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I’m wondering if some GM insider whispered to Gibbs that funding may be cut in the near future. That could apply to Ford also...

Probably not - keep in mind that Gibbs was third in line at most as far as GM was concerned - behind Hendrick/Childress. With Toyota he is first in line.

Sure, the manufacturers can try and claim neutrality, but some are probably favored more than others. You would have a hard time convincing my son that Robert Yates didn't have a special hotline that connected directly to Ford, or that Ray Evernham didn't have one that connected to GM while he was with Gordon, and we saw how heavily involved with Michael Waltrip's team Toyota was (and for a while it seemed like it was going to work).

Here's the other thing as well, and something that makes NASCAR happy, is that with JGR moving to Toyota, that will help Michael Waltrip Racing out, which means it helps Dale Jarrett out - don't be surprised if MWR buys engines from Joe Gibbs.