Race Lineup

The official 2021 Super Start Batteries 188 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Daytona Road Course.

Super Start Batteries 188

Saturday, February 20th, 2021

Daytona Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 7 Toyota
  • 4 Ford

  • Sunday, February 21st, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Ty Gibbs gets first win in Xfinity debut at the Daytona Road Course

Ty Gibbs turned in a historic NASCAR Xfinity Series debut Saturday night, the 18-year-old won in his first series start – holding off reigning champion Austin Cindric on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course.

Gibbs took the lead on a restart in double overtime and held off the field by a comfortable 1.726-seconds at the finish line, dropping to his knees to reflect after climbing out of his No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota – a car owned by his grandfather, NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs.

With his win in the Super Start Batteries 188 at Daytona Presented by O'Reilly, Gibbs becomes only the sixth driver to win in his first series start – matching a feat achieved by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt in 1982 and most recently, Kurt Busch, 15 years ago.

Gibbs becomes the youngest driver to win an NASCAR Xfinity Series road course event. At 18 years, four months, 16 days, he breaks the record held – ironically – by Cindric (20 years old).

By all measures, it was an emotional victory following an intense, exciting race on the 14-turn, 3.61-mile road course. Cindric led the most laps 29 of the 56 – but could not catch Gibbs in the end.

"I just cannot thank everybody right now, really this is like a dream come true for me, it's just awesome," said an emotional Gibbs, who turned his first ever laps in the car and made his first career pit stop Saturday evening.

"I really didn't think I had it there," he said of the intense racing at the end. "I fought back and we won."

Gibbs teammates Daniel Hemric and Brandon Jones finished third and fourth, followed by Jeb Burton and another of the JGR family, Harrison Burton. Miguel Paludo, Brandon Brown, Justin Haley, and Jeremy Clements rounded out the top 10.

A victory for Cindric would have been his second in as many races in 2021 and he turned in an inspired drive back to the front to contend for the win. He and A.J. Allmendinger – another road course racing star – collided while running first and second heading to the Stage 1 checkered flag. Allmendinger's car was badly damaged and he ran laps down the remainder of the race.

Cindric's No. 22 Team Penske Ford was damaged as well, but the team made repairs and Cindric went to work. He returned to the race after multiple pit stops in 33rd place, but still on the lead lap. His road racing skills and the team's strategy calls ultimately put him in position to contend for the win.

"Obviously I don't want to be racing to a stage that aggressively, I'd love to see a replay and hopefully we can avoid something like that because obviously A.J. and I were going to be fighting for a win later," Cindric said.

"I hated having that much damage to our PPG Ford Mustang that early. Just seemed like he was trying to block there, don't know if he knew I was there or not. Sucks it's over with and we salvaged a good finish. Congratulations to Ty."

Gibbs grandfather, who owns the team, climbed down from the pit box and stood behind it to watch the final moments of the race. Clearly Ty Gibbs win was an emotional achievement for the entire family.

During a late race pit stop, the teenager Ty was asking his team for peanut butter crackers. An hour later, he was hoisting the biggest trophy of his young career.

"I don't even know how to feel," Gibbs said. "This is really hard for me to explain. After my uncle [JGR President JD Gibbs] passed away, it's been hard for me. It's just a dream come true. I'm just rambling. I'm excited. Mixed emotions for sure. This is just awesome."

Of his tight-knit family, Gibbs again wiped tears.

"The family is everything to me, they do so much for me," Gibbs said. "I just can't thank them enough, this is just amazing; this is a dream come true. It's all the man above, I'm sorry I'm a wreck I didn't think this was going to happen at all. This is awesome, I can't thank everybody enough watching and last week I had a terrible interview. I want to apologize for everybody, I just can't thank everybody enough. This is just amazing."

Following the second race of the season, Team Penske's Austin Cindric holds the points lead by 24 markers over Joe Gibbs Racing's Harrison Burton in second.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 52
  • Laps Actual: 56 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 01.726 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 35 Minutes 5 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 78.213
  • Cautions: 7 for 14 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,408 (33.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • DAYTONA Road Course
  • Super Start Batteries 188 At DAYTONA Presented by O'Reilly
  • Race Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No. 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the Super Start Batteries 188 At DAYTONA Presented by O?Reilly, his first victory in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career debut.
  • Ty Gibbs becomes the sixth driver to win in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut, joining Dale Earnhardt (1982, Daytona), Joe Ruttman (1982, Dover), Ricky Rudd (1983, Dover), Terry Labonte (1985, Charlotte) and Kurt Busch (2006, Texas).
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at the DAYTONA Road Course. It is his second top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at DAYTONA Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (1st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ty Gibbs becomes the youngest driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to win a road course event at 19 years, 4 months, 16 days. Record was previously held by Austin Cindric (20 years old) at the 2019 Mid-Ohio race.
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Race lineup for the Super Start Batteries 188 at Daytona Road Course
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
37 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 ForeverLawn Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
33 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PFJ American Heart Association Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
1 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Quartz Hill Records Our Motorsports Joe Williams
8 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TaxSlayer Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
14 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 JD Motorsports Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
10 5 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 J.F. Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
12 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 The Big Squeezy Jd Motorsports Ricky Viers
9 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bucked Up Energy Ss Green Light Racing Mike Tyska
25 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
35 8 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BRANDT Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
26 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber Camo BR… Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
3 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 State Water Heaters Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
29 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
40 13 David Starr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Whataburger Motorsports Business Management Clinton Cram
32 15 Colby Howard Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Project HOPE Foundation Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
6 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Ellsworth Advisors Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
38 17 Cody Ware Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Jason Miller
5 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
39 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Barracuda Pumps Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
4 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
2 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 PPG Team Penske Brian Wilson
21 23 Natalie Decker Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Red Street Records Rss Racing Paul Clapprood
19 126 Kris Wright Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 F.N.B. Corporation Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
36 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Globocam / Prolon Controls Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
27 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMR Construction and Roofing Rss Racing Kevin Starland
20 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gilreath Farms Red Angus Martins Motorsports Buddy Sisco
11 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Picture Perfect Mike Harmon Racing Alan Collins Jr
28 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Vodka Spiked Cooler Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 All South Electric Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
30 52 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Panini America Means Motorsports Tim Brown
15 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
34 61 Stephen Leicht Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 JaniKing Hattori Racing Enterprises Patrick Magee
17 66 Timmy Hill Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Cable Enterprises Motorsports Business Management Mark Hillman
7 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Jabs Construction Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
31 74 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Covert Scouting Cameras Mike Harmon Racing Ed Jewett
13 78 Jesse Little Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 BJ McLeod Motorsports Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
23 90 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Chinchor Electric / Danus Dgm Racing Eddie Troconis
22 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alloy Employer Services / General F… Dgm Racing Ryan London
16 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
24 99 Andy Lally Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Energy Air Inc Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe