NASCAR: Joe Gibbs Racing Admits Defeat, Will Begin Engine Partnership with TRD

Frustrated with the engine woes that have been plaguing Joe Gibbs Racing drivers for the last couple of seasons, Gibbs has announced that his race team will be entering an engine partnership with Toyota Racing Development.The partnership ought to help JGR end its problems with engine failures, which have been an Achilles heel for the talented Gibbs drivers."We felt it was much easier to combine our resources and go down one path instead of trying to do two paths together," Gibbs said.Until now, Joe Gibbs Racing has been producing its own engines even after switching from Chevrolet to Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series in 2008.JGR drivers have been suffering from a rash of engine woes in 2011. The latest problem came at the Brickyard 400 when a...

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