JGR to go with Toyota in '08

[wayne1218]

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The highest rated Toyota car in the standings is like 35th.

Enjoy that Toyota there Stewart, Hamlin & Busch because i'm going to enjoy my money from the wager those SUCKERS here made with me, kb, Jimmy & Rook.

LMFAO

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Good Luck with that wager now boys!

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[kbsooner21]

Is this confirmed?

[TMAC951]

Is this confirmed?

Nope it isnt confirmed.. He still hasnt decided 100% yet to if they will stay Chevy or go Toyota..

[wayne1218]

I heard the announcement will be made in the next few days.


Again .......



LMFAO ... How do you feel about us kicking their A$$ in that wager now kb?

[wayne1218]

Hey Mr Gibbs, Good Luck with that move to Toyota!


Signed,

wayne1218, kbsooner21, Rook & Lsufan

[kbsooner21]

Hey Mr Gibbs, Good Luck with that move to Toyota!


Signed,

wayne1218, kbsooner21, Rook & Lsufan

I'm not too big of a player, but I'm willing to throw down a grand on this wager

[wayne1218]

Source: Joe Gibbs Racing to join Toyota Motorsports next season

By Angelique S. Chengelis and David Newton
ESPN.com

Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce next week it will join Toyota Motorsports beginning next season, sources told ESPN.com.



Al Bello/Getty Images

Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 The Home Depot Chevrolet, drives his car back into the garage during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.

A news conference has been scheduled for Wednesday morning at JGR headquarters. Expected to be in attendance are team drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin.


JGR, which boasts a three-car lineup that will include Stewart, Hamlin and Kyle Busch next season, is leaving General Motors after 16 years. The team earned three series championships, including two with Stewart, under the GM banner.


A GM official reached Thursday in Detroit said the manufacturer would not comment.


"We don't have anything to say when we're in negotiations with a team," the official said.


Toyota Motorsports officials were equally mum.


"There's nothing I can report to you," said Jim Aust, vice president of motorsports for Toyota and CEO of Toyota Racing Development. "Anything reported now is premature."


Hamlin, contacted Thursday in California, site of this weekend's Cup race, said he is unaware of what the announcement will be but said if Gibbs moves to Toyota, it could be a good move for the company.


"If we did it, it would be good for us," Hamlin said. "They've done a good job with the Truck series starting from the beginning and slowly working their way to being successful. Their approach to Cup is going to be the same. But if we stay with Chevrolet, we know they're going to win right now and obviously that's very important for me and the sponsors."


Hamlin is signed with JGR through 2010 and is working on an extension that will lock him up through 2013. Gibbs also is actively working on extending Stewart's contract. He currently is signed through 2009.


Other GM owners have been wary in the last month of Joe Gibbs Racing's move to Toyota, saying they did not want JGR representatives to participate in monthly meetings of the four main GM Nextel Cup partners.


Richie Gilmore, director of motorsports at DEI, said earlier this month at Watkins Glen, that this is a bad time to lose a team like JGR that has been integral in the development of the new R07 engine.


"We just developed a new engine, and all that technology is gone to another competitor," Gilmore said.


Toyota entered NASCAR Nextel Cup racing this year and has struggled. There have been few highlights, but Toyota driver Brian Vickers had a manufacturer-best finish of fifth at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May, and Dave Blaney earned the pole at New Hampshire in June. Toyota had two drivers finish in the top 10 at Michigan International Speedway in August.


Toyota made its first foray into NASCAR in 2004 with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series. It won the manufacturer's title in 2006.

[wayne1218]

I already got $50 on this with dimer. KB, ROOK, JIMMY, you guys have yours down with NEX, DOC & TMAC right!

[kbsooner21]

I already got $50 on this with dimer. KB, ROOK, JIMMY, you guys have yours down with NEX, DOC & TMAC right!

I hope these pussies will nut up. They have been dancing around every time I bring it up. They all say

[10DimeBry]

WOW i didnt know this. This is brutal. unfair. But i'll still take the $50 bet with wayne. but now i really think hendricks has got a major advantage. So no other bets will be honored by me. I'm sticking with my bet with wayne and thats it.