Washington and Dolphins exec Bobby Beathard, who helped build 4 Super Bowl winners, dies at 86
Bobby Beathard, a Hall of Fame general manager helped construct Super Bowl winners for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders, died Monday. That includes four Super Bowl rings and seven conference championships. His Dolphins tenure continued through 1977, a span of time that saw Miami go 63-21 in the regular season and win another Super Bowl in 1974. Beathard then spent a year as an NBC analyst before taking the Chargers general manager job. The previously moribund Chargers won their division in his third season and reached the Super Bowl in the 1994-95 season.
wftv.comTy Gibbs promoted to replace Kyle Busch in JGR's Cup car
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (AP) — Ty Gibbs was promoted to NASCAR's top Cup series on Tuesday in an expected announcement that was void of any celebration as Joe Gibbs Racing continues to mourn the loss of Gibbs' father. The Tuesday announcement that Ty Gibbs will replace Kyle Busch in JGR's Cup lineup came in a four-paragraph press release that said Gibbs will move up with Chris Gayle, his crew chief during this year's championship season. Ty Gibbs will drive the No. Ty Gibbs then won the title but learned of his father's passing at a Phoenix-area hotel the next morning. And that’s what I did (at Phoenix) in my race, and we won,” Ty Gibbs said after the race.
wftv.comTy Gibbs promoted to replace Kyle Busch in JGR's Cup car
Ty Gibbs was promoted to NASCAR's top Cup series on Tuesday in an expected announcement that was void of any celebration as Joe Gibbs Racing continues to mourn the loss of Gibbs' father. Coy Gibbs died in his sleep hours after his 20-year-old son won the Xfinity Series championship on Nov. 5 at Phoenix Raceway. Joe Gibbs, the NASCAR and NFL Hall of Famer, has lost both his sons a month before their 50th birthdays.
news.yahoo.comJGR co-owner Coy Gibbs, 49, dies hours after son wins title
“It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms that Coy Gibbs (co-owner) went to be with the Lord in his sleep last night. On Saturday, shortly before Ty Gibbs won his title, Hamlin said it had been a difficult week at JGR. I told Coy (Gibbs), ‘J.D. "Prayers to the Gibbs family," tweeted Gragson, who had open animosity toward Ty Gibbs most of the Xfinity season before congratulating him following Saturday's title. Coy Gibbs was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and lived in Cornelius, North Carolina, with his wife Heather and four children.
wftv.comUnder Dan Snyder, Washington sank from NFL elite to also-ran
When offensive innovator Joe Gibbs called the shots as a head coach destined for induction at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I hear fans say, ’Oh, I remember when ... ,” said Virgil Seay, a wideout for Washington in the early 1980s. There is no question that since Snyder took charge, Washington has been among the league’s least-competitive outfits, the dregs of the dregs, a far cry from what once was. Perhaps it was just a slip of the tongue, but also happened to be accurate, when Tanya Snyder made mention of the 90-year-old franchise’s “seven decades of fantastic football” while addressing the folks gathered in Legends Plaza before Sunday’s game. “I’m sure they think, ‘Hey, that was special.’ I just hope we get it back.”___More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFLCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comBusch leaving Gibbs, Toyota to drive for Childress in 2023
8 car starting in 2023," Busch said of moving to the team based about an hour north of Charlotte. When Childress joined Busch at the announcement, the Hall of Fame team owner presented Busch's 7-year-old son, Brexton, with a contract option to someday drive for RCR. But before that, Childress handed Busch his “signing bonus,” which was a boxed watch. Childress in 2011 tussled with Busch after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Childress and Busch, now 37 years old, long ago made amends, which helped make RCR a landing spot for Busch during his excruciatingly long free agency period.
wftv.comNASCAR: Kyle Busch announces move to Richard Childress Racing in 2023
Kyle Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing tenure is over after the 2022 season. Busch announced Tuesday that he would be heading to Richard Childress Racing in 2023. The announcement came after reports emerged Saturday that Busch would be leaving his longtime Cup Series home for RCR next season. Busch, 37, has been at Joe Gibbs Racing since 2008. Busch is now heading to a team that hasn’t won a title since the 1990s with Dale Earnhardt and JGR will likely promote team owner Joe Gibbs’ grandson Ty to replace Busch.
