Will Joe and J. D. Gibbs have four Cup teams in 2009? It’s looking good. “I wouldn’t rule it out….but we’re in no hurry,” J. D. Gibbs says. “If everything lines up well, great. But if you don’t have all the parts there, don’t do it. “We’ve done this before. We’ve got the key guys already.
So we’ll sit down with Mark Cronquist (the team engine man) and Jimmy Makar (the team manager) and the guys and talk it over. And if the time is right, we’ll do it. The driver is key, obviously. The crew, we’d be in good shape. The infrastructure is all there. But we won’t do it until everyone signs off on it. Joey Logano?
What I’ve seen is the guys who are really talented, they don’t need much time. He’s been on a track since he was six. And, like we’ve seen with Tony (Stewart) and Kyle (Busch) and Denny (Hamlin), those guys ‘pop’ right away. Joey fits that mold. Some guys do get better after a while. But usually if you don’t come out of the box strong, it’s hard to say ‘he’s going to get better down the road.’”
And how about Juan Pablo Montoya? Is he a candidate for a Gibbs’ ride? “We think the world of Juan…though I wouldn’t ask Kyle that question this week,” Gibbs said, laughing about the Busch-Montoya run-in at Loudon Sunday. “I don’t know Juan’s situation…. “But to the best of my understanding he’s there (at Chip Ganassi’s). So we’re not going to look at that. We’re actually talking more about 2010 (when Stewart’s contract is up).”
- Newman not going to the No 20 car
- Teams looking to expand to 4 cars in ‘08
- Stewart looks likely to stay at Gibbs in 2009
- Gibbs says Stewart will not be offered ownership in team
- Report: Stewart secures sponsorship from Office Depot for potential Cup team
Personally, I’d like to see them contract to no teams…
Lagano is gonna be thier next superstar driver. I just hope they dont rush him to Cup too soon.
Sliced bread needs some more yeast added before he’s a superstar–a lot more yeast. Don’t rush this kid! They sure seem certain that the will keep Smoke another year.
they better worry more about keeping smoke as opposed to ADDING teams..espec with this top-35 rule…we have all seen once u miss 1 race its hard to get in that sync…logano needs to run atleast 1 full NWS schedule b4 even stepping foot in a cup car…unless its testing
Erin wrote:
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@KYLE is bettre than sliced bread
Kyle for sure is better than Joey but he is older. He still makes many mistakes himself but he will grow up too. I think they need to worry about keeping Smoke and bring Joey along slowly or they will have even more wrecked race cars then Kyle has brought them.
JAG wrote:
now, their is a change of tune, this guy is a closet Kyle fan, what a joke, get a life.