Final 12 months in October 2022, a viral Tik Tok video in contrast Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs to an iconic Disney animated character Sprint Parr. Aside from this, the video additionally referred to Ty as a “spoiled brat” whereas tagging it with the phrases “tygibbss*cks.” Harsh, proper?
However for the reason that video went viral, many individuals shared that Ty Gibbs does weirdly remind them of Sprint Parr. And, now, it looks like the 20-year-old has determined to take the excessive highway. As a substitute of seeing this as a detrimental comparability, Gibbs hilariously embraced the hate by acknowledging that he’s NASCAR’s Sprint.
Owing to this, the Xfinity driver shared an image of Sprint on his Instagram story. And to high all of it, he modified his Twitter profile image to honor his new id.
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It isn’t the primary time that Gibbs has discovered himself on the heart of fan interactions. Final 12 months, when Kyle Busch couldn’t safe a take care of Joe Gibbs Racing, followers alleged that it was a cover-up by Joe Gibbs to pit his grandson Ty in Busch’s automotive.
Moreover, when Ty wrecked his teammate Brandon Jones at Martinsville final 12 months, it didn’t sit nicely with NASCAR followers. Mad at Gibbs for his actions, they took to Twitter to unleash a storm of backlash.
Aside from this, Joe Gibbs‘ holding off Noah Gragson for the Xfinity Collection title additionally created an uproar amongst NASCAR followers. Nonetheless, this time, it looks like NASCAR followers on Twitter agree with the younger driver for as soon as.
NASCAR followers react to Ty Gibbs’ new profile image
As quickly as Ty Gibbs uploaded his new and let’s simply say hilariously correct profile image, NASCAR followers went berserk within the remark part. Whereas most individuals couldn’t recover from the resemblance between the 2, some others admitted that they weren’t anticipating this from Gibbs.
Dang
Appears to be like identical to you 😂
— Amir Morales (@Ezare1215) March 7, 2022
literal uncanny
— Phantasmicality 🇨🇳🏁 (@Phantasmicality) March 7, 2022
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That’s such an incredible image of you
— Michael (@BusicMichael5) March 7, 2022
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With Gibbs assuming his new character, all that’s left to do is see if the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Collection driver can truly embody Sprint Parr’s boundless provide of vitality alongside along with his relentless and curious sense of journey.