NEWTON, Iowa (AP) Ty Gibbs used late pit strategy and held off teammate Christopher Bell over the final 20 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
Gibbs the 23-year-old grandson of former NFL coaching great and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs won by 0.253 seconds over his JGR teammate for his second victory of the season and his career.
Gibbs and Bell each pitted with 60 laps remaining in the 350-lap race, but while Bell took four tires, Gibbs just went with two, and came out ahead. And when leader Ross Chastain pitted on Lap 330, Gibbs took over the top spot and fought off a late charge by Bell.
Gibbs, who had an issue in the pits on his first stop of the day when his jack fell too early during the tire change, fell back to 28th before charging back.
Gibbs picked up his first career win April 12 at Bristol. He came into the race ranked fourth in the season standings, and moved into second 103 points behind Denny Hamlin.
It was the seventh second-place finish of the season for Bell, who led 108 laps. Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney, who won the inaugural 2024 Cup Series race at the 0.875-mile oval, was third after leading a race-high 129 laps.
Josh Berry finished fourth. It was Berrys best finish of the season, and only his third top-10 finish.
Hamlin finished fifth after having to start at the rear of the field because of unapproved adjustments to his car. Hamlin, who complained of brake problems during practice Saturday, had the brake rotors and cooling unit replaced in his car, but continued to have brake problems during the race.
Chase Briscoe was sixth. Chastain recovered to finish seventh. AJ Allmendinger was eighth, followed by defending race winner William Byron. Austin Dillon was 10th.
Up next
The Cup Series moves to Richmond Raceway on Saturday night.
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美联社艾奥瓦州牛顿电 —— 泰·吉布斯（Ty Gibbs）周日在艾奥瓦高速赛道举行的NASCAR杯系列赛中，凭借后期进站策略压制队友克里斯托弗·贝尔（Christopher Bell），最终以领先20圈的优势夺冠。
现年23岁的吉布斯（Gibbs）——前NFL传奇教练兼纳斯卡车队老板乔·吉布斯（Joe Gibbs）的孙子——以0.253秒的优势击败其JGR队友，斩获本赛季个人第二冠，同时也是其职业生涯的第二场胜利。
在总长350圈的比赛还剩60圈时，吉布斯与贝尔同时进站，但贝尔更换了四条轮胎，而吉布斯仅更换两条，出站后取得领先。当领跑的罗斯·查斯坦在第330圈进站后，吉布斯接管头名位置，并顶住了贝尔最后的猛烈追击。
吉布斯在当天首次进站时遭遇意外——更换轮胎过程中千斤顶过早脱落，导致其排名一度跌至第28位，随后才奋力追赶。
吉布斯（Gibbs）于4月12日在布里斯托尔站斩获职业生涯首冠。参赛时他在赛季积分榜上排名第四，赛后升至第二位，落后丹尼·哈姆林（Denny Hamlin）103分。
这是贝尔本赛季第七次获得亚军，他在比赛中领跑了108圈。杆位发车的瑞安·布莱尼曾在0.875英里椭圆形赛道上赢得2024年杯系列赛揭幕战，此番以全场最高的129圈领跑成绩最终位列第三。
乔什·贝里最终获得第四名。这是贝里本赛季的最佳成绩，也是他第三次跻身前十。
由于对赛车进行了未经批准的调整，哈姆林（Hamlin）被迫从赛场末尾发车，最终获得第五名。这位车手在周六练习赛中曾抱怨刹车问题，更换了刹车盘和冷却装置后，正赛中仍持续遭遇制动故障。
蔡斯·布里斯科获得第六名。罗斯·查斯坦后来居上，最终位列第七。AJ·阿尔门丁格排名第八，卫冕冠军威廉·拜伦紧随其后位居第九。奥斯汀·狄龙则以第十名完赛。
接下来
杯赛系列将于周六晚间转战里士满赛道。
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