“It’s a great honor to have been selected into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame and I want to thank everyone with the Speedway and all those that voted for me to receive this recognition,” Gibbs said. “I’m not so sure everyone in Texas would agree with them judging by some of the reactions I used to get on the sidelines with the Redskins. But in all seriousness, I have always felt that Texas has some of the best and most passionate fans in the country and certainly their support of the NASCAR community has been outstanding. Any success we have had at TMS should really be attributed to our drivers, crew chiefs and all the people here at Joe Gibbs Racing.”

Since Gibbs founded Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992, the organization has become a NASCAR powerhouse, collecting three NASCAR Sprint Cup championships as well as the 2009 Nationwide Series title.

Gibbs becomes the first NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner to join the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame with racing greats A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Terry Labonte, Lee Shepherd, Kenny Bernstein, Jim Hall, Eddie Hill, Mark Martin, Jim McElreath, Bobby Labonte and Bruton Smith being among it's current membership.

Joe Gibbs Racing has amassed quite a record in Texas, with the JGR Cup and Nationwide teams collectively earning five wins, 18 top-five finishes, 35
top-10 finishes and five poles at the Texas Motor Speedway.

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