wftv.comElliott won't celebrate gifted Pocono win after Hamlin DQ
Chase Elliott left Pocono Raceway as a third-place finisher and learned when he landed home in Georgia that he had been declared the race winner. Hamlin was the first Cup winner to be disqualified since April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis’ victory at Wilson Speedway in North Carolina was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank. Elliott was gifted his fourth win of the season, without the Hendrick Motorsports driver ever leading a lap Sunday in his No. NASCAR ensured postrace inspections would take place at the track instead of midweek at the sanctioning body’s research and development center outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. The breakdown went like this:— Elliott received 43 points for finishing first after the postrace inspections.
wftv.comGibbs 'surprised' team hasn't signed 2-time Cup champ Busch
Joe Gibbs said he's surprised his eponymous race team has yet to sign two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch to a contract for 2023. Busch faced an uncertain future after M&M Mars announced it would pull its marketing spend at the end of this season. The company had sponsored Busch since he joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008.
news.yahoo.comTy Gibbs wins races but is viewed as NASCAR's newest villain
First things first when it comes to Ty Gibbs and his latest controversy: Gibbs didn't want to waste any time removing his helmet as he and Sam Mayer argued at Martinsville Speedway. What started as some jawing between Xfinity Series rivals on pit road escalated into a full-blown fight. Mayer repeatedly scolded Gibbs following the April 9 race and even poked his finger inside Gibbs' visor, but none of that is what led Gibbs to start throwing haymakers.
news.yahoo.comPut me in, Coach! Gibbs gets top ride on grandfather's team
Ty Gibbs is stepping into arguably the top ride in NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series. The grandson of Pro Football and NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs will race full time for his grandfather’s team in the No. Ty Gibbs is stepping into arguably the top ride in NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series. The grandson of Pro Football and NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs – who’s affectionally called Coach – will race full time for his grandfather’s team in the No. Gibbs’ Cup team features former series champions Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr., as well as three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin.
wftv.comColumn: Time for Hamlin to put up or shut up in title race
It's time to put up or shut up, Denny Hamlin. Long recognized alongside Mark Martin as the greatest NASCAR driver to never win a championship, Hamlin gets a fifth try Sunday to at long last grab that elusive Cup Series title. Johnson sliced Hamlin's points lead by more than half to 15 points that day, but more importantly he stripped Hamlin of his confidence headed into the finale.
news.yahoo.comKeselowski looks to heat up market with 2nd Charlotte win
Then a caution with two laps remaining at Charlotte Motor Speedway cluttered Elliott's clear path to the win and gave Keselowski an opening. Now Keselowski returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a Wednesday night race and a shot at consecutive victories. That was the situation we were put in.Both Keselowski and Busch could empathize with Elliott's heartbreak at Charlotte. Keselowski spoke with Elliott as the two switched spots in front of a laptop during the post-race Zoom media availability. But Elliott's team has been the most consistent late in races and Wednesday brings another chance for the driver to finally get his first win of the season.
Hamlin crew members suspended 4 races over tungsten drop
The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car and the NASCAR rule book states if it is separated at any point it is an automatic four-race suspension for the crew chief, car chief and engineer. Chris Gabehart, the crew chief, was suspended along with car chief Brandon Griffeth and engineer Scott Simmons. Sam McAulay will be the crew chief, while Eric Phillips will be car chief and Scott Eldridge the engineer. NASCAR's next four races are at Charlotte, Bristol, Atlanta and Martinsville between Wednesday night and June 10, when the suspension ends. Hamlin won not only the season-opening Daytona 500 but also won last Wednesday night at Darlington Raceway.
NASCAR all alone on motorsports biggest day of racing
The most celebrated day in motorsports has been whittled down to the third course, 600 miles around Charlotte Motor Speedway in NASCAR's longest race of the year. What began as the World 600 in 1959 became the nightcap to a spectacular day of automobile racing treasured annually by fans. It means NASCAR is alone in the spotlight Sunday night, just as NASCAR has been for the last week. Were right there and James is doing an awesome job.BUSCH VS. ELLIOTTChase Elliott flipped Busch the bird after Busch wrecked Elliott racing for the win Wednesday night. Busch went on to finish second in a 1-2 with Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing; Elliott was 38th.