YEP, it's Toyota Tony: Gibbs makes formal announcement on Toyota move

[6 Shooter]

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- The worst-kept secret in NASCAR became official on Wednesday as Joe Gibbs Racing officially announced its move from Chevrolet to Toyota beginning in 2008.

The move ends JGR's 16-year association with General Motors at the end of this season and gives Japan-based Toyota instant legitimacy in NASCAR's top series.

Toyota will inherit Chevrolet's top team outside of Hendrick Motorsports and its list of drivers will grow from a group that has has not been competitive in its inaugural season to two-time Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart and the past two rookie of the year award winners in Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.

"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 Jim Aust, the vice president of Toyota Motor Sales and president and CEO of Toyota Racing Development.

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[jrose7004]

I just don't think that is a good move for them! I wonder who the new Chevy super team will be to replace Gibbs?

 

[6 Shooter]

I wonder who the new Chevy super team will be to replace Gibbs?

Mikey Waltrip! ​

 

[jrose7004]

Mikey Waltrip! ​

Now that would be a scream!otfl

 

[1stiff84]

I gotta give props to Toyota...for making the pot so sweet that it was a no-brainer for JGR.

I admire their tenacity...as the result of their hard work has produced the most tenacious driver in NASCAR sporting a Camry in '08.

 

[Glensgages]

..... spy-photos of the shops at Joe Gibbs Racing:

Pre-season drafting at Daytona:

 

[vett boy]

In a few years Toyota will own GM .Joe Gibbs was just looking into the future.

 

[jrose7004]

In a few years Toyota will own GM .Joe Gibbs was just looking into the future.

Oh come on! Whats good for GM is good for America!

 

[vett boy]

Oh come on! Whats good for GM is good for America!

Just a fact ,after Toyota grabs Ford when they go bust the next target will be GM

And I remember that old saying "whats good for GM is good for America"
I wonder why we don't hear that much any more.

 

[Pseudomind]

I wonder if I can cipher that high, naught times naught is? Carry the.... I like others have no idea what the terms were, but reading between the lines with these comments, can sure make one wonder.

"Terms of the deal, which has not been formally signed, were not announced. But Aust said he hopes the deal runs from "now until there isn't racing anymore."

Jim Aust, the vice president of Toyota Motor Sales and president and CEO of Toyota Racing Development.

 

[jrose7004]

Just a fact ,after Toyota grabs Ford when they go bust the next target will be GM

And I remember that old saying "whats good for GM is good for America"
I wonder why we don't hear that much any more.

It sounds like the Japanese won the war!;squint:

 

[vett boy]

It sounds like the Japanese won the war!;squint:

China did but it's a national security secret.