Mark Gibson | |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1957 |
Birth Place: | Richlands, Virginia, U.S. |
Awards: | 1986 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year |
Total Cup Races: | 2 |
Years In Cup: | 2 |
Best Cup Pos: | 91st (1989) |
First Cup Race: | 1987 Delaware 500 (Dover) |
Last Cup Race: | 1989 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 0 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
Total Busch Races: | 7 |
Years In Busch: | 3 |
Best Busch Pos: | 76th (1982) |
First Busch Race: | 1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona) |
Last Busch Race: | 1984 Goody's 300 (Daytona) |
Busch Wins: | 0 |
Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
Busch Poles: | 0 |
Total Truck Races: | 13 |
Years In Truck: | 4 |
Best Truck Pos: | 30th (1996) |
First Truck Race: | 1995 Racing Champions 200 (Tucson) |
Last Truck Race: | 2002 Federated Auto Parts 200 (Nashville) |
Truck Wins: | 0 |
Truck Top Tens: | 1 |
Truck Poles: | 0 |
Mark Gibson (born August 14, 1957) is an American 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 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.
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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 | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | ||
1989 | Collins Racing | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | |
1990 | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | ||
1992 | Olds | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | |
1998 | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | DNQ | ||
1999 | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;" | 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 | Pts | Ref | ||
1982 | 90 | 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 | 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 | 65 | 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 | 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] |
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)ARCA Racing 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Bo Gibson Racing | Pontiac | DAY DNQ | DSP | FRS | FRS | BFS | TAL | FRS | COR | NA | - | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982 | 90 | NSV | DAY 33 | NA | - | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | TAL 26 | FRS | CMS | WIN | NSV | TAT | TAL | FRS | BFS | MIL | SND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983 | 10 | DAY | NSV | TAL 29 | LPR | LPR | ISF | IRP | SSP | FRS | BFS | WIN | LPR | POC | TAL 11 | MCS | FRS | MIL | DSF | ZAN | SND | NA | - | [24] | ||||||||||||||||||||
1984 | 90 | DAY 24 | ATL 31 | TAL 38 | CSP | SMS | FRS | MCS | LCS | IRP | TAL 24 | FRS | ISF | DSF | TOL | MGR | NA | - | [25] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985 | ATL 37 | DAY 17 | ATL 24 | TAL 32 | ATL 34 | SSP | IRP | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | 21st | - | [26] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | ATL 32 | ATL 24 | SIR 12 | SSP 17 | FRS 19 | KIL 13 | CSP 8 | BLN 10 | DSF 19 | TOL 6 | MCS 16 | 8th | 1935 | [27] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buick | DAY 10 | TAL 5 | TAL 8 | ATL 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rose Racing | Pontiac | ISF 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Tri-Sack Racing | 90 | Pontiac | DAY 8 | ATL 19 | TAL 21 | DEL | ACS | TOL | ROC | POC | FRS | KIL | TAL 34 | FRS | ISF | INF | DSF | SLM | ATL 8 | 31st | - | [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Collins Racing | 3 | Pontiac | DAY 37 | ATL 30 | TAL 11 | FRS | PCS | ROC | POC | WIN | KIL | ACS | SLM | POC | TAL 41 | DEL | FRS | ISF | DSF | SLM | ATL | 41st | - | [29] | |||||||||||||||||||
1989 | 59 | DAY DNQ | ATL 23 | KIL | TAL 38 | FRS | POC | KIL | HAG | POC | TAL 20 | DEL | FRS | ISF | TOL | DSF | SLM | ATL 21 | 37th | - | [30] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1990 | DAY 2 | ATL 2 | TAL 6 | FRS 15 | POC 12 | KIL 6 | TOL 13 | HAG | POC | TAL 38 | MCH | ISF | TOL | DSF | WIN | DEL 20 | ATL 40 | 12th | - | [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
KIL 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | 98 | Olds | DAY 31 | 9th | 3910 | [32] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Newby Racing | 77 | Buick | ATL 40 | TAL 15 | TOL 8 | FRS 14 | POC 27 | MCH 8 | KIL 14 | FRS 19 | DEL 20 | POC 11 | HPT 10 | TOL 23 | DSF 5 | ATL 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KIL 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pontiac | TAL 7 | MCH 15 | TWS 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olds | ISF 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | Chrysler | DAY 21 | FIF 25 | TAL 36 | TOL | KIL | POC | MCH | FRS | KIL | NSH | DEL | 32nd | - | [33] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Pontiac | TWS 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Pontiac | POC 34 | HPT | FRS | ISF | TOL | DSF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Olds | TWS 34 | SLM | ATL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 | 81 | Pontiac | DAY | FIF | TWS | TAL | KIL | CMS | FRS | TOL | POC | MCH | FRS | POC 33 | 26th | - | [34] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Newby Racing | 77 | Chrysler | KIL 13 | ISF 23 | DSF 25 | TOL 19 | SLM 34 | WIN 24 | ATL 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Mark