In case you missed it, Kyle Busch is staying put with the Gibbs crew.
During Chase Media Day Thursday, the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota announced that he signed an extension with the team he’s raced for since 2008. He didn’t give an exact length, stating only that it was for “multiple years,” but he’s expected to remain with the team through 2019.
Busch said yesterday that he’s “pleased with where I’m at. I feel like Joe Gibbs and Joe Gibbs Racing has really been a true home for me. And being with Toyota and them and having the respect and rapport that I do with them has been really awesome as well. It’s so exciting to have the opportunity to continue down the road for multiple years with M&M’s.”
On Tuesday, Busch announced that he had signed an extension with sponsor Mars, Inc. and their product M&M’s.
This goes to show how much their relationship has strengthened since Mars almost severed their ties with Busch after he was parked by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking Ron Hornaday in a Camping World Truck Series race at Texas in 2011.
“For the last couple of years, you can tell he reacts in the car differently,” Joe Gibbs said. “He seems to have more of a patience, willing to think through things. He’s still very aggressive, but I think also the way he deals with things, he’s much more even now. So I think that’s part of just … growing up, all those other family things. But I think he definitely now is in a different place than he was 10 years ago.”
