CHARLOTTE, NC. – Asked whether he has ever felt the need to mentor young drivers, veteran AJ Allmendinger demurred, but he took a good-natured passing shot at Ty Gibbs who had just completed his media day interviews.
“Yeah, Ty’s a pain in the ass,” Allmendinger said, making sure Gibbs could hear him. Then he addressed the 19-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver directly.
“Is your hair getting lighter?” Allmendinger asked.
“You’ve been talking about my hair the whole time we’ve been here,” Gibbs responded.
“I know, it’s just like a cloth,” Allmendinger rejoined. “Like, what is going on. Can we get a little gel in that?”
“I just got a little gel,” Gibbs said. “I don’t want to be wearing a hat or anything, so I’ve been trying to grow it out.”
“It’s like you’re trying to start a boy band again,” Allmendinger quipped. “Like it’s got that NSYNC blond going to it.”
Both Allmendinger and Gibbs are golfers, but they haven’t played together.
“He keeps trying to talk me into it, but I don’t like his face until the season’s over,” Allmendinger said.
After the banter of Media Day subsides, the serious business of the Xfinity Playoffs begins with Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Source: Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service
