Ty Gibbs was not happy with Tyler Reddick during the Nascar Cup cook out in Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon when Denny Hamlin won the race after finishing the fifth place in Homestead last week.
The incident between Gibbs and Reddick on Tour 298. Gibbs became too wide in one of the corners, and Reddick tried to slide under it. Just when Gibbs was going down to correct, Reddick got into his back and went to Gibbs.
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The Nascar Ty Gibbs Cup series, #54, during practice and qualification for Cook Out 400 in Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, on March 29, 2025. (Images Jim Dedmon-Imagn)
The transmission listened to the Radio de Gibbs, and the driver of car No. 54 was unhappy.
“Simply release this, please. Keep me away from that little one and after this race,” he said in reference to Reddick.
The two pilots had an animated conversation after the race, but the colder heads seemed to prevail.
Hamlin collected his first victory of the 2025 season after starting the race in fifth. He led 274 of the 400 laps and picked up 53 points to accompany him. It was ninth in stage 1 and first in stage 2. In addition, there were 4.6 seconds ahead of the finalist of the second place Christopher Bell.
It was the first time that Hamlin won in Martinsville in 10 years. He raised a flag when he left his car, which said “11 against the world.”
The Nascar Cup series driver, Denny Hamlin, #11, celebrates his victory during the Cook Out 400 in Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, on March 30, 2025. (Images Jim Dedmon-Imagn)
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“We had the feeling [in the early 2010s] We were only better than anyone, “said Hamlin, through Fox Sports.” It was easy. I didn’t have to do all the work I do now.
“It was aggravating to be the best best on this track during the last five years, just never have it.” It is “the ability to control a race, run as fast as you need to lead the race and get away when you want. We had it today. ‘
Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson completed the first five. Ross Chastain, Ryan Precece, Joey Logano, Chase Briscoe and Todd Gilliland completed the Top 10.
The Pilot of the Nascar Tyler Reddick Cup series, #45, during practice and qualification for Cook Out 400 in Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, on March 29, 2025. (Images Jim Dedmon-Imagn)
Gibbs ended in 13th and Reddick behind him in 14th.
