Mark Gibson | |||||||
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Born | (1957-08-14)August 14, 1957 (age 67) Richlands, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||
Awards | 1986ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 91st (1989) | ||||||
First race | 1987Delaware 500 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 1989Pepsi 400 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCARXfinity Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 76th (1982) | ||||||
First race | 1982Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1984Goody's 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
13 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 30th (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1995Racing Champions 200 (Tucson) | ||||||
Last race | 2002Federated Auto Parts 200 (Nashville) | ||||||
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Mark Gibson (born August 14, 1957) is an American formerstock car racing driver and team owner. He is a long-time competitor in theARCA Racing Series, and has also made occasional appearances inNASCAR competition. He helped found the ARCA teamCunningham Motorsports.
Gibson was born inRichlands, Virginia, and is a resident ofWinder, Georgia. The son of racer Bo Gibson, he grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, and graduated in 1975 fromMainland High School.[1] He is married, to Jan, who was the daughter of racerCurtis 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 atVolusia County Speedway;[1] also running atNew Smyrna Speedway, where he won the track's championship in 1979.[2] He began competing in theARCA 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) atDaytona 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 startedCunningham Motorsports in 1997 as CSG Motorsports, racing in ARCA and theNASCAR 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 driverParker Kligerman won ARCA Rookie of the Year. Gibson has been instrumental in the development ofSprint Cup Series andNationwide Series driverJustin Allgaier and Truck Series driverTayler Malsam who drove for Mark in 2008. In 2006, NASCAR driverBrad Keselowski drove Gibson's car atKentucky Speedway in his stock car debut. Gibson also worked withTimmy 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 andSpringfield, Illinois and occasionally enters as a driver in those events to race against the likes ofTony Stewart andKen Schrader.
Gibson has also run inNASCAR on selected occasions, his last attempt being an unsuccessful bid in qualifying for the1999Daytona 500. Gibson's brotherTony was formerly the crew chief for Kurt Busch atStewart-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.)