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By Dan Lowrey
Times-Democrat Staff Writer
On the dashboard of David
Gibbs’ bright orange Buick
Regal, above the water
temperature and oil
gauges, a sticker reads
“Just say No to 2nd.”
It’s the amateur race car driver’s motto.
Throughout his 24-year stock car racing career, finishing second place has been the ghost that he has tried hard to shake.
He has come close to glory many times. This year, Gibbs finished just four points off the leader in the Redman Speedway Sportsman points standings kt the Manassas Old Dominion Speedway.
The season came to a dramatic finish as Gibbs came from behind during the last race of the year to land in Victory Lane. Still, the win wasn’t enough for a season championship.
“Racing is racing,” said the 49-yearold Gibbs. “Everybody’s competitive. Everybody wants to win.”
Gibbs and his wife Leslie, Vermont natives, moved to Sumerduck last year after he was offered a new job as a technician at Dominion Semiconductor in Manassas.
Although the job was an important factor in the move, racing also played a big part in their decision. “We weren’t going to move here unless there was a racetrack,” said Leslie.
In fact Gibbs’ passion for racing is so strong, earlier this year he flew back from Vermont on his son’s wedding day to make it back to Manassas in time for qualifying rounds at the track.
Both of his sons race. And both were married on race day, said Leslie Gibbs, rolling her eyes.
Racing has been in Gibbs’ blood since he was a boy.
“I think I was bom to it,” said Gibbs. “My mother and father used to take me to the races and my uncle used
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