Mark Gibson | |||||||
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Born | Richlands, Virginia, U.S. | August 14, 1957||||||
Awards | 1986 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 91st (1989) | ||||||
First race | 1987 Delaware 500 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 1989 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 76th (1982) | ||||||
First race | 1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1984 Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
13 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Racing Champions 200 (Tucson) | ||||||
Last race | 2002 Federated Auto Parts 200 (Nashville) | ||||||
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Mark Gibson (born August 14, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver and team owner. He is a long-time competitor in the ARCA Racing Series, and has also made occasional appearances in NASCAR competition. He helped found the ARCA team Cunningham Motorsports.
Gibson was born in Richlands, Virginia, and is a resident of Winder, Georgia. The son of racer Bo Gibson, he grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, and graduated in 1975 from Mainland High School. [1] He is married, to Jan, who was the daughter of racer Curtis Crider, and they have one daughter, Michelle.
Gibson's racing career began in 1974 when, at the age of 16, he began competing in races at Volusia County Speedway; [1] also running at New Smyrna Speedway, where he won the track's championship in 1979. [2] He began competing in the ARCA Racing Series in 1981, [1] he moved from the Daytona Beach area to central Georgia in 1985, and won the series' Rookie of the Year title in 1986. [1] He was the last ARCA driver to qualify at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) at Daytona International Speedway. [1]
A four-time winner in ARCA, Gibson became part of the first two-car team in the series when he teamed with brothers Mike and Joe Cooksey and Don Faurbach from Maurtco Motorsports.
Gibson eventually stepped out of the driver seat to concentrate on developing new talent. He, along with Briggs Cunningham III and Kerry Scherer started Cunningham Motorsports in 1997 as CSG Motorsports, racing in ARCA and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Scherer moved the team to Charlotte in 2000, but he eventually returned to Georgia and worked with Gibson in the Mark Gibson Racing (MGR) shop from 2007 until 2010. Gibson became a partner, owner and General Manager of car No. 77. In 2009, that team would win nine races and their driver Parker Kligerman won ARCA Rookie of the Year. Gibson has been instrumental in the development of Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver Justin Allgaier and Truck Series driver Tayler Malsam who drove for Mark in 2008. In 2006, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski drove Gibson's car at Kentucky Speedway in his stock car debut. Gibson also worked with Timmy Hill, the NASCAR Nationwide series Rookie of the Year in 2011. Gibson won ten races as a car owner.
Gibson is one of the most respected and talented stock car drivers on the dirt miles at DuQuoin and Springfield, Illinois and occasionally enters as a driver in those events to race against the likes of Tony Stewart and Ken Schrader.
Gibson has also run in NASCAR on selected occasions, his last attempt being an unsuccessful bid in qualifying for the 1999 Daytona 500. Gibson's brother Tony was formerly the crew chief for Kurt Busch at Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1988 | Pontiac | DNQ | ||
1989 | Collins Racing | Pontiac | DNQ | |
1990 | S & H Racing | Pontiac | DNQ | |
1992 | Collins Racing | Olds | DNQ | |
1998 | CSG Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
1999 | DNQ |
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
1982 | Gibson Racing | 90 | Pontiac | DAY 23 | RCH | BRI | MAR | DAR | HCY | SBO | CRW | RCH | LGY | DOV | HCY | CAR 24 | CRW | SBO | HCY | LGY | IRP | BRI | HCY | RCH | MAR | 76th | 334 | [12] | |||||||||||||
10 | CLT 28 | ASH | HCY | SBO | CLT 31 | HCY | MAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983 | 90 | DAY | RCH | CAR | HCY | MAR | NWS | SBO | GPS | LGY | DOV | BRI | CLT 20 | SBO | HCY | ROU | SBO | ROU | CRW | ROU | SBO | HCY | LGY | IRP | GPS | BRI | HCY | DAR 17 | RCH | NWS | SBO | MAR | ROU | CLT | HCY | MAR | 85th | 215 | [13] | ||
1984 | DAY 25 | RCH | CAR | HCY | MAR | DAR | ROU | NSV | LGY | MLW | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | SBO | ROU | HCY | IRP | LGY | SBO | BRI | DAR | RCH | NWS | CLT | HCY | CAR | MAR | 91st | 88 | [14] | |||||||||
2004 | TC Motorsports | 34 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL DNQ | PHO | DAR | HOM | NA | - | [15] |
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||
1995 | Grandaddy Racing | 30 | Dodge | PHO | TUS 11 | SGS 22 | MMR | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | RCH | MAR | NWS | SON | MMR | PHO | 58th | 227 | [16] | ||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Toy Box Racing | 59 | Dodge | HOM DNQ | PHO | POR | EVG | TUS | CNS | HPT | 30th | 820 | [17] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Ford | BRI 12 | NZH | MLW 9 | LVL 14 | I70 15 | IRP 32 | FLM 23 | GLN 20 | NSV | RCH 17 | NHA | MAR | NWS | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | AAG Racing | 65 | Chevy | WDW | TUS | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | NHA | TEX | BRI | NZH | MLW | LVL | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM 27 | NSV | GLN | RCH | MAR | SON | MMR | CAL | PHO | LVS | 113th | 85 | [18] | ||||||||||||
1999 | CSG Racing | 59 | Ford | HOM | PHO | EVG | MMR | MAR | MEM | PPR | I70 | BRI | TEX | PIR | GLN | MLW | NSV | NZH | MCH | NHA | IRP | GTY | HPT | RCH | LVS | LVL | TEX | CAL DNQ | 122nd | 0 | [19] | |||||||||||||
2001 | Ferrell Lee | 10 | Ford | DAY | HOM | MMR | MAR | GTY | DAR | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | IRP | NSH | CIC DNQ | NZH | RCH | SBO | TEX | LVS | PHO | CAL | 114th | 0 | [20] | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Ford | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP 20 | NSH 23 | RCH | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM | 65th | 197 | [21] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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