How Did Joe Gibbs Get Into Racing? Early Interest in Racing and Eventual Start

Over the decades, Joe Gibbs Racing has grown to become of the top tier teams in NASCAR alongside teams like Hendrick Motorsports. But where did Joe Gibbs find the inspiration to get into NASCAR and how did he eventually get himself into team ownership. Well, recently while speaking on an interview podcast the JGR bossman answered this very question.

Advertisement Gibbs mentioned, Advertisement He then explained how both of his children became obsessed with motor racing. It was only after his elder son graduated college that asked Gibbs if they could do something as a family to get into racing. Gibbs said that they had nothing, adding, Before moving into NASCAR Joe Gibbs had found success as an NFL Coach There is a reason why people fondly call the JGR bossman as Coach Gibbs.

That is because before he founded his five time Cup Series title winning race team, Gibbs actually used to the head coach of the Washington Redskins. Throughout his two stints in that position between, 1981 1992 and 2004 2007, Gibbs to get the team into nine playoff appearances, three Super Bowl championship wins and four NFC championship title victories.

Additionally he also won NFL coach of the year twice in row for the 1982 and the 1983 season. It was only after all of that, did Coach Gibbs decide to take the risk and make the jump to NASCAR as a team owner. Now fast forward to three decades since, he has managed to bring the same winning spirit and continues to push his winning team towards achieving more and more championships with future seasons.

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