Joe Gibbs' grandson downplays inevitable rookie award.
It’s over, but notover. Trust us on that. Not until early in November will 20-year-old Ty Gibbs be officially named NASCAR’s 2023 Cup Series Rookie of the Year. But no matter that this is just August … it’s over and has been for a while.early this month , Gibbs was well on his way to removing all doubt.
As recently as Richmond in July—it turned out to be Gragson’s last start—Gibbs was more worried about his No. 54 Toyota team’s progress than anything off-track. “I guess it’s a cool award to win, but I’m just focusing on me and trying to get better each week,” he said before beating Gragson by 13 positions in the 400-lapper at Richmond Raceway. “Really, I haven’t thought much about it. I’m not aware of what he’s doing or where he’s running during each race, just about what I’m doing.
Even after Gragson left the tour and the issue was settled, Gibbs seemed more concerned with his progress than with the award he is assured of winning. “My focus right now is trying to win at Daytona and putting the Monster Energy Toyota team in the Playoffs,” he said. “But if it works out at the end of the year that we’re rookie of the year, that’s a special award.
There’s no longer any ROTY pressure, but Gibbs should know that 13 former rookie award winners have gone on to become Cup Series champions, from Richard Petty in 1959 to Chase Elliott in 2016.Unemployed after three years as an Army officer and Vietnam vet, Al Pearce shamelessly lied his way onto a small newspaper’s sports staff in Virginia in 1969. He inherited motorsports, a strange and unfamiliar beat which quickly became an obsession.
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