
Ty Gibbs Wins at Bristol: A NASCAR Simulator Story
On April 12, 2026, Ty Gibbs crossed the finish line at Bristol Motor Speedway 0.055 seconds ahead of Ryan Blaney to claim his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory, on 95-lap-old tires, in overtime, with the whole field pushing hard behind him. Wins like that are built long before race day. For Ty, that preparation started in 2017, when Joe Gibbs Racing first invested in a SimCraft APEX for his driver development. This is that story.

