Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2022. Kyle Busch will join Richard Childress Racing in 2023, multiple sources told The Athletic, ending a highly successful tenure at Joe Gibbs Racing that saw the driver-team pairing win two Cup Series championships and 56 races over a 15-year span. The team’s current primary sponsor, Mars Inc., is …
The annual game of NASCAR musical chairs known as “Silly Season” is starting to come into focus since The Athletic last published an update. “ genuinely wants to solve for success, and success for Kyle Busch is he’s running the 18 car next year for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota, and he’s demonstrated a level of collaboration and openness to …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Erik Jones won’t return to Joe Gibbs Racing next season, ending his time with one of NASCAR’s top teams after three Cup seasons but several years in Gibbs’ driver development program. “We appreciate all Erik has done for Joe Gibbs Racing over the past several years,” Joe Gibbs said Thursday night. “He joined us as a teenager …
