- Coy Gibbs
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Coy Gibbs Born December 9, 1972
Huntersville, North CarolinaNASCAR Nationwide Series career Best finish 14th - 2003 (Busch Series) First race 2002 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) Last race 2003 Ford 300 (Homestead) Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 58 races run over 3 years Best finish 10th - 2001, 2002 (Craftsman Truck Series) First race 2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville) Last race 2002 Ford 200 (Homestead) Wins Top tens Poles 0 21 0 Coy Gibbs (born December 9, 1972) is a former NASCAR driver and assistant coach with the Washington Redskins. His father is NASCAR Championship owner and Hall of Fame former Head Coach Joe Gibbs of the Washington Redskins. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gibbs currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina with his wife Heather and their four children, sons Ty, Case and Jet plus daughter Elle.
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Racing career
Gibbs made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000, sharing the driving duties of the #18 Chevrolet with his brother J.D. In 2001, he began racing a full time schedule, posting two top-five finishes, and then finishing 10th in points the following year. In 2003, he replaced Mike McLaughlin in the NASCAR Busch Series, nailing down two top-ten finishes and was named runner-up in the Rookie of the Year honors, despite running the full Busch Series schedule unlike award winner, David Stremme. He retired from racing at the conclusion of the season.
Football
Gibbs was a linebacker at Stanford University from 1991-1994. He led the team in tackles his senior season. In 2004, after his father was re-hired as the Redskins coach, he joined the team as an Offensive Quality Control assistant, serving in that capacity until 2007.[1]
Ownership
In August 2007, Gibbs announced the formation of Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross (JGRMX). The raceshop for JGRMX will be less than 1 mile away from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams located in Huntersville, NC. Coy will head up the operation along with help from motocross industry veteran David Evans.
They have riders Josh Grant and Justin Brayton signed to race for 2010. JGRMX will race both riders in the Monster Energy Supercross series, and also the AMA National Motocross Championship.
Past riders have included Josh Hansen, Josh Summey, Cody Cooper.
Kevin Harvick Incident
While he was a driver in the Craftsman Truck Series, Gibbs was wrecked by Kevin Harvick in a Truck Series race at Martinsville. Reportedly it was said on Harvick's radio that he was going to dump Coy Gibbs but it was not true. Nevertheless, Harvick got parked by NASCAR the next day as he did not race the Virginia 500 and Kenny Wallace drove the race instead.
Information
- Coy Gibbs appears in NASCAR Thunder 2003 and NASCAR Thunder 2004 (as an unlockable Busch Series driver) driving the #20 ConAgra Foods (2003) and #18 MBNA Chevrolet (2004).
- In the racing publication Racing Milestones, his name is incorrectly spelled as Cory Gibbs.
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Joe Gibbs Racing Sprint Cup drivers Nationwide Series drivers Developmental drivers Max Gresham · Brett Moffitt · Bubba Stewart · Darrell Wallace, Jr.Partnerships and affiliations Crew chiefs Mike Ford (#11-Sprint) · Dave Rogers (#18-Sprint) · Greg Zipadelli (#20-Sprint) · Kevin Kidd (#11-Nationwide) · Jason Ratcliff (#18-Nationwide) · Adam Stevens (#20-Nationwide)Management Former winners Categories:- 1972 births
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