Tragic news: Hours after his son TyGibbs won the NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, JoeGibbsRacing vice chairman and chief operating officer Coy Gibbs passed away in his sleep. He was 49.
At about 3 p.m. ET, JGR released the following statement:confirms that Coy Gibbs went to be with the Lord in his sleep last night. The family appreciates all the thoughts and prayers and asks for privacy at this time.”
On Saturday night, Coy was at Phoenix Raceway as his 20-year-old son, Ty, driving for the family’s team, won his seventh race of the year and captured his first NASCAR championship. Gibbs was a linebacker at Stanford University from 1991 to 1994. Gibbs made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Series in 2000, sharing the driving duties of the No. 18 Chevrolet with his brother, J.D., who died in 2019 from complications following a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease, also at the age of 49.
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