NASCAR’s Ty Gibbs Remains Focused Amid Team’s Lawsuit Drama

Ty Gibbs shouldn’t be letting the noise round him NASCAR Cup Series crew get to him. As Joe Gibbs Racing and the crew’s former competitors director Chris Gabehart are amid a authorized battle, Gibbs is staying quiet on the matter.

One of the newest developments was Gabehart submitting a declaration, the place he spoke Gibbs’ dedication to the game. I’ve expressed “serious concerns” with how the motive force and crew have been being dealt with.

Gibbs selected not to discuss Gabehart’s feedback on Saturday. Instead, the motive force of the No. 54 is dialed in acting at a excessive stage for his grandfather’s crew.

Ty Gibbs on Gabehart’s feedback: ‘I will not communicate something on it’

In the declaration tied to the JGR, Gabehart mentioned Gibbs wasn’t being held to the identical normal as fellow JGR drivers Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, and Denny Hamlin have been.

Instead, Gabehart mentioned that the No. 54 was instantly managed by proprietor Joe Gibbs “and everyone in the organization knew it.”

Furthermore, Gabehart mentioned he was pressured into being a behind-the-scenes crew chief for Gibbs final yr, and wound up calling 9 races from the No. 54 pit field in the course of the 2025 season.

On high of that, when it got here to competitors conferences, Gabehart gave an instance of how Gibbs received special treatmentin that he “was not held to the same meeting attendance standards as others on the team.”

Despite Gabehart’s feedback, Gibbs did not remark when requested in regards to the matter by FOX motorsports reporter Bob Pockrass. The former O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion believes he works as exhausting as anybody and is concentrated on performing nicely.

“I still work as hard as anybody else, no matter what anybody says and can say. … I won’t speak anything on it. I’ll let my performance on track handle it,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs is amid his fourth full-time season of NASCAR Cup Series racing. The 23-year-old has but to win a Cup race in 126 profession begins. After three seasons, Gibbs has posted a finest end of fifteenth within the factors standings, again in 2024.

Joe Gibbs Racing suing Chris Gabehart over confidential info

Last month, Joe Gibbs Racing sued former competitors director Chris Gabehart. The authorized battle stemmed after Gabehart left JGR forward of the 2026 season to hitch Spire Motorsports because the crew’s Chief Motorsports Officer.

The alleged team that Gabehart stole “proprietary information” and took photographs of his laptop computer display screen “in order to conceal that he was accessing and taking JGR’s confidential information and trade secrets.”

In flip, Gabehart mentioned in his assertion that the function as competitors director was not what it was bought to him as. Initially, Gabehart mentioned he was promised a “COO-type” function the place he would oversee all competitors elements.

“Instead, I found myself constantly intertwined with Coach Gibbs, senior JGR executives and family members when making even routine competition decisions — a dysfunctional organizational structure that I could not continue in,” Gabehart said.

Joe Gibbs Racing presently fields 4 full-time vehicles within the NASCAR Cup Series. In addition, JGR has 4 entries within the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and one full-time automotive within the ARCA Menards Series.

John Breeden John Breeden is a NASCAR contributor at Heavy Sports. He has 5 years of sports activities journalism expertise. I’ve graduated from James Madison University in May 2022 with a level in media arts and design. John can be a sports activities reporter for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Previously, John was a sports activities author for JMU’s The Breeze and a NASCAR content material author for Sportskeeda. More about John Breeden