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Following the news of Kyle Busch moving to the Chevrolet-powered Richard Childress Racing, many have come to ask whether it would concur as a massive loss for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota or not. NASCAR Spotter Freddie Kraft argues that it wouldn’t be a big blow to Toyota over their latest DBC podcast.

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Kraft stated, “I hear a lot of people questioning, oh it’s such a big hit for Toyota you know. Toyota’s gonna suffer from this. Nah, not really in my opinion, because they basically funded KBM. All Toyota is going to do is take that money and go fund somebody else. David Gilliland or something.”

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Brett Griffin interjects and says, “I think the opposite is going to happen. I think that Chevrolet is going to pull money from existing programs. I don’t think Chevrolet just comes up with 5 million dollars from another project to give to Kyle Busch Motorsports, I think Chevrolet pulls back resources from some of its other teams in order to afford Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series.”

Kraft continues, “I’m just saying, It’s hurting Chevrolet more than it’s hurting Toyota, the lower series teams anyway. All Toyota’s gonna do, there are teams out there where they fund the motorsport more, they get a guy like David Gilliland to switch back to Toyota team went back to Ford. I mean there’s teams out there, I mean they could talk Denny (Hamlin) into starting a damn Truck team.”

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“Because it’s gonna be fully funded, Toyota is gonna put all their backing behind it to make sure they have a pipeline for these young guys that are coming up. They’re gonna need seats for, they have to go somewhere for and Toyota is gonna make sure they have a place to go.”

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Kyle Busch Motorsports plans to move onto Chevrolet

During the press conference where Kyle Busch’s RCR move was announced, Busch also stated about his Truck series team and what would the future hold for that team.

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Busch stated that work was underway for the KBM team to move into working with Chevrolet than remain with Toyota for the foreseeable future.

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Although there were no official announcements regarding that, the two-time Cup Series Champion reinstated that work to make that happen is surely being looked at.

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Srijan Mandal is a NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. With a Master's Degree in Journalism from a top institution, Srijan has written over 1000 articles across various platforms. His passion for racing began at a young age and has only grown stronger over time. From Formula 1 to NASCAR and from World Rally Championship to World Endurance Championship, Srijan has followed and studied all aspects of these thrilling sports. Srijan's passion for racing extends beyond writing. He is an avid participant in professional open-wheel sim racing and enjoys producing music, which he shares on popular streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music under the moniker "Lunaprism".

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