NASCAR Spotter Brett Griffin Delivers a Harsh Verdict on Xfinity ‘Hero Turned Villain’ Ty Gibbs

In NASCAR, narratives can change in the blink of an eye, regardless of the series. Ty Gibbs found out the hard way, how quickly one can go from hero to villain. Last year, he was touted as the upcoming talented rookie who would take NASCAR by storm. Needless to say, he took everyone by storm, but not in the way everyone hoped.

Now, NASCAR spotter Brett Griffin is expected to talk to Gibbs soon about his season. The seeds were sown when he wrecked John Hunter Nemechek from the lead at Richmond. Admittedly, there would have been a few discontented mutterings, and people would have chalked it up to youthful exuberance. However, that opinion was quickly thrown out of the window at Martinsville when Gibbs treated the race track as a boxing ring. At that time, the one who faced his wrath was Sam Mayer, and they got involved in a major brawl.

That only served to lower Ty Gibbs’ stock even further in the NASCAR popularity charts. All in all, he went from being one of the most liked youngsters to the most hated Xfinity driver. Of course, he has not reached Kyle Busch levels of hate, but he did come dangerously close to tarnishing his reputation.

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Ty Gibbs continued his poor streak at Talladega

Now, at the Talladega Superspeedway, he did not help his own case of redemption. As it turned out, the driver was caught up in a race-ending crash with all three of his teammates. Now, every racing driver knows that there is an unwritten, but cardinal rule about not taking out your own teammate. In the end, crashing into your teammate/s only results in the team suffering a massive points loss.

According to the 19-year-old, he “kind of got out of shape” while trying to overtake Ryan Sieg. Owing to that, the out-of-control car hit Daniel Hemric and knocked him out of the race as well. Later on, a sheepish Ty Gibbs apologized to his team for the unnecessary accident.