JGR transfers management responsibility of Nos. 77, 78 pit crews to Furniture Row Racing

RELATED: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings Joe Gibbs Racing has transferred management responsibility of the pit crews for the Nos. 77 and 78 Toyotas to Furniture Row Racing, a JGR spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Gibbs provides the pit crews for the two Furniture Row cars driven by rookie Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr. as part of its technical alliance with the Denver, Colorado-based organization. However, while management decisions for the Furniture Row pit crews will now be made in-house, the crewmembers will continue to train at JGR. The arrangement between the two organizations was cast into a new light last month at Indianapolis. Kyle Busch and Truex crashed while racing for the lead in Turn 1 off a restart on Lap 112 of the Brickyard 400. Following a confrontation between Busch’s crew chief Adam Stevens and several members of Truex’s team, JGR suspended two No. 78 crewmembers – front tire changer Chris Taylor and rear tire changer Lee Cunningham, JGR employees – for three weeks. Those suspended crewmembers return to action Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Bristol Motor Speedway. [gallery_content baseUrl="https://www.nascar.com" galleryID="1386" photocount="3"]