Coy Gibbs

Coy Randall Gibbs (born December 9, 1972) is a former NASCAR driver and assistant coach with the Washington Redskins. His father is Joe Gibbs, five-time NASCAR Cup Series championship-winning owner and Pro Football Hall of Famer. Originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gibbs lives in Cornelius, North Carolina with his wife Heather and their four children, sons Ty, Case and Jett, plus daughter Elle.

Coy Gibbs
BornCoy Randall Gibbs
(1972-12-09) December 9, 1972
Huntersville, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
39 races run over 2 years
Best finish14th (2003)
First race2002 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Last race2003 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
58 races run over 3 years
Best finish10th (2001, 2002)
First race2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2002 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 21 0

Football

Gibbs was a linebacker at Stanford University from 1991–1994.[1] 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.[2]

Racing career

Gibbs made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2000, sharing the driving duties of the No. 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 Busch Series, nailing down two top-ten finishes and was named runner-up in the Rookie of the Year honors, despite not running the full Busch Series schedule unlike award winner David Stremme. He retired from racing at the conclusion of the season.

Kevin Harvick incident

In 2002 Gibbs, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, made slight contact with Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick in a Truck Series race in Martinsville Speedway. A few laps later on a restart Harvick made contact resulting in Gibbs spinning around, ending his race winning hopes. Gibbs was running 3rd at the time and believed he could have won the race. NASCAR reviewed radio comments by Harvick and parked Harvick for the remainder of the weekend and fined Harvick $35,000 for having intentionally wrecked Gibbs.[3] NASCAR determined that Harvick had violated his probation he was put on a month prior for an altercation with Greg Biffle.[4]

Motorcycle racing team

In August 2007, Gibbs announced the formation of Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross (JGRMX) competing in the AMA motocross and supercross championships.[5][6] The raceshop for JGRMX will be less than 1 mile away from the NASCAR Cup Series teams located in Huntersville, North Carolina.[5] Gibbs headed up the operation along with help from motocross industry veteran David Evans. The team had riders James Stewart and Davi Milsaps signed to race for the 2012 season.

Past riders have included:

  • Josh Hansen
  • Josh Summey
  • Cody Cooper
  • Josh Grant
  • Justin Brayton

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 NBSC Pts
2002 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL
41		 CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN
14		 MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI
27		 DAR RCH DOV 61st 416
Chevy KAN
21		 CLT MEM
30		 ATL CAR PHO HOM
2003 18 Pontiac DAY
39		 TAL
9		 DAY
17		 14th 3213
Chevy CAR
14		 LVS
16		 DAR
14		 BRI
27		 TEX
10		 NSH
30		 CAL
13		 RCH
24		 GTY
36		 NZH
21		 CLT
24		 DOV
25		 NSH
31		 KEN
15		 MLW
24		 CHI
20		 NHA
19		 PPR
17		 IRP
25		 MCH
37		 BRI
22		 DAR
23		 RCH
20		 DOV
18		 KAN
21		 CLT
26		 MEM
25		 ATL
25		 PHO
28		 CAR
33		 HOM
31

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NCWTC Pts
2000 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Chevy DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR
18		 PIR GTY
32		 MEM PPR
19		 EVG TEX KEN
19		 GLN MLW
28		 NHA
16		 NZH
24		 MCH IRP
DNQ		 CIC
13		 RCH
DNQ		 DOV
33		 TEX
34		 CAL
29		 27th 1226
48 NSV
16
2001 20 DAY
7		 HOM
11		 MMR
13		 MAR
DNQ		 GTY
22		 DAR
15		 PPR
31		 DOV
5		 TEX
7		 MEM
5		 MLW
13		 KAN
9		 KEN
19		 NHA
14		 IRP
13		 NSH
10		 CIC
23		 NZH
20		 RCH
18		 SBO
12		 TEX
7		 LVS
12		 PHO
31		 CAL
14		 10th 2875
Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Chevy MAR
26
2002 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Chevy DAY
28		 DAR
23		 MAR
21		 GTY
22		 PPR
9		 DOV
6		 TEX
8		 MEM
8		 MLW
3		 KAN
3		 KEN
7		 NHA
6		 MCH
7		 IRP
18		 NSH
12		 RCH
6		 TEX
2		 SBO
4		 LVS
15		 CAL
6		 PHO
6		 HOM
12		 10th 3010

References
  1. Pockrass, Bob (January 31, 2014). "NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing". Sporting News. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  2. Coy Gibbs to Return to Racing
  3. Kurz, Hank Jr. (April 15, 2002). "NASCAR parks Harvick after truck incident". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, VA. p. B8. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  4. Pearce, Al (April 15, 2002). "Most Agree: Harvick Got What Was Coming To Him". Daily Press. Newport News, VA. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  5. "NASCAR drivers, Joe Gibbs get behind Supercross". usatoday.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. "JGRMX Team". jgrmx.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  • Coy Gibbs driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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