Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D. Gibbs said #11-Jason Leffler, who is ranked 36th in the points, isn’t on the hot seat after missing his first race of the season. “FedEx and the whole group has been supportive of Jason, and he knows that,” Gibbs said. “Obviously, a driver is going to feel pressure in a situation like this. None of us like going through this stuff. You want to make [FedEx] proud of your race team. They’ve been supportive through all of this, but the bottom line is you have to run well. Hopefully, we start making some races and this kind of goes away.”(Richmond Times Dispatch)(5-28-2005)
UPDATE: hearing that Leffler has thru the end of June [4 races[ to up the performance or changes will be made. Who could be in the car? J.J. Yeley or Denny Hamilin…both Gibbs Busch Series drivers.(5-30-2005)
