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==Early life== |
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Gibson was born in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], United States. He, along with his father, built and maintained cars with his brother [[Mark Gibson|Mark]] as the driver. The Gibson family found success at short tracks around central [[Florida]] and even won a 1978 track championship at [[New Smyrna Speedway]]. While attending Daytona Beach Community College, Gibson continued to race with his family but after graduating with a [[Tool and die maker|Tool and Die making]] degree, he moved to [[North Carolina]] to pursue a NASCAR career.<ref name="sh_bio"> |
Gibson was born in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], United States. He, along with his father, built and maintained cars with his brother [[Mark Gibson|Mark]] as the driver. The Gibson family found success at short tracks around central [[Florida]] and even won a 1978 track championship at [[New Smyrna Speedway]]. While attending Daytona Beach Community College, Gibson continued to race with his family but after graduating with a [[Tool and die maker|Tool and Die making]] degree, he moved to [[North Carolina]] to pursue a NASCAR career.<ref name="sh_bio">{{Cite web |url=http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/stewart-haas_racing_organizational_media_kit/Tony%20Gibson%20Bio.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717104946/http://www.truespeedcommunication.com/media_kits/stewart-haas_racing_organizational_media_kit/Tony%20Gibson%20Bio.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> |
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==Racing career== |
==Racing career== |
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Revision as of 14:59, 15 August 2019
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| Born | November 3, 1964 Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| Country | United States |
| Sport | NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series |
| Team | 41. Stewart-Haas Racing |
Tony Gibson (born November 3, 1964) is a retired American auto racing crew chief. He last worked for the #41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford driven by Kurt Busch in the NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He was the crew chief for Busch's 2017 Daytona 500 victory. Gibson worked as car chief on Alan Kulwicki’s title team of 1992 and was also the car chief on Jeff Gordon’s title teams of 1998 and 2001. With Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, Gibson, was the crew chief for racers such as Steve Park, Michael Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Mark Martin and at Stewart-Haas Racing for Ryan Newman from 2009 to the majority of 2012 and Danica Patrick for 2013 to most of 2014 before swapping drivers.[1]
Early life
Gibson was born in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. He, along with his father, built and maintained cars with his brother Mark as the driver. The Gibson family found success at short tracks around central Florida and even won a 1978 track championship at New Smyrna Speedway. While attending Daytona Beach Community College, Gibson continued to race with his family but after graduating with a Tool and Die making degree, he moved to North Carolina to pursue a NASCAR career.[2]
Racing career
Gibson started in the 1980s hanging car bodies for various NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series teams. While working as a body hanger he was befriended by Alan Kulwicki, a driver and owner in the Winston Cup Series, who was working in a nearby shop space. This led to Gibson becoming a mechanic on Kulwicki’s team in 1986. Kulwicki’s underdog team achieved a surprising Winston Cup championship win in 1992 with Gibson as car chief.[2]
After Kulwicki's death in 1993, until 1995, Gibson worked for former champion Bill Elliott helping him win the 1994 Southern 500 at Darlington.[3] Hendrick Motorsports hired Gibson to head the #24 car with driver Jeff Gordon. Serving as car chief for Gordon the combination recorded 29 victories, winning a Winston Cup title in 1998 and in 2001.
Gibson moved to Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2002 where he worked various roles. As a crew chief he worked with Steve Park and later Michael Waltrip. In 2005, he moved to the car chief position for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and later worked as his crew chief for 12 races in 2007. Gibson moved over to Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s #8 Chevrolet, in 2008, driven part-time by Mark Martin and rookie Aric Almirola. His first full season as a Sprint Cup crew chief saw him help earn 4 top-five and 12 top-10 finishes.[2]
A new race team, Stewart-Haas Racing, created by a joint venture between Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, hired Gibson to lead the #39 of Ryan Newman.[4] A decision to pit for just 2 tires led to his first victory with Newman on April 10, 2010 in the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix.[5]
In 2017, Gibson was the winning crew chief at the Daytona 500, with Kurt Busch winning the race.
In 2018, Gibson came out of retirement and became the crew chief for the 4 of Kevin Harvick after crew chief Rodney Childers got suspended for the final 2 races of the season due to a L1 spoiler penalty.
References
- ^ "Stewart-Haas Racing Announces Personnel Swap Between Nos. 10 and 41 Teams". Stewart-Haas Racing. October 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kelly, Godwin (February 9, 1996). "Gibsons keeping racing all in family". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. p. 5B. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
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External links
- Tony Gibson crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference