ABOUT ZACH>
Career Highlights:
2005
USAC Ford Focus Midget
1 top 5
1 top 10
8 top 15
Made the USAC Ford Focus
National Championship Team
2006
W.S.o.A (Asphalt Winged Sprint
Car)
2 wins
10 top 5's
16 top 10's
2 Track Records
-Sandusky Speedway 15.43 sec.
-Columbus Motor Speedway (All
Time Track Record 11.773 sec.)
Fast Qualifier 8 times.
2006 W.S.o.A. Series Champion.
-2006 W.S.o.A. Rookie of the Year.
-2006 Sandusky Speedway Rookie
of the Year.
2007 - Advancing His Carreer:
- Attended the Fast Track High
Performance Driving School at
Lowes Motor Speedway. Earned
approval to race on all speedways
in the ARCA Re/Max Series.
- Attended the Driver Advancement
Marketing Summit in Charlotte, NC
in an effort to learn more about
marketing himself as a professional
race driver.
2008 Racing:
2008 Season: Racing the Buckeye
Super Sprints pavement sprint
series with his #00 Flintstone Flyer
III - Gibson built sprint car.
-Posted six feature wins and three
fast times (2008 Kil-kare Speedway
305 winged sprint track record
holder 11.106 sec).
-Clinched Buckeye SS Series 2008
point championship at Oswego
Speedway on August 30th.
- Honored as the first ever Buckeye
Super Sprints Champion in the
series' inaugural year (2008).
2009 Season:
- Made debut in the ARCA Re/Max
Series.
- Won Toledo in Sprint Car with
emotional win one year later after
his Uncle Terry's fatal accident
there.
- 6 Buckeye Sprint Feature Wins
- Won 2nd Consecutive Buckeye
Super Sprints Series Championship
2005
USAC Ford Focus Midget
1 top 5
1 top 10
8 top 15
Made the USAC Ford Focus
National Championship Team
2006
W.S.o.A (Asphalt Winged Sprint
Car)
2 wins
10 top 5's
16 top 10's
2 Track Records
-Sandusky Speedway 15.43 sec.
-Columbus Motor Speedway (All
Time Track Record 11.773 sec.)
Fast Qualifier 8 times.
2006 W.S.o.A. Series Champion.
-2006 W.S.o.A. Rookie of the Year.
-2006 Sandusky Speedway Rookie
of the Year.
2007 - Advancing His Carreer:
- Attended the Fast Track High
Performance Driving School at
Lowes Motor Speedway. Earned
approval to race on all speedways
in the ARCA Re/Max Series.
- Attended the Driver Advancement
Marketing Summit in Charlotte, NC
in an effort to learn more about
marketing himself as a professional
race driver.
2008 Racing:
2008 Season: Racing the Buckeye
Super Sprints pavement sprint
series with his #00 Flintstone Flyer
III - Gibson built sprint car.
-Posted six feature wins and three
fast times (2008 Kil-kare Speedway
305 winged sprint track record
holder 11.106 sec).
-Clinched Buckeye SS Series 2008
point championship at Oswego
Speedway on August 30th.
- Honored as the first ever Buckeye
Super Sprints Champion in the
series' inaugural year (2008).
2009 Season:
- Made debut in the ARCA Re/Max
Series.
- Won Toledo in Sprint Car with
emotional win one year later after
his Uncle Terry's fatal accident
there.
- 6 Buckeye Sprint Feature Wins
- Won 2nd Consecutive Buckeye
Super Sprints Series Championship
BORN TO RACE.
BORN TO WIN.
Zach Gibson was born into a racing family that is
known for winning. His grandfather, Todd Gibson is a
champion supermodifed race driver and car builder,
who raced and won all over the country in his
legendary "Flintstone Flyer"- and also raced in the
Indianapolis 500 in the 1970's. Zach's uncles, Gene
Lee Gibson, Jeff Gibson and the late Terry Gibson all
are winning open wheel race drivers; as well as his
father Larry Gibson, a former ARCA Midget Series
Champ.
Zach not only has great racing genes, but he also has a
tremendous amount of natural race driving talent.
This is shining through in a big way as he carries the
third generation "Flintstone Flyer III" into victory lanes
and record books.
Zach has shown his versatility as a race driver, in
winged/non winged sprint cars and in USAC midgets,
racing competitively on several different tracks in the
midwest. In 2006 he won the Rookie of the Year title and
the point championship for the WSoA (Winged Sprints
on Asphalt Series) both in the same season.
Now, at the age of 19 he has proven that he can win on
several different tracks and is also capable of multiple
championships. Zach won his second sprint racing
series championship for the 2008 season in the
Buckeye Super Sprints.
Zach recently graduated from high school, as an honor
student, and was the recipient of three scholarships
and several academic awards. One of Zach's
Scholarships- The Partnerships in Technologies
Scholarship - was given to one student from Union
County for outstanding academic achievement, high
level of participation in school and community activities
and desire to pursue a career in the automotive-related
field. They also offered Zach an opportunity for a co-op
to work in their Impact Lab at the TRC facility
(Transportation Research Center) - this is where they
do all of the crash testing for all makes and models of
vehicles.
Zach is now working at TRC as a full time mechanic,
with racing on the weekends. His natural engineering
ability is also being applied to building, setting up and
maintaining his winning race car, which he works on at
his shop in the evenings.
Zach is dedicated and passionate about racing. His
ultiimate goal to drive race cars in the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series professionally.
His family is behind his racing career 100%. His dad,
Larry is his sprint car crew chief, and his mom Lisa and
sister Nicole help out, too. Zach's grandfather, Todd
and uncles are also there to lend support and
knowledge.
In July, while racing a Kil-kare Speedway in Ohio, Zach
was told the terrible news of his Uncle Terry passing
away in a supermodified racing accident at Toledo
Speedway. Zach was devastated, and his dad gave him
the option of going home or racing; his decision - he
chose to honor his favorite uncle by going out and
winning the race that night for him, and he did so by
outrunning the field by a full lap.
Zach Gibson is a third generation racing prodigy. He's
young, but already a champion. He is turning heads
among the racing community, the media and the fans.
Zach is the new Gibson racing legend in the making.
BORN TO WIN.
Zach Gibson was born into a racing family that is
known for winning. His grandfather, Todd Gibson is a
champion supermodifed race driver and car builder,
who raced and won all over the country in his
legendary "Flintstone Flyer"- and also raced in the
Indianapolis 500 in the 1970's. Zach's uncles, Gene
Lee Gibson, Jeff Gibson and the late Terry Gibson all
are winning open wheel race drivers; as well as his
father Larry Gibson, a former ARCA Midget Series
Champ.
Zach not only has great racing genes, but he also has a
tremendous amount of natural race driving talent.
This is shining through in a big way as he carries the
third generation "Flintstone Flyer III" into victory lanes
and record books.
Zach has shown his versatility as a race driver, in
winged/non winged sprint cars and in USAC midgets,
racing competitively on several different tracks in the
midwest. In 2006 he won the Rookie of the Year title and
the point championship for the WSoA (Winged Sprints
on Asphalt Series) both in the same season.
Now, at the age of 19 he has proven that he can win on
several different tracks and is also capable of multiple
championships. Zach won his second sprint racing
series championship for the 2008 season in the
Buckeye Super Sprints.
Zach recently graduated from high school, as an honor
student, and was the recipient of three scholarships
and several academic awards. One of Zach's
Scholarships- The Partnerships in Technologies
Scholarship - was given to one student from Union
County for outstanding academic achievement, high
level of participation in school and community activities
and desire to pursue a career in the automotive-related
field. They also offered Zach an opportunity for a co-op
to work in their Impact Lab at the TRC facility
(Transportation Research Center) - this is where they
do all of the crash testing for all makes and models of
vehicles.
Zach is now working at TRC as a full time mechanic,
with racing on the weekends. His natural engineering
ability is also being applied to building, setting up and
maintaining his winning race car, which he works on at
his shop in the evenings.
Zach is dedicated and passionate about racing. His
ultiimate goal to drive race cars in the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series professionally.
His family is behind his racing career 100%. His dad,
Larry is his sprint car crew chief, and his mom Lisa and
sister Nicole help out, too. Zach's grandfather, Todd
and uncles are also there to lend support and
knowledge.
In July, while racing a Kil-kare Speedway in Ohio, Zach
was told the terrible news of his Uncle Terry passing
away in a supermodified racing accident at Toledo
Speedway. Zach was devastated, and his dad gave him
the option of going home or racing; his decision - he
chose to honor his favorite uncle by going out and
winning the race that night for him, and he did so by
outrunning the field by a full lap.
Zach Gibson is a third generation racing prodigy. He's
young, but already a champion. He is turning heads
among the racing community, the media and the fans.
Zach is the new Gibson racing legend in the making.
| Zach in victory lane with his grandfather,Todd Gibson; His dad Larry; and uncles Terry & Gene. |
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| FOR THE RECORD BOOKS: - ZACH GIBSON - 2008 and 2009 Buckeye Super Sprint Series Champion ***** 2006 W.S.o.A (Winged Sprints on Asphalt) Series Points Champion, and 2006 Rookie Of The Year. ***** 2006 Columbus(OH) Speedway Sprint Car Champion, and All- Time Track Speed Record Holder. ***** 2006 Sandusky(OH) Speedway Rookie Of The Year & Track Speed Record Holder. ***** 2005 USAC Ford Focus Midget National Championship Team. ***** |
| Zach in 2005 with the USAC Ford Focus National Championship Team Award. |
| Zach was as good of a student as he is a race driver. Zach was chosen to represent his school in a state wide mechanical engineering symposium - in which he finished second overall with his robot project. He also designs and builds his own championship sprint cars. |
Age: 20
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 155
Hometown: Richwood, Ohio
Current Rides: Driving #00 MSA
Supermodified owned by Dave
Koyan full time; and his own
Gibson supermodified for
possible Oswego shows.
Years racing: 9
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 155
Hometown: Richwood, Ohio
Current Rides: Driving #00 MSA
Supermodified owned by Dave
Koyan full time; and his own
Gibson supermodified for
possible Oswego shows.
Years racing: 9
| In 2006, Zach won both the Rookie of the Year Title and the WSoA Series Championship. |
| In 2007 Zach Gibson attended the Fast Track High Performance Driving School at Lowes Motor Speedway, and has been approved to race all the ARCA RE/MAX Series Tracks. Fast Track owner, and former ARCA Re/Max Champ Andy Hillenburg said Zach did an outstanding job in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Car used by the school. |
| In May of 2009, Zach made his first ARCA Re/Max Series start at Toledo Speedway in the Wayne Peterson #0 Chevy. |
