Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs will each be working with a brand new crew chief starting with the 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season, after Joe Gibbs Racing introduced a number of personnel strikes Friday.
Chris Gabehart, who had labored with Hamlin on the No. 11 group for the final six seasons, has been named competitors director. Gabehart and Hamlin gained 22 races collectively, together with two within the Daytona 500. The duo additionally made three consecutive appearances within the Championship 4.
“I’m very grateful for the alternatives that Joe Gibbs Racing has continued to supply me for my total tenure right here and can’t say sufficient about how a lot I’ve loved and appreciated my time with Denny and the whole 11 group,” Gabehart stated. “They’ve all taught me a lot about not solely the way to race on the prime of the NASCAR Cup Sequence but in addition the way to lead an excellent group of proficient professionals. In my subsequent alternative, I’m as excited as I’ve ever been to work with all our proficient drivers, crew chiefs, groups, and companions to assist focus all our efforts towards making 2025 among the finest seasons Joe Gibbs Racing has ever had.”
Chris Gayle will assume the position of Hamlin’s crew chief. Gayle had been paired with Ty Gibbs on the No. 54 group the final two seasons.
“Denny is clearly a first-ballot Corridor of Famer,” stated Gayle. “I’m wanting ahead to working with him and the blokes on the No. 11 group. He and Gabehart have established an unimaginable tradition that may be a excellent barometer for our different drivers and groups to attempt to match. I’ve all the arrogance on this planet we will hit the bottom operating and proceed the success that this group is accustomed to in 2025.”
Gayle led the Xfinity Sequence program at Joe Gibbs Racing to 10 wins with 4 totally different drivers in 2021. He and Gibbs gained the sequence of championships the next 12 months earlier than transferring into the Cup Sequence collectively in 2023. The duo earned a spot within the Cup Sequence postseason for the primary time in 2024 and completed fifteenth within the standings.
The brand new crew chief for Gibbs has not but been introduced.
“We’ve a number of satisfaction within the depth of expertise now we have all through our group,” stated Joe Gibbs. “Chris Gabehart will now be an asset throughout all 4 of our groups as competitors director and we thought it was essential to have him transition into his new position instantly. Chris Gayle will carry his personal perspective to the 11 group whereas additionally sustaining the consistency and continuity they’ve developed with Denny over the previous a number of years.
“Whereas we’re nonetheless within the technique of finalizing the brand new crew chief for the 54 group, we consider all these strikes finally make our group stronger as we put together for 2025.”
