Toyota Racing Development will have 8 full-time NASCAR Cup Series teams in 2024
Legacy Motor Club will make the switch from Chevrolet to Toyota in 2024. The No. 43 and No. 42 will add two more Toyotas to the full-time field, bringing the number to a total of 8 full-time Toyota teams.
Legacy Motor Club is owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and businessman Maury Gallagher. Johnson entered the partnership with Gallagher’s Petty GMS team at the end of the 2022 season.
Both Legacy M.C. drivers Noah Gragson and Erik Jones have a history with Toyota. Jones previously drove for Joe Gibbs Racing. Gragson made his debut in the NASCAR Truck Series as well as the NASCAR Xfinity Series while driving a Toyota machine.
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“All of us at Toyota are thrilled to add LEGACY MOTOR CLUB to our NASCAR family,” said Jack Hollis, executive vice president of TMNA (Toyota Motor North America) and president of Toyota Motor Sales.
“While Toyota’s tenure in NASCAR has yielded on-track success, our proudest accomplishments are those relationships that have been built off the racetrack. Jimmie Johnson and Maury Gallagher along with the great club that LEGACY M.C. is assembling, will be a great addition to our existing Cup Series team partners with Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI Racing who are truly part of our family.”
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“We are humbled and delighted to welcome LEGACY MOTOR CLUB into the Toyota and TRD NASCAR family,” said David Wilson, president of TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development).
“Jimmie Johnson and Maury Gallagher have impressed us with their long-term vision and commitment to building a championship caliber organization. More importantly, their character and values are aligned with ours and our current Cup Series partners, Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI Racing.”
Wilson added, “Of course, we also look forward to being reunited with our old friends, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson.”
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“Maury Gallagher and I are very excited about the partnership with Toyota and TRD beginning in 2024,” said LEGACY M.C. co-owner Jimmie Johnson.
“We admire and respect the level at which Toyota conducts their business in this sport and look forward to forging a new legacy for the future. I will always be appreciative to Chevrolet and everything we have accomplished together.”
Johnson added, “I’m so thankful they took a chance on a kid from California so long ago and proud that the history books will forever memorialize our record-breaking success we shared.”
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