Gibson Racing | 90 | Pontiac | DAY DNQ | TAL | FIF | LVL | KIL | TOL | FRS | MCH | DMS | POC | 88th | 480 | [35] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Newby Racing | 77 | Pontiac | POC 16 | KIL | FRS | INF | I70 | ISF | DSF | TOL | SLM | WIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark Gibson Racing | 97 | Pontiac | ATL 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Charlie Newby Racing | 7 | Chrysler | DAY 34 | ATL 8 | TAL 34 | FIF 17 | KIL 8 | FRS 5 | I80 24 | MCS 11 | FRS 27 | KIL 12 | FRS 12 | SBS 21 | LVL 25 | ISF | DSF 18 | SLM 11 | WIN 23 | 10th | 3935 | [36] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | MCH 28 | POC 18 | POC 23 | ATL 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Billy Ballew Motorsports | 59 | Dodge | DAY 16 | 21st | - | [37] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | ATL 3 | SLM 24 | CLT 5 | CLT 28 | KIL | FRS | POC | MCH | FRS | TOL | POC | MCH | INF | SBS | ISF | DSF 26 | KIL 11 | SLM | WIN | CLT 7 | ATL 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
TAL 28 | FIF | LVL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Mark Gibson Racing | 59 | Ford | DAY 3 | ATL 9 | SLM 15 | CLT 11 | CLT 30 | POC 8 | MCH 2 | SBS 3 | TOL 24 | KIL 9 | FRS 12 | MIN 7 | POC 4 | MCH 2 | DSF 2 | GTW 1 | SLM 5 | WIN 21 | CLT 2 | TAL 5 | ISF 30 | ATL 25 | 4th | 5135 | [38] | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | DAY 10 | ATL 5* | SLM 2 | CLT 5 | MEM 3 | MCH 9 | POC 20 | SBS 5 | TOL 17 | PPR 7 | POC 2 | KIL 18 | FRS 5 | ISF 3 | ATL 3 | DSF 4 | SLM 19 | TEX 1* | WIN 28 | CLT 4 | TAL 37 | ATL 7 | 2nd | 5455 | [39] | |||||||||||||||||||
1999 | DAY 37 | ATL 5 | SLM 11 | AND 8 | CLT 34 | MCH 14 | POC 5 | TOL 5 | SBS 2 | BLN 16 | POC 13 | KIL 13 | FRS 13 | FLM 8 | ISF 3 | WIN 16 | DSF 34 | SLM 4 | CLT 18 | ATL 12 | 5th | 4630 | [40] | |||||||||||||||||||||
TAL 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Maurtco Motorsports | DAY 35 | SLM 4 | AND 1 | CLT 8 | KIL 20 | FRS 24 | MCH 28 | POC 21 | TOL 5 | KEN 3 | BLN 4 | POC 10 | WIN 20 | ISF 8 | KEN 8 | DSF 17 | SLM 30 | CLT 21 | TAL 32 | ATL 17 | 7th | 4065 | [41] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | 83 | DAY 27 | 29th | 1355 | [42] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | NSH 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark Gibson Racing | WIN 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SLM 27 | GTY 29 | KEN | CLT 18 | KAN | MCH | POC | MEM | GLN | KEN | MCH | POC | NSH | ISF | CHI | DSF | SLM | TOL | BLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | CLT 9 | TAL 19 | ATL 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | DAY 16 | SLM 15 | TOL 25 | SBO 15 | 8th | 4455 | [43] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | ATL 38 | NSH 12 | KEN 7 | CLT 11 | KAN 6 | POC 10 | MCH 34 | KEN 5 | BLN 5 | POC 16 | NSH 32 | ISF 29 | WIN 4 | DSF 36 | CHI 7 | SLM 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pontiac | TAL 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Ford | CLT 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | 59 | Pontiac | DAY 9 | TAL 32 | 6th | 4830 | [44] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATL 1 | NSH 7 | SLM 19 | TOL 24 | KEN 6 | CLT 7 | BLN 30 | KAN 6 | MCH 12 | LER 15 | POC 3 | POC 4 | NSH 8 | ISF 3 | WIN 19 | DSF 6 | CHI 8 | SLM 19 | CLT 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ford | SBO 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Pontiac | DAY 21 | TAL 16 | 6th | 4755 | [45] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSH 27 | SLM 9 | KEN 3 | TOL 5 | CLT 40 | KAN 7 | POC 8 | MCH 7 | SBO 8 | BLN 14 | KEN 8 | GTW 24 | POC 21 | LER 12 | NSH 12 | ISF 32 | TOL 19 | DSF 5 | CHI 11 | SLM 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Pontiac | DAY 30 | TAL 27 | 5th | 4670 | [46] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NSH 17 | SLM 13 | KEN 9 | TOL 10 | LAN 12 | MIL 8 | POC 22 | MCH 29 | KAN 12 | KEN 22 | BLN 15 | POC 14 | GTW 8 | LER 14 | NSH 14 | MCH 18 | ISF 4 | TOL 30 | DSF 7 | CHI 7 | SLM 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 13 | DAY | NSH | SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN DNQ | BLN DNQ | POC 38 | GTW 39 | NSH 38 | MCH | ISF 3 | MIL 39 | TOL | DSF 11 | CHI DNQ | SLM 33 | TAL DNQ | IOW 35 | 39th | 1090 | [47] | |||||||||||||||||
2007 | 13 | DAY | USA 39 | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | 70th | 370 | [48] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Bowsher & Associates | 21 | Dodge | MCH DNQ | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | ISF 15 | MIL | GTW | DSF 15 | CHI | SLM | TAL | TOL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | MFD | IOW | KEN | BLN | POC | ISF 31 | CHI | TOL | DSF 28 | NJE | SLM | KAN | CAR | 119th | 165 | [49] | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | 59 | DAY | PBE | SLM 32 | TEX | TAL | TOL | ISF 29 | DSF 31 | TOL | SLM | KAN | CAR | 43rd | 540 | [50] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dodge | POC 34 | MCH 39 | MFD 27 | POC | BLN | NJE | CHI 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | IOW 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Kimmel Racing | 68 | Ford | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH 23 | ROA | WIN | CHI | NJE 26 | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | IOW | SLM | KEN | KAN | 97th | 215 | [51] |