Gibbs riding high on a string of top 10 finishes after Bristol

The tide continued to turn in the right direction for Ty Gibbs Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

A third-place finish was a season-best for Gibbs and the No. 54 team. It was also his second top-10 finish and second consecutive in the NASCAR Cup Series.

“It was a good day,” Gibb said. “I was kind of managing the race and figuring out the way we needed to be. It was fun. I had a blast. We’ve definitely made an improvement. Thank you to Monster Energy, SAIA, and Toyota. It was fun.”

Two weeks ago, Gibbs was 31st in the championship standings. The team, under the direction of new crew chief Tyler Allen, got off to a rocky start, finishing 25th or worse in four out of seven races.

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A quiet day at Darlington Raceway netted a ninth-place finish. He qualified 11th and managed an average running position of 13th.

Bristol was a sixth-place qualifying effort. Gibbs averaged a seventh-place running position before ultimately finishing third.

“It's definitely really nice,” Gibbs said of the recent positive stretch. “We had a really good clean day, so you know, really happy to have that. It's been a pretty chaotic start to our year. I think we're back where we're going to run.

“Really excited for the future and to get back racing after this off weekend. I think we're really capable of winning a lot this year, so we'll see what we can do and go out and have a fun time [and] have a blast."