The anxiety began after Briscoe made his final stop of the day at Pocono Raceway. Briscoe pitted under green on lap 120 of 160, but he left his pit stall too early and the team did not get all the fuel in...

David Wilson received the Bill France Award for Excellence during the NASCAR Awards celebration Friday night in Charlotte.Wilson is the outgoing president of Toyota Racing Development. He announced his retirement, set for Dec. 16, earlier this year. The award was presented by NASCAR chairman Jim France and moved Wilson to...

Toyota Racing Development is taking additional measures to remedy the issues that have caused a recent rash of engine failures at Cup Series races.Tyler Gibbs, the general manager of TRD, had stated over the weekend at Richmond Raceway the company was as comfortable as it could be going forward. Although...

Joe Gibbs Racing has two NASCAR Cup Series drivers in contract years, but Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson is confident nothing will change with Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 team.“He will be back,” Wilson (pictured at right, above, with Hamlin) said. “There’s no question in our mind, there...

Toyota Racing Development officials are taking the engines from the Nos. 18 and 19 Joe Gibbs Racing cars of Kyle Busch to their headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, for a thorough examination after failures in the Southern 500.Martin Truex Jr. fell out of Sunday’s race due to overheating after losing...

As Toyota Racing Development President David Wilson told Kelly Crandall in a recent interview for RACER Magazine, “Those who know our culture and how we operate, our intensity level is a 10 out of 10. That’s just part of our culture; it’s part of our commitment towards continuous improvement.”As recent...

The 2022 NASCAR season will undoubtedly be a monumental one with the launch of the Next Gen race car. For David Wilson, president of Toyota Racing Development, the significance is heightened by the opportunities the new car offers that carry well beyond next season, from both a competition and commercial...

Building a brand-new race car is a challenge unto itself. But when it comes to building a vastly different car than anything the sport has seen before, it’s a whole new ballgame.“Everything. Everything is a challenge,” David Wilson, Toyota Racing Development president, told RACER of the development process for Toyota's...

The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season could not have gone better for Toyota. In addition to claiming its third manufacturer and driver title, Toyota went to victory lane 19 times courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing. TRD president David Wilson is naturally enjoying the success, but he is also reminding his...

Leavine Family Racing is not only getting a new driver in Christopher Bell next season, but an upgrade in support.Included in Tuesday’s announcement of Bell taking over the No. 95 Toyota for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season was the phrase “enhanced technical alliance.” In joining forces with Joe Gibbs...