Post by AndersonWhitt on Oct 10, 2018 14:32:34 GMT -5
Basic information:
Owners: Joe Gibbs, J.D. Gibbs, and Coy Gibbs
Base: Huntersville, NC
Manufacturer: Toyota
Competition history:
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (1992-2018)
NASCAR Xfinity Series (1997-2018)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2000-2002)
ARCA Racing Series (1999-2018)
Championships:
2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Bobby Labonte, #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac (crew chief: Jimmy Makar)
2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Tony Stewart, #20 Home Depot Pontiac (crew chief: Greg Zipadelli)
2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Tony Stewart, #20 Home Depot Chevrolet (crew chief: Greg Zipadelli)
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kyle Busch, #18 NOS Energy Drink / Z-Line Designs Toyota (crew chief: Jason Ratcliff)
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Kyle Busch, #18 M&M's Toyota (crew chief: Adam Stevens)
2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series: Daniel Suárez, #19 Arris Toyota (crew chief: Scott Graves)
2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Kyle Busch, #18 M&M's Toyota (crew chief: Adam Stevens)
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing team owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son. Headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, roughly 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the team has amassed four Cup Series championships since the year 2000.
For the team's first sixteen seasons, JGR ran cars from General Motors. During that period, the team won their first three championships, two in Pontiac Grand Prixs and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Despite this, Joe Gibbs Racing announced during the 2007 season that they would be ending their arrangement with GM at the end of the year and begin running Toyotas the following season. This partnership would eventually bring Toyota their first Sprint Cup when Kyle Busch won the championship in 2015.
As of the end of 2018: In the Monster Energy Cup Series, the team currently fields four full-time entries: the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Denny Hamlin, the No. 18 Camry for Kyle Busch, the No. 19 Camry for Daniel Suárez, and the No. 20 Camry for Erik Jones. In the Xfinity Series, the team currently fields three full-time entries: the No. 18 Camry for part-time drivers Daniel Suárez, Kyle Benjamin, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, and Ryan Preece; the No. 19 Camry for Brandon Jones, and the No. 20 Camry for Christopher Bell.
The team also has a strong development program for up and coming drivers, grooming future Sprint Cup Winners Joey Logano and Aric Almirola and winning one championship in the East Division of the NASCAR Camping World Series (now K&N Pro Series) with Logano. The organization teamed up with former NFL player Reggie White in 2004 to create a diversity program, fielding drivers such as Almirola, Marc Davis, and Darrell Wallace Jr., and forming the basis for NASCAR's own Drive for Diversity program. Currently Riley Herbst is under a development contract driving in the Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports and the ARCA racing series for JGR.
From 2016 to 2018, the team had a technical alliance with Furniture Row Racing, the Denver-based team whose sole driver, Martin Truex Jr. won the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. However, Furniture Row announced at the end of 2018 that the team is folding.
Leavine Family Racing will have a technical alliance with JGR starting in 2019.
[Description from Wikipedia (except for the last two paragraphs, which I edited), 10/10/2018]
[Edited in 2021 to add 2019 championship for Kyle Busch, although I've left the rest the same for now.]
Owners: Joe Gibbs, J.D. Gibbs, and Coy Gibbs
Base: Huntersville, NC
Manufacturer: Toyota
Competition history:
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (1992-2018)
NASCAR Xfinity Series (1997-2018)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2000-2002)
ARCA Racing Series (1999-2018)
Championships:
2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Bobby Labonte, #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac (crew chief: Jimmy Makar)
2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Tony Stewart, #20 Home Depot Pontiac (crew chief: Greg Zipadelli)
2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Tony Stewart, #20 Home Depot Chevrolet (crew chief: Greg Zipadelli)
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kyle Busch, #18 NOS Energy Drink / Z-Line Designs Toyota (crew chief: Jason Ratcliff)
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Kyle Busch, #18 M&M's Toyota (crew chief: Adam Stevens)
2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series: Daniel Suárez, #19 Arris Toyota (crew chief: Scott Graves)
2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Kyle Busch, #18 M&M's Toyota (crew chief: Adam Stevens)
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing team owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son. Headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, roughly 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the team has amassed four Cup Series championships since the year 2000.
For the team's first sixteen seasons, JGR ran cars from General Motors. During that period, the team won their first three championships, two in Pontiac Grand Prixs and one in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Despite this, Joe Gibbs Racing announced during the 2007 season that they would be ending their arrangement with GM at the end of the year and begin running Toyotas the following season. This partnership would eventually bring Toyota their first Sprint Cup when Kyle Busch won the championship in 2015.
As of the end of 2018: In the Monster Energy Cup Series, the team currently fields four full-time entries: the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Denny Hamlin, the No. 18 Camry for Kyle Busch, the No. 19 Camry for Daniel Suárez, and the No. 20 Camry for Erik Jones. In the Xfinity Series, the team currently fields three full-time entries: the No. 18 Camry for part-time drivers Daniel Suárez, Kyle Benjamin, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones, and Ryan Preece; the No. 19 Camry for Brandon Jones, and the No. 20 Camry for Christopher Bell.
The team also has a strong development program for up and coming drivers, grooming future Sprint Cup Winners Joey Logano and Aric Almirola and winning one championship in the East Division of the NASCAR Camping World Series (now K&N Pro Series) with Logano. The organization teamed up with former NFL player Reggie White in 2004 to create a diversity program, fielding drivers such as Almirola, Marc Davis, and Darrell Wallace Jr., and forming the basis for NASCAR's own Drive for Diversity program. Currently Riley Herbst is under a development contract driving in the Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports and the ARCA racing series for JGR.
From 2016 to 2018, the team had a technical alliance with Furniture Row Racing, the Denver-based team whose sole driver, Martin Truex Jr. won the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. However, Furniture Row announced at the end of 2018 that the team is folding.
Leavine Family Racing will have a technical alliance with JGR starting in 2019.
[Description from Wikipedia (except for the last two paragraphs, which I edited), 10/10/2018]
[Edited in 2021 to add 2019 championship for Kyle Busch, although I've left the rest the same for now.]
