The final road course race of the season takes place in two weeks in Watkins Glen, NY. This unique race presents a great opportunity for teams outside of a Chase position to clinch a wild card spot with a win. Earlier this week, JGR sent its road course cars at Road Atlanta, a track where teams are permitted by NASCAR to test.  Road Course expert Max Papis joined Joey Logano for the test to provide invaluable insight and instructions for improving road course techniques. We equipped this No. 20 Home Depot Toyota with a passenger’s seat – something you don’t see too often in NASCAR racecars.   Back in...

In honor of Interstate Batteries’ and Joe Gibbs Racing’s 20th anniversary together in NASCAR, a series of press releases highlighting 20 big moments will be distributed throughout 2011. This is the 10th of the 20 releases. Attached is a photo of the Interstate Batteries/Joe Gibbs Hall of Fame tribute car that Bobby Labonte drove at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in July 1996. Credit is Interstate Batteries. When the Class of 2011 is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, this Saturday, the prestigious club will have 267 members. And while many of those greats from football have gone on to broadcasting careers or...

One of the biggest races of the season happens this weekend in Indianapolis, IN. Each of our three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are busy preparing their primary and backup cars for this big event. The cars are stationed on laser-leveled setup plates and final checklists are sorted through. Tungsten weights are used during the setup process to achieve optimum balance.  They come in several weights and fit nicely inside the framerails. That’s not the only thing going on at the shop this week. We work many weeks in advance in order to be prepared for every race. The Decal Source is busy wrapping Denny...

Kyle Busch made history Saturday in Loudon, NH when he crossed the finish line first to capture his 100th NASCAR win and 49th Nationwide Series victory. This tied him with Mark Martin as All-Time wins leaders. [Show as slideshow]

Kyle Busch claimed yet another piece of NASCAR history tonight when he became the first driver to ever win a Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. All three JGR teams would place inside the top 15 with Denny Hamlin finishing 10th and Joey Logano 14th before a packed house at the 1.5-mile track. Rain canceled Friday’s qualifying session, but it worked to the benefit of Kyle Busch who had posted the fastest lap during the day’s earlier practice session and under this year’s new NASCAR rules would start his No. 18 M&Ms Toyota from the pole. Although his brother Kurt would get a great start to the race and lead through the first...

Joey Logano won his first race at the Daytona International Speedway Saturday night in his No. 20 SportClip Toyota! He had to fight his way from the rear of the field three times en route to his big win. After his qualifying run earlier in the day, his team has to change a clutch, forcing him to start at the rear of the field. Early in the race Logano spun into turn three off the bumper of the No. 11 car after slowing to avoid a competition who was off the pace. Then, about halfway through the event, Logano pitted for a loose wheel, sealing his third trip to the rear of the field. With roughly 25 laps remaining, Logano found help from his...

By David Wagner & Boris Thursday, June 30, 2011 Six of our Sprint Cup cars (Three primaries and three backups) are already in Daytona at this time, but next week our teams visit the Kentucky Speedway for the first time. NASCAR is allowing the teams a test day on the Thursday before the normal weekend events begin. During this test we will be able to have data acquisition on our racecars to gather telemetry and data related to the performance of different aspects of the racecar. Normally during a race weekend no data acquisition of any kind is allowed on the cars. Unlike other forms of motorsports, NASCAR has always emphasized the skill...

It was a total team effort for Denny Hamlin and No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota crew today at Michigan International Speedway en route to their first win of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Meanwhile, teammate Kyle Busch finished just off the pace in third place and Joey Logano finished 18th. [Show as slideshow] ...

Joey Logano and his Home Depot crew surprise a Joplin, MO family with a rebuilt home after theirs was destroyed during the massive tornado last month. You won’t want to miss their touching reaction. Plus we hope you enjoy some Father’s Day stories and Funny Fan E-mails!

