Johnson, the #43 and Legacy Motor Club to Toyota Racing for 2024!

Erik Jones #43 STP Camaro for the All-Star Race. Image: L.M.C.

​Most NASCAR fans (including myself) never thought they would see the day that the Petty Blue #43 car would see a Toyota badge on the legendary race car. Well, fans, starting in 2024, Legacy Motor Club will trade in their bowties for the famous swooping "T" of the Toyota Camry TRD!

Toyota Racing made the announcement Tuesday that the team will join Toyota Racing in 2024. 

"All of us at Toyota are thrilled to add LEGACY MOTOR CLUB to our NASCAR family," said Jack Hollis, executive vice president of TMNA (Toyota Motor North America) and president of Toyota Motor Sales. "While Toyota's tenure in NASCAR has yielded on-track success, our proudest accomplishments are those relationships that have been built off the racetrack. Jimmie Johnson and Maury Gallagher along with the great club that LEGACY M.C. is assembling, will be a great addition to our existing Cup Series team partners with Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI Racing who are truly part of our family."

"Maury Gallagher and I are very excited about the partnership with Toyota and TRD beginning in 2024," said LEGACY M.C. co-owner Jimmie Johnson. "We admire and respect the level at which Toyota conducts their business in this sport and look forward to forging a new legacy for the future. I will always be appreciative to Chevrolet and everything we have accomplished together. I'm so thankful they took a chance on a kid from California so long ago and proud that the history books will forever memorialize our record-breaking success we shared."

The addition of the #42 & #43 Camrys will make 11 full-time Toyotas in the NASCAR Cup Series, the most Toyota-supported entries since 2011! Both Erik Jones and Noah Gragson have a history with TRD with President of TRD USA David Wilson calling the duo "Old Friends."

Although GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series (also owned by Gallagher) was not part of the announcement, there is a possibility they will be changing from Silverados to Tundras for 2024 as well. 

By: Tom Luttermoser