Gibbs Joins Toyota, Stuns NASCAR

On Wednesday, Joe Gibbs Racing joined Toyota Motorsports. According to Gibbs, future considerations made the decision. “Toyota has a little different model than what GM has,” Gibbs said. “For us, there'll be resources there down the road, certainly things we're not going to be able to afford to do [if we stayed at GM]. For us going forward, we can lean on Toyota hard in some areas.”

During their inaugural season, Toyota has recorded seven top ten finishes. During their sixteen seasons, Joe Gibbs Racing has accrued 58 wins and 264 top five finishes. They have also garnered three championships. “If anybody said at the beginning of the season Toyota would be sitting at a press announcement on Sept. 5 announcing Joe Gibbs Racing as a part of the overall team effort we all would have had a hearty laugh,” said Toyota Racing Development CEO Jim Aust. “Joe Gibbs Racing is one of the most respected teams in NASCAR, a championship-caliber race team and a first-class organization. We are confident that partnering with the Gibbs team will raise the level of our entire Toyota NASCAR program, and will be beneficial to all of the current teams racing the Toyota Camry.”

Earthquakes are transforming. They are cataclysmic. Occasionally, they improve landscapes. Consistently, they devastate them. Gibbs joining Toyota was an earthquake. The reverberations rattled NASCAR. Currently, the maneuver appears disastrous. Five years subsequent, the appearance will divulge.