Father’s Day is this coming Sunday, and if you haven’t gotten your dad a present just yet Home Depot has a wide variety of options. We went shopping with Joey Logano and here are some of the great gifts that we found. 1. Weber Stainless Steel Grill With a little help from one of these grills, dad will be grilling the best burgers on the block. Weber offers a propane or natural gas option. The interior and exterior of the grill are steel. It heats every quickly and very efficiently. It comes in either a 4 or 6 burner option. Joey says: “Even I can cook well on that thing, even my burgers would taste...

Denny Hamlin led Joe Gibbs Racing with a third-place finish today in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. Meanwhile teammates Kyle Busch and Joey Logano would finish 12th and 23rd respectively on a hot day in Kansas. [Show as slideshow] ...

The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is the annual test of endurance on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for drivers and their race teams as they try to stay up on the ever changing track conditions with the heat of the day transitioning over to cooler night time temperatures over the course of the 400 laps. Late on Sunday night the Coca-Cola 600 would come down to fuel conservation and Joey Logano would benefit from having enough in the tank to earn a third-place finish, while Denny Hamlin ran out just before the finish to come home in 10th. An accident late in the race would spoil a solid effort by Kyle Busch who was forced to settle...

Kyle Busch led Joe Gibbs Racing with a fourth-place finish in today’s FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway, while Denny Hamlin finished 16th and an early spin relegated Joey Logano to 27th place. The track known as the “Monster Mile” was certainly hard to tame today with heavy rain overnight and early in the morning taking the rubber off the concrete oval and a mix of sun and clouds adding to the challenges for teams trying to dial in the proper balance and handle on their cars. [Show as slideshow] ...

Kyle Busch moved within two victories of claiming the All-Time Winningest Driver record in the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Friday night by winning the 200-mile race at Darlington Raceway! Denny Hamlin finished second, bringing home a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2. Brian Scott was involved in a mid-race incident not of his own doing while running in 9th. The violent wreck ended his night, but Brian was able to walk away uninjured. Enjoy these photos from the event: [Show as slideshow]

Joe Gibbs Racing continued its dominance at Richmond International Raceway tonight with Kyle Busch capturing his second victory of the season, followed closely by Denny Hamlin in second and Joey Logano in 11th. Click Here to view photos from Richmond Busch started the No. 18 M&Ms Pretzel Candies Toyota in the 20th position and proved strong from the outset once again on the Virginia short track, wasting very little time making his way toward the front. Busch would enter the top ten by lap 31 and was inside the top five just thirty laps later. He was running second when he entered the pits for the first time and great work by the...

The two-car draft was back Sunday afternoon at the Talladega Superspeedway. Along with it came the unique challenges it presents to drivers as they try to push their drafting partners to the front with limited visibility and the risk of hitting them off-center and spinning them out. Throughout the day, all three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas took their turn at the front of the pack as they worked together in the draft. Denny Hamlin started the No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota in the 29th position, but quickly made it to the front early in the day. As was the case for many drivers, Hamlin would charge to the front, then drop to the rear as other cars...

Kyle Busch wins his first race at Talladega! It appeared that Kyle Busch’s day was over. After being involved in a multi-car accident on lap 89 of Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Busch’s No. 18 Z-Line Designs Toyota was a mangled mess, so much so that he was ready to take his car to the garage area so that his crew could load it up and get a head start on their trip home. But crew chief Jason Ratcliff had other ideas. The veteran race-caller brought Busch to pit road where a swarm of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) crewmen went to work on repairing the Z-Line Designs Camry. Quick and...

It was a strange night under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway with long green flag runs dictating strategy. In the end, Denny Hamlin would lead the Joe Gibbs Racing team with a 15th-place finish, while teammates Kyle Busch and Joey Logano finished 16th and 24th respectively. Click Here to View Photos From the Event Hamlin was running a special March of Dimes paint scheme on the No. 11 FedEx Toyota and started the night in the 23rd position. He was able to make his way forward and a two-tire stop on lap 115 allowed him to jump all the way into the top-five. However the experiment didn’t work all that well thanks to another long green flag...