As a new thing, I am planning to start keeping team profiles. I will update them as time passes, and drivers, crew chiefs, and even manufacturers change. I figured what better team to start with, than our defending champions: Joe Gibbs Racing.

Team Stats:                          Drivers: 4                Championships: 4

Active Since: 1992              Wins: 129               Manufacturer: Toyota

Car: 18

Driver: Kyle Busch                                Crew Chief: Adam Stevens

Wins/Starts: 34/390                              Wins/Starts: 5/37

Years as driver: 12                                  Years as crew chief: 1

Championships: 1                                  Championships: 1

 

Car: 11

Driver: Denny Hamlin                            Crew Chief: Mike Wheeler

Wins/Starts: 26/362                                 Wins/Starts: 1/1

Years as driver: 11                                      Years as crew chief: 0

Championships: 0                                     Championships: 0

 

Car: 19

Driver: Carl Edwards                                  Crew Chief: Dave Rogers

Wins/Starts: 25/409                                    Wins/Starts: Unknown

Years as driver: 12                                        Years as crew chief: Unknown

Championships: 0                                       Championships: 0

 

Car: 20

Driver: Matt Kenseth                                   Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff

Wins/Starts: 36/578                                      Wins/Starts: Unknown

Years as driver: 17                                          Years as crew chief: Unknown

Championships: 1                                          Championships: 0

 

As the defending champion team, these four are not to be taken lightly. Hamlin, Busch, Edwards, and Kenseth all performed very well last year, and they all perform well with the low-downforce package which Nascar has instituted. The 2016 champion could easily come from JGR.