Results

The 2021 Super Start Batteries 188 NASCAR XFINITY Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Daytona Road Course race.

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.
Ty Gibbs celebrates with a burnout
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 20, 2021 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Super Start Batteries 188 At Daytona Presented by O'Reilly at Daytona International Speedway.
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Super Start Batteries 188 at Daytona Road Course results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
35 6 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 2 2 0 0 43 4 1 0 0 Running
31 24 99 Andy Lally Chevrolet 12 6 6 0 55 0 0 5 0 Running
29 34 61 Stephen Leicht Toyota 8 8 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
12 14 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
38 40 13 David Starr Toyota 1 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 Transmission
34 17 66 Timmy Hill Ford 3 3 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 Running
26 25 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 18 11 7 0 56 0 0 10 5 Running
15 33 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 22 22 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
11 1 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
5 3 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 32 32 0 0 56 2 1 0 0 Running
30 37 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
21 30 52 Gray Gaulding Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 56 1 1 0 0 Running
25 38 17 Cody Ware Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
27 27 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 10 10 0 0 56 1 1 0 0 Running
16 11 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 24 21 3 0 56 0 0 8 0 Running
3 5 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 42 34 8 0 56 2 1 0 3 Running
14 13 78 Jesse Little Chevrolet 23 23 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
32 31 74 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 7 5 2 0 55 0 0 9 0 Running
9 29 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 35 28 7 0 56 0 0 0 4 Running
22 36 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
2 2 22 Austin Cindric Ford 51 35 15 1 56 29 3 1 6 Running
8 7 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 34 29 5 0 56 0 0 6 0 Running
4 39 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 37 33 4 0 56 0 0 0 7 Running
6 4 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 44 31 13 0 56 3 1 7 2 Running
10 18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 35 27 8 0 56 0 0 4 10 Running
20 9 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
17 22 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
19 10 5 Matt Mills Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
13 8 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 36 24 12 0 56 0 0 2 8 Running
28 26 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 9 9 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
39 16 98 Riley Herbst Ford 9 1 8 0 15 0 0 3 0 Accident
24 20 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
23 32 15 Colby Howard Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
36 28 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 Suspension
33 23 90 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 6 4 2 0 49 0 0 0 9 Transmission
37 12 6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 Running
7 35 8 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 30 30 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
18 19 126 Kris Wright Toyota 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Running
1 15 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 56 40 10 6 56 14 2 0 1 Running
40 21 23 Natalie Decker Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Daniel Hemric Pre-Race to the Rear Multiple Inspection Failures Tail End 0 0 White
Noah Gragson Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Noah Gragson Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 1 6 Green
Matt Mills Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 4 6 Yellow
Matt Mills Safety violation Tail End 4 6 Yellow
Bayley Currey Speeding on pit road Tail End 5 6 Yellow
Tommy Joe Martins Speeding on pit road Tail End 12 13 Yellow
AJ Allmendinger Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 16 18 Yellow
Kyle Weatherman Speeding on pit road Tail End 17 18 Yellow
Alex Labbe Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 17 18 Yellow
Timmy Hill Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 20 34 Green
AJ Allmendinger Unspecified Missed front stretch chicane went to garage and served penalty after re-entering race Pass Thru 21 35 Green
Jeffrey Earnhardt Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 29 34 Green
Tommy Joe Martins Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 31 34 Yellow
AJ Allmendinger Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 38 40 Yellow
Jade Buford Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 38 0 Yellow
Bayley Currey Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 39 40 Yellow
Ryan Vargas Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Pass Thru 45 48 Green
Bayley Currey Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 50 52 Yellow
Bayley Currey Speeding on pit road Tail End 50 52 Yellow
Preston Pardus Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 50 0 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Speeding on pit road Tail End 51 52 Yellow
Kris Wright Hand pushing car/truck more than 3 pit boxes Tail End 51 52 Yellow
Jeremy Clements Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon Tail End 51 52 Yellow