Logano, a two-time NASCAR Cup champion (NCS), and Gibbs, final 12 months’s NCS Rookie of the Yr, had quite a few run-ins all through the 2023 season.
It seems issues have not gotten any higher between the 2 as the brand new 12 months of racing will get underway. Gibbs led a race-high 84 laps, however spun late and by no means recovered. He radioed afterwards: “One thing is damaged within the transmission.”
He completed 18th, whereas Logano went on to complete fourth.
The Crew Penske driver was fired up after Gibbs had moved Logano up the monitor on a late-race restart whereas they battled for the lead. Gibbs initially motioned for Logano to talk with him in personal, however Logano then grabbed Gibbs and the 2 engaged in a heated debate on the liftgate of the No. 54 hauler.
Logano will be instructed telling Gibbs, “I will keep in mind it” earlier than the minute-long dialog ends with out a decision.
Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, Monster Vitality Toyota Camry
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Talking with the media afterwards, Gibbs defined what occurred out on monitor: “I ran him up, however when you return and have a look at the replay, the 12 [Ryan Blaney] sort of chucks him out of the best way too. It’s simply onerous racing there on the finish. This place is admittedly onerous to get your tires heat as soon as the warning comes out – as you would see, everybody was sliding round, so I simply bought in there deep and washed up into him. We simply bought all twisted up after that.”
Logano did not instantly focus on what went down between he the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, however he did touch upon the aggressive racing he noticed on the 1/4-mile monitor.
“The racing is normally an eye fixed for an eye fixed extra instances than not, or attempting to come back out with some clarification of what occurred,” mentioned Logano, who received the inaugural L.A. Conflict in 2022. “Errors are errors. Right here clearly lends for lots of issues, and I have been on each ends of it. I bought Kyle final 12 months, so … it is a part of racing right here, and also you strive to not as a result of you recognize, yeah, there’s greater races down the road, however typically you are in a nasty spot and also you simply make a mistake. That may occur, too. Or it is simply flat-out aggressive in doing that sort of stuff. I do not know.”
