Las Vegas Xfinity race: Ty Gibbs steals win in final laps

Ty Gibbs didn’t have the dominant car in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But he dominated when it mattered most.

On the race’s final restart with six laps to go, Gibbs took advantage of a push from Justin Allgaier to clear Noah Gragson for the lead.

Gibbs went on to lead the final six laps – the only laps he led all day – and score his first win of the season over Gragson under caution.

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The day ended well for Gibbs after he had to start from the rear for unapproved adjustments and was involved in two early dust-ups with Ryan Sieg in the race.

On Lap 3, Gibbs’ car made slight contact with Sieg’s, which was promptly sent into the Turn 4 wall. After the race was red-flagged for weather at Lap 19, Sieg and Gibbs had a conversation on pit road over the incident.

When they were through talking, Sieg was asked by Fox Sports if everything had been settled between them for the day. Sieg replied: “I don’t think so. We’ll find out.”

Here's a look at what happened between @RyanSiegRacing and @TyGibbs_ shortly after the restart. pic.twitter.com/6k8yDvRi4A

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Indeed, shortly after the race resumed, Sieg attempted to run Gibbs into the Turn 4 wall on Lap 30.

But Sieg instead spun himself out and collected Sheldon Creed and Brett Moffitt in the process. That proved to be the end of Sieg’s afternoon.

In post-race comments to Fox Sports, Gibbs was remorseful for the early contact he made with Sieg.

“It wasn’t my best decision and I’m sorry to their whole group,” said Gibbs. “Ryan’s family, they worked so hard, so I want to apologize to them.”

In regards to the final restart, Gibbs thanked Allgaier for