One other longtime sponsor could possibly be leaving NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin posted a thanks message to FedEx on social media earlier than Sunday’s Cup Sequence season finale at Phoenix. the transport firm is “not anticipated” to return to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025.
Not lengthy after Hamlin’s put up, a put up from FedEx appeared to verify that the connection was over.
What a trip it has been! Denny and your complete Joe Gibbs staff, it’s been an unbelievable 20 years of racing with one of the best. will at all times be cheering you on.💜🧡
FedEx has been a sponsor at