Another ARCA Victory for Gibbs

Another ARCA victory for Gibbs in the Dutch Boy 150 for the ARCA Menards Series at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
Ty Gibbs, driver of the No. 18 Monster-Terrible Herbst-ORCA Toyota, celebrates after winning the Dutch Boy 150 for the ARCA Menards Series at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in Madison, Illinois on Saturday, August 29, 2020. Photo by Jeff Curry/ARCA Racing

Another ARCA victory for Gibbs in the Dutch Boy 150 for the ARCA Menards Series at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

Ty Gibbs didn’t wait until the last lap this time.

Returning a year later to the site of his first career ARCA Menards Series victory, the 17-year-old North Carolina driver put on an impressively dominating display Saturday night in the Dutch Boy 150 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

Despite a late-race restart, Gibbs pulled away from the field easily and drove his No. 18 Monster Energy/Terrible Herbst/ORCA Toyota across the finish line 1.716 seconds ahead of runner-up Chandler Smith.

ARCA Menards Series Point Standings

Gibbs has now won four of nine series starts this year, and picked up his Sioux Chief Showdown victory.

It was the sixth career ARCA Menards Series win in 20 starts for Gibbs, and his ninth win across the ARCA Menards, East and West series over the last two season.

Win No. 1 came at Gateway last June, when Gibbs passed Mayer in the final turns of the final lap.

There was no such dramatics this time around.

Another ARCA Win for Gibbs

Gibbs, who was fastest in practice, started fifth as the race lineup was set based on Sioux Chief Showdown owners points. But he quickly marched his way forward and powered past pole sitter Michael Self on Lap 12.

Mayer finished third at Gateway for the second consecutive year, while Max McLaughlin and ARCA Menards Series West points leader Jesse Love were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Bret Holmes finishes sixth and cut back into Self’s ARCA Menards lead. The latter spin out of a top 10 spot in the final third of the race and limped to a 15th-place finish, five laps off the pace. Holmes now trails by just seven after 13 races.

Dutch Boy 150 Results

Drew Dollar, Taylor Gray, Hailie Deegan, and Chase Cabre round out the top-ten at Gateway.

After seven of ten Sioux Chief Showdown races, Smith moved back past Self to reclaim the lead. Smith is just two points ahead of Mayer and four in front of Gibbs. Self dropped to fourth, 12 points behind Smith.

Sioux Chief Showdown Point Standings

The Dutch Boy 150 aired live on MAVTV, streamed live on TrackPass on NBC Gold and was heard live on MRN Radio.

The ARCA Menards Series will head south to Missouri’s Lebanon I-44 Speedway for the Zinsser SmartCoat 200 on Sept. 5. That race will also serve as round eight of the Sioux Chief Showdown.