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Outdueling two NASCAR CupSeries champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.The win came in the 131st Cup start for the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and former Super Bowl-winning coach Joe Gibbs.Ty Gibbs also is the son of the late Coy Gibbs, who also helped run his fathers team before unexpectedly dying in his sleep on Nov. 6, 2022 the day after his son won the championship in NASCARs second-highest division.Ty Gibbs, 23, moved to the Cup series the next year and had multiple near-misses (runner-up finishes at Darlington in 2024 and Chicago last year) before reaching victory lane in his fourth season.This is one of my best experiences Joe Gibbs said. When I think about Coy, he brought Ty up the entire time. I know hes probably watching.Ty Gibbs interrupted his grandfathers postrace interview in the pits with a hug.This is the man right here, said Ty, whose mother, Heather, also is a co-owner of JGR. Ive never seen somebody work so hard in my life, him and my mom. I come to the shop at 6 a.m. or 7 p.m., and theres nobody there, but they are always there. They work their (butts) off. Hes a great role model. I wouldnt be here unless it was for him.Gibbs led the final 25 laps at Bristol, inheriting first place under caution on a strategy gamble by staying on track in his No. 54 Toyota while Ryan Blaney pitted from the lead along with Kyle Larson, who led a race-high 284 of 505 laps.Blaney and Larson both restarted outside the top five, and Gibbs was cruising toward a win before the yellow flew again on the 498th lap to set up the first overtime restart at Bristol in 11 years.Despite Blaney and Larson having tires that were nearly 100 laps fresher, Gibbs fended off the star drivers on a two-lap shootout to the checkered flag.Honestly, I didnt really know or care if I was going to win or not, Gibbs said. I thought the race was awesome. I really appreciate always racing Ryan Blaney and Kyle, too. Those guys always run me really well.Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion who started from the pole position, finished second after leading 190 laps in the No. 12 Ford.Yeah, great battle for sure, he said. I fought a lot of different cars. Gave it my best shot on the last restart. Was close but just couldnt get it done.Larson, the defending Cup Series champion who won the first two stages, finished third and remained winless in the past 32 races with his No. 5 Chevrolet.The Toyotas of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five.Super happy for Ty, Briscoe said of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Its been a long time coming. To do it the way he did it, on old tires, to beat the two guys that dominated all day long, that was impressive. Just super happy for him and the whole family.Gibbs became the sixth NASCAR driver to earn his first Cup victory at Bristol, joining Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1986), Ernie Irvan (1990), Elliott Sadler (2001) and Kurt Busch (2002).Its awesome to be with great people, the younger Gibbs said. To be in this position is great. Id love for my father to have seen this. I know he knew it was going to happen and expected it as well. Yeah, it was a great day for us. This is our family, so its just such a great deal.Hendrick woesWhile Larson excelled at the front, two of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates were struggling mightily.William Byron started from the rear because of unapproved adjustments to his No. 24 Chevrolet, which had steering problems in practice and qualifying Saturday. Byron, who has led at every active track but Bristol, was off the pace from the start and finished five laps down.Returning frommissing four races because of vertigo, Alex Bowman started 27th and finished last after being involved in a multicar crash started by Shane van Gisbergen.I was fine, just a frustrating day, Bowman said. Thought we were OK in practice and then obviously qualified bad and then just really struggled with the handling today. Bummer. Hate that we didnt get a chance to work on it and make it better and finish the race, but its kind of outside our control. When you run that bad, stuff can happen, and it happened to us.Up nextThe NASCAR Cup Series will race April 19 at Kansas Speedway, the first of three consecutive tracks 1.5 miles and longer. Hendrick Motorsports has won three of the past four races at Kansas with Kyle Larsonand Chase Elliott winning last year at the oval in Kansas City, Kansas.___ AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

Outdueling two NASCAR CupSeries champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.The win came in the 131st Cup start for the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner and former Super Bowl-winning coach Joe Gibbs.Ty Gibbs also is the son of the late Coy Gibbs, who also helped run his fathers team before unexpectedly dying in his sleep on Nov. 6, 2022 the day after his son won the championship in NASCARs second-highest division.Ty Gibbs, 23, moved to the Cup series the next year and had multiple near-misses (runner-up finishes at Darlington in 2024 and Chicago last year) before reaching victory lane in his fourth season.This is one of my best experiences Joe Gibbs said. When I think about Coy, he brought Ty up the entire time. I know hes probably watching.Ty Gibbs interrupted his grandfathers postrace interview in the pits with a hug.This is the man right here, said Ty, whose mother, Heather, also is a co-owner of JGR. Ive never seen somebody work so hard in my life, him and my mom. I come to the shop at 6 a.m. or 7 p.m., and theres nobody there, but they are always there. They work their (butts) off. Hes a great role model. I wouldnt be here unless it was for him.Gibbs led the final 25 laps at Bristol, inheriting first place under caution on a strategy gamble by staying on track in his No. 54 Toyota while Ryan Blaney pitted from the lead along with Kyle Larson, who led a race-high 284 of 505 laps.Blaney and Larson both restarted outside the top five, and Gibbs was cruising toward a win before the yellow flew again on the 498th lap to set up the first overtime restart at Bristol in 11 years.Despite Blaney and Larson having tires that were nearly 100 laps fresher, Gibbs fended off the star drivers on a two-lap shootout to the checkered flag.Honestly, I didnt really know or care if I was going to win or not, Gibbs said. I thought the race was awesome. I really appreciate always racing Ryan Blaney and Kyle, too. Those guys always run me really well.Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion who started from the pole position, finished second after leading 190 laps in the No. 12 Ford.Yeah, great battle for sure, he said. I fought a lot of different cars. Gave it my best shot on the last restart. Was close but just couldnt get it done.Larson, the defending Cup Series champion who won the first two stages, finished third and remained winless in the past 32 races with his No. 5 Chevrolet.The Toyotas of Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five.Super happy for Ty, Briscoe said of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Its been a long time coming. To do it the way he did it, on old tires, to beat the two guys that dominated all day long, that was impressive. Just super happy for him and the whole family.Gibbs became the sixth NASCAR driver to earn his first Cup victory at Bristol, joining Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1986), Ernie Irvan (1990), Elliott Sadler (2001) and Kurt Busch (2002).Its awesome to be with great people, the younger Gibbs said. To be in this position is great. Id love for my father to have seen this. I know he knew it was going to happen and expected it as well. Yeah, it was a great day for us. This is our family, so its just such a great deal.Hendrick woesWhile Larson excelled at the front, two of his Hendrick Motorsports teammates were struggling mightily.William Byron started from the rear because of unapproved adjustments to his No. 24 Chevrolet, which had steering problems in practice and qualifying Saturday. Byron, who has led at every active track but Bristol, was off the pace from the start and finished five laps down.Returning frommissing four races because of vertigo, Alex Bowman started 27th and finished last after being involved in a multicar crash started by Shane van Gisbergen.I was fine, just a frustrating day, Bowman said. Thought we were OK in practice and then obviously qualified bad and then just really struggled with the handling today. Bummer. Hate that we didnt get a chance to work on it and make it better and finish the race, but its kind of outside our control. When you run that bad, stuff can happen, and it happened to us.Up nextThe NASCAR Cup Series will race April 19 at Kansas Speedway, the first of three consecutive tracks 1.5 miles and longer. Hendrick Motorsports has won three of the past four races at Kansas with Kyle Larsonand Chase Elliott winning last year at the oval in Kansas City, Kansas.___ AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

Jannik Sinner claimed his first major clay court title earlier today, beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5) 6-4 in the Monte Carlo Masters final.It was the 17th meeting between these two brilliant rivals, and fans were hoping for fireworks on Court Reiner III.But the wind had other ideas.Conditions in Monaco made life difficult for both players, and it wasn't quite the spectacle everyone had been anticipating.Still, the match drew plenty of attention, including from retired three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray, who couldn't resist offering his expert analysis on social media as the action unfolded.During the tightly contested opening set, Murray took to X to share his thoughts on what would separate the two players."Both guys struggling playing with the wind so far.you need to play with more patience and much higher margin for error when it's like this.. the one who recognises this and adjusts quickest will win.." the former world number one wrote.It turned out to be spot on.The Scottish tennis legend posted his observation just before Alcaraz and Sinner headed into a first-set tiebreak, and his prediction about adaptation proving decisive would prove remarkably accurate as the match progressed.Sinner showed exactly the composure Murray had described, fighting back from a break down in both sets to secure victory.In the second set, Alcaraz grabbed an early break with a stunning passing shot after a 12-shot rally, but he couldn't hold onto his advantage.The Spaniard attempted a dropshot that drifted wide of the tramlines, letting Sinner level at 3-3.Then, leading 40-15 on serve, Alcaraz's errors crept back in, and Sinner pounced to break again.The Italian won the final five games to seal the title.Alcaraz looked frustrated throughout, racking up 45 unforced errors during the two-hour 15-minute contest.The victory saw Sinner reclaim the world number one ranking from his Spanish rival, moving to 13,400 points, just 160 ahead of Alcaraz.Speaking after lifting the trophy, Sinner reflected on the challenging conditions."It was a very strange match, because it was very windy. The conditions were not warm, which, you know, the ball is less bouncy that [makes it] a little bit easier to play tennis in general," he said."But I tried. I think I was serving well in the important moments in the first set. In the tiebreak, I was very, very accurate."The 24-year-old Italian now heads into the clay season with serious momentum, having already won at Indian Wells and Miami this year.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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