Joe Gibbs Racing announces that its newest entry into the Nationwide Series which will be driven by Brian Scott, will carry the familiar #11 and have Kevin Kidd as its crew chief. In addition, Adam Stevens, who had previously served as the engineer for JGR’s Sprint Cup Series #20 Home Depot Toyota, will assume the crew chief duties on the team’s Nationwide Series #20 Toyota entry. Joe Gibbs Racing announced in November that it would field a third Nationwide Series team to be driven by Brian Scott, but was still in the process of finalizing the details to obtain the #11 for the Camry. Kidd, who joined JGR as crew chief on the #20 Nationwide Series team will move over along with his crew to work with Brian and compete for the 2011 Championship. Meanwhile Stevens will move over to the Nationwide Series program after serving as the engineer for JGR’s #20 Home Depot Toyota team for the past six years. Joey Logano is expected to run the majority of races in the #20 Camry once again in 2011 representing GameStop and Sport Clips. Pizza Ranch and Interstate Batteries will also return in 2011 and Denny Hamlin is expected to be behind the wheel for several races as the complete schedule for the team is still being finalized. Jason Ratcliff will return as crew chief on JGR’s #18 Nationwide Series Toyota as the team seeks to defend its 2010 Nationwide Series Owner’s Championship. Kyle Busch, who shattered the Series record with 13 victories in 2010, will once again pilot the car in the majority of races with Z-Line Designs and NOS providing sponsorship. (JGR)(12-9-2010)
