Double Trouble for Ty Gibbs as Carson Hocevar Follows in Joey Logano’s Footsteps

In the longest stage of the day at Martinsville, things ran hot as fire. With Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney and JGR’s Denny Hamlin going teeth to teeth in this close-cut race, chaos got the upper hand for a time as the grid mixed up after a restart. In the final moments of the race, however, they climbed back up the ladder. But elsewhere, facing one of his worse days on the track was Hamlin’s young teammate Ty Gibbs.

Starting off the day at P2, behind his senior teammate Martin Truex Jr, the youngster had lent the Championship 4 contender one of his own crew mates. But his own affairs on the track did not fare all that well despite his sacrifice.

The young Carson Hocevar gives Ty Gibbs a taste of his own medicine

Despite a very strong show of speed in the initial stages, Ty Gibbs found himself on the negative of matters after he got involved in caution-inducing incidents. In stage 2, he spun out after Joey Logano bumped him from behind and overtook him. Continuing the race, he once again found himself in trouble after contact with the young Carson Hocevar, who spun Gibbs out in lap 304.

Joe Gibbs’ grandson ended the day at a lowly P18, after the repeated hits that he took. Poised to be crowned the Rookie of the Year, driver #54 known for his aggressive style of driving was for once, on the receiving end of things. Before Carson Hocevar took his shot, it was the 2-time Cup Series champion who made a spectacle out of Gibbs. Rather unsurprisingly, the move from him earned the wrath of Denny Hamlin.

Denny Hamlin jumps into the support of his team owner’s grandson

With temperatures soaring at Martinsville, the grid seethed with the hunger to get ahead of itself. After falling down the ladder, Blaney and Hamlin found their way to the top again in the final stage. But how often is it that you see a driver getting absolutely furious over an accident that did not involve them? Well, Martinsville provided that too.

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When Logano spun Gibbs out, the latter was having a solid performance running in the top 5. But the Team Penske driver quickly ran out of patience for the youngster. Laps after the final stage began, he put his front end to the #54 and kept at it until it spun out of his way.

Reacting to the accident, Hamlin said, as reported by The Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi, “F***ing Joey [Logano], he’s a f***ing piece of sh** human.”