Ty Gibbs Penalty Release Leads To Outrage Against NASCAR as Brandon Jones “Free Pass” Claims Gain Volume
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TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 01: Ty Gibbs, driver of the #23 Monster Energy Toyota, walks the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 01, 2022 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Earlier, there was a bit of a controversial incident during the Xfinity Series race. In the final couple of laps, Brandon Jones was leading from Ty Gibbs, when the second-place driver did a bump and run. Unfortunately, the bump was hard enough to spin Jones out of the race, handing the win to Gibbs.
However, it is worth mentioning that NASCAR elected not to hand out any penalties. Instead, they deemed it as the two drivers simply racing for the win, and was not intentional at all. They acknowledged that the move was aggressive, but not at all malicious, so they decided to consider it a racing incident.
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How did fans react to the Ty Gibbs and Brandon Jones ruling?
Safe to say, a large number of fans were not too please at Gibbs getting away scot free. Many of them demanded that Jones should be granted a free pass for the next race. The worst part of the incident was that it effectively rules Jones out of Championship 4 contention. Furthermore, Ty Gibbs broke the unwritten rule about not crashing into your own teammate.
Then Jones gets a free pass next week
— Austin Rains (@AustinRains96) October 30, 2022
If NASCAR won't police it, the drivers will. Brandon Jones just got a free pass
— NASCAR Forgotten Crashes (@LostCrashes) October 30, 2022
Oh dear, let’s see how he does when he takes over the 18 next year! Bud is gonna be in for a rude awakening
— Riano Rios (@RRP88) October 30, 2022
piss one driver off hes done lol
— Mike 😃 (@mikexav_) October 30, 2022
Other fans declared that if NASCAR was not going to punish these incidents, the drivers themselves will take vigilante action. In other words, any punishment meted out to Ty Gibbs, could come from his rivals, possibly Jones himself. A few people even said that if or when Ty Gibbs takes over the #18 Cup car, he might be in for a rude awakening.
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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – SEPTEMBER 10: Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Reser’s Fine Foods Toyota, walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on September 10, 2022 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Personally I think this is the right call, let Brandon Jones pay back gibbs how he sees fit. Nascar needs to also let that happen without intervening
— Andrew Roles (@aroles02) October 30, 2022
I think one of the JRM drivers said “maybe we’re gonna get a new teammate a race early!” Revenge is a dish served cold. No help from the 19 next week 😉
— Sarah (@bluesapphire331) October 30, 2022
This just means if you’re Jones, you need to tactfully “get loose” underneath him at Phoenix. Or maybe “accidentally” wash up the track into his LR, just not a Kenseth vs Logano style take out. Plausible deniability. Apologies from Ty mean nothing, has has proven that. No remorse
— Greg Jodeit (@GJodeit) October 30, 2022
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Well, it was intentional wrecking for a win which has never been loved…but NASCAR doesn't really officiate it. This fits what they've done, "boys have at it," and precedent. Of course, this makes a JRM championship almost a sure thing…it all works itself out.
— Mark Jarman (@markjarman) October 30, 2022
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This is largely because, if he deliberately takes out a Cup driver, they won’t hesitate to put him in his place. Others admitted that NASCAR taking a hands off approach was the right call. According to them, Brandon Jones deserved to deal out some sweet piping hot revenge. Few fans even predicted that Jones might not even help Ty Gibbs in his bid to win the Xfinity Series title in the season finale. At least NASCAR has a new controversy to talk about, replacing the Bubba Wallace-Kyle Larson one.
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