| Mitch Gibson | |||||||
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| Born | (1988-04-07)April 7, 1988 (age 36) Coeburn, Virginia | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 87th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 150 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 21, 2024. | |||||||
Mitch Gibson (born April 7, 1988) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who last competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 31Chevrolet forRise Motorsports.
Gibson began his racing career in 2003, running at various stock car and dirt kart races at local race tracks. It was during this time that Gibson worked forDanny O'Quinn Jr.'sUSAR Hooters Pro Cup Series team; Gibson went to the same high school with O'Quinn Jr.[1] After O'Quinn Jr. went on to drive forRoush Racing in theNASCAR Busch Series, Gibson went on to work forHenderson Motorsports.[1] Afterwards, he went on to work forMorgan–McClure Motorsports as a front tire changer for the No. 4Chevrolet driven byWard Burton before he was laid off along with twenty other crew members the following year.[1] He has also worked as a tire specialist forThorSport Racing.[1] It was also during this time where he continued to race sporadically, winning the limited late model championship at Lonesome Pine Speedway in 2022.[1]
In 2024, Gibson participated in pre-season testing for theARCA Menards Series atDaytona International Speedway driving forRise Motorsports in the No. 31Chevrolet, and placed 64th in the overall results between the two testing days.[2][3] It was also announced that Gibson would attempt to make his debut in the season opening race at Daytona with Rise.[4][5][1] After placing 35th in the sole practice session, he ultimately failed to qualify for the race after setting the 47th quickest time in qualifying.[6][7] Afterwards, it was announced that Gibson would run the No. 31 for Rise atCharlotte Motor Speedway.[8][9] After placing 26th in the lone practice session,[10] he started in 29th after not setting a time in qualifying and finished in 24th due to a crash late in the race.[11][12] In September of that year, it was revealed that he would drive forWayne Peterson Racing in the No. 06Toyota atBristol Motor Speedway,[13] but was replaced byNate Moeller after suffering a crash in qualifying.
Gibson currently resides inWeyers Cave, Virginia, and has three children. Outside of racing, he also works as an EHS manager for the Kerry Group.[14]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Rise Motorsports | 31 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT 24 | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | 87th | 33 | [15] | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Toyota | BRI 34 | KAN | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Qualified but replaced byNate Moeller. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI 34 | 62nd | 10 | [16] |