Denny Hamlin's race team will get a jump on next year's merger between the engine shops at JoeRacingand Toyota Racing Development. While his teammates will stick withenginesHamlin's car will haveengine under thehood for today's Pure Michigan 400.The two operations that build most of the enginesr Toyotadecided to work together next year. Gibbs is ahead on creating more horsepoweran advantage with durability. By working together in the future, both sides hope to enjoy the benefits of both.
After suffering an engine failure at California earlier this season and a couple more during practiceHamlin decided he couldn't wait.You have to understand, this is a big favor to ask a manufacturer to provide engines for us for the rest of the year,"It's a lot of manpower; a lot of work had to be done, especiallyThere's a lot of work that had to be done to get this engine imported into our car."
The two engines are drastically different. To makeengine fit inside Hamlin's car, the Gibbs team had to redesign the engine compartment. The biggest difference is the size and location of theoil pan, plus the location of the alternator.
Why those guys decided to change, I don't know"For us and the [No.] 18 team, we'repretty confident in Mark Cronquist and what he's been able to do with his guys at Joe Gibbs RacingWe're staying committed to our guys, our engine department for this year and Mark's still there and all the same guys are still there."
Crew chiefs for Buschthey're also concerned with the amount of work it would take too long to convert a backup car at the track if there's a problem, which means Hamlin's team will have to have two different sets of replacement parts.
Danica Patrick is expected to make her move from IndyCars toofficial next week at theBristol Motor Speedway although car ownersStewart still aren't ready totalk about itThe plan is for Patrick to run the full Nationwide Series schedule with Earnhardt's Motorsportsteam and a handful of Sprint Cup Series races with Stewart-Haas Racing.It's like I've always when we have something to tell everybody we'll tell them, but there's nothingto tell yet,"I know there's a lot of speculation, but there's nothing to really talk about yet."
After suffering an engine failure at California earlier this season and a couple more during practiceHamlin decided he couldn't wait.You have to understand, this is a big favor to ask a manufacturer to provide engines for us for the rest of the year,"It's a lot of manpower; a lot of work had to be done, especiallyThere's a lot of work that had to be done to get this engine imported into our car."
The two engines are drastically different. To makeengine fit inside Hamlin's car, the Gibbs team had to redesign the engine compartment. The biggest difference is the size and location of theoil pan, plus the location of the alternator.
Why those guys decided to change, I don't know"For us and the [No.] 18 team, we'repretty confident in Mark Cronquist and what he's been able to do with his guys at Joe Gibbs RacingWe're staying committed to our guys, our engine department for this year and Mark's still there and all the same guys are still there."
Crew chiefs for Buschthey're also concerned with the amount of work it would take too long to convert a backup car at the track if there's a problem, which means Hamlin's team will have to have two different sets of replacement parts.
Danica Patrick is expected to make her move from IndyCars toofficial next week at theBristol Motor Speedway although car ownersStewart still aren't ready totalk about itThe plan is for Patrick to run the full Nationwide Series schedule with Earnhardt's Motorsportsteam and a handful of Sprint Cup Series races with Stewart-Haas Racing.It's like I've always when we have something to tell everybody we'll tell them, but there's nothingto tell yet,"I know there's a lot of speculation, but there's nothing to really talk about yet."
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