By Holly Cain-NASCAR Wire Service
Austin Cindric celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Photo: Abbie Parr/Getty Images
Austin Cindric earned his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win in the opening five races of the 2021 season Saturday, taking a .360-second victory over 18-year old rookie Ty Gibbs in an action-packed final race restart with two laps remaining at Phoenix Raceway.
It’s the second consecutive win on the one-mile Phoenix oval for Cindric, who won there last November to claim the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. He led a race best 119 of the 200 laps en route to the win Saturday – including the final 54 laps, holding off the field on three late race restarts. The 22-year old North Carolinian is the only repeat winner so far in 2021.
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Austin Cindric makes statement with win at Phoenix
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Feb 21, 2021 12:16 PM Daytona Beach, FL - The youngest member of the Joe Gibbs Racing Team, 18-year-old Ty Gibbs, wins his first series start on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course in the Super Start 188 At DAYTONA Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Russell Branham, Director, Track Communciations, Southeast Region said in a press release: 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 in the Super Start 188 At DAYTONA Presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. 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
Ty Gibbs gets 1st win in Xfinity debut at Daytona road course
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