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
Born	Coy Randall Gibbs (1972-12-09) December 9, 1972 Huntersville, North Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
39 races run over 2 years
Best finish	14th (2003)
First race	2002 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
Last race	2003 Ford 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
58 races run over 3 years
Best finish	10th (2001, 2002)
First race	2000 NAPA 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2002 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 21 0

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 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.[1] NASCAR determined that Harvick had violated his probation he was put on a month prior for an altercation with Greg Biffle.[2]

Football

Gibbs was a linebacker at Stanford University from 1991–1994.[3] 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.[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. Kurz, Hank Jr. (April 15, 2002). "NASCAR parks Harvick after truck incident". The Free Lance–Star. Fredricksburg, VA. p. B8. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
2. Pearce, Al (April 15, 2002). "Most Agree: Harvick Got What Was Coming To Him". Daily Press. Newport News, VA. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
3. 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.
4. Coy Gibbs to Return to Racing
5. "NASCAR drivers, Joe Gibbs get behind Supercross". usatoday.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
6. "JGRMX Team". jgrmx.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links

• Coy Gibbs driver statistics at Racing-Reference