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Gibbs Eyes Switch to Toyota

NASCAR team will leave GM after 16 years

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2007 6:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Joe Gibbs Racing is in talks to move to Toyota Motorsports after 16 years and three series championships with General Motors, ESPN reports. The announcement is expected to come Wednesday morning at a press conference that could include Gibbs team drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Neither Toyota nor GM would comment yesterday.

Hamlin, who is signed with JGR through 2010, said of the move that "If we did it, it would be good for us," but did not confirm the switch. Toyota, new to the NASCAR Nextel Cup, claims a fifth-place finish in May of this year as its best showing, and had two drivers in the top 10 in August.

HAMPTON, GA-- Tony Stewart crosses the finish line and wins his 13th Winston Cup victory at the MBNA 500 Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia.
HAMPTON, GA-- Tony Stewart crosses the finish line and wins his 13th Winston Cup victory at the MBNA 500 Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia.   (KRT Photos)
J.D. Gibbs, right, president of Joe Gibbs Racing, announced that Kyle Busch, left, has signed a three year contract to drive the No. 18 Nextel Cup car for Job Gibbs Racing's beginning in 2008 at the team's headquarters in Huntersville, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn)
J.D. Gibbs, right, president of Joe Gibbs Racing, announced that Kyle Busch, left, has signed a three year contract to drive the No. 18 Nextel Cup car for Job Gibbs Racing's beginning in 2008 at the team's...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, left, assists 3-year-old patient Aidan Calvert from Joshua Tree, Calif., during a remote control auto race while visiting with patients at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. Hamlin visited with patients, signed autographs and presented...
In this photo released by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, left, assists 3-year-old patient Aidan Calvert from Joshua Tree, Calif., during a remote control auto race while visiting...   (Associated Press)
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