Legacy Motor Club Insider Claims Unequal NASCAR Treatment by Chevrolet Led to Shift to Toyota From 2024

‘s foray into the NASCAR Cup Series as an owner with the rebranded Legacy Motor Club did not have the debut year it was hoping to have last year. After running through multiple issues, the team finally decided to move away from Chevrolet and instead join hands with Toyota and Toyota Racing Development.

Meanwhile, an insider from the team recently revealed their main reason for departing from the American Manufacturer. Advertisement The CEO of Legacy Motor Club, Cal Wells III mentioned that the owners of the team knew they had to become a tier one team for the manufacturer they chose. He then gave the example of how Team Penske and Stewart Haas Racing were tier one teams for Ford and Hendrick Motorsports was on that tier for Chevrolet.

These teams would receive exclusive support from the manufacturers. He then , Advertisement Adding, “ . And they left (LMC) at what I would consider a , where the information was ” Well explained how GM had effectively sidelined LCM treating them unequally to other Chevy teams. This was despite having someone like Johnson as its owner.

Johnson during his prime won seven championships driving Chevy and GM not supporting their own former legendary driver was something that LCM owners were not pleased with. Legacy Motor Club CEO explains the reason for moving to Toyota Well further elaborated how Chevy had become an manufacturer with several teams under its roster, effectively reducing the number of teams it could pour their focus into.

However, on the other hand, the LCM bosses were reassured that such was not the case with Toyota and TRD. He said, Calling it the Advertisement he concluded. Starting from the 2024 Cup Series season LCM will field two cars with John Hunter Nemechek filling up one seat and the other being occupied by Erik Jones.

This will be their first season as a Toyota backed team. Hopefully with this change Legacy Motor Club will be able to rebuild itself and aim for the top steps soon. Something like what Brad Keselowski did with RFK Racing. Advertisement.