Joe Gibbs Racing has an open lawsuit against Spire Motorsports alleging stolen trade secrets amid a personnel hire
Joe Gibbs Racing has an active lawsuit against Spire Motorsports. Both teams compete in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Spire Motorsports hired Chris Gabehart, the former competition director and crew chief at JGR. The team says that Gabehart stole information from JGR and brought it with him to Spire.
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Recently, JGR claimed that Gabehart had access to JGR info and used that info on setups with Spire cars. Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson counters those claims saying the team lacks proof such a theft took place.
Dickerson has added they have little motivation to settle the lawsuit.
Carson Hocevar recently leaned into these JGR claims. The Spire drivers announced himself at the drive the Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet at Bristol.
Carson Hocevar calls himself a Joe Gibbs Racing driver (Video)
Jeff Dickerson comments
“There’s something fundamental about this case that I think will be something for the whole industry to kind of learn from,” Jeff Dickerson stated via Door Bumper Clear. “In a way, it does have the effect of limiting mobility between teams.”
“That’s kinda what some of this is about. Just because you’re at a team doesn’t mean that you learned everything under the sun from that team. And, you can’t go anywhere else.”
“But, we’re talking about real [expletive]. If we’re talking about real aero stuff, real intricate things. Yeah, lets have a conversation about that.”
“I think we learned how to seal an air box when we were [expletive] 14. That’s not a trade secret.”
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“But, that’s where we’re at because there’s nothing else. Those are the things we need to be careful about.”
“We know how to seal airboxes. I don’t know if you guys know this, we were actually going to the racetrack before we got [expletive] sued. We were almost winning races, before we got sued.”
“It’s hard to read these things. Like ah man, maybe were are a bunch of [expletive] that didn’t know how to get to the track.”
A nine-day jury trial is schedule for February 1, 2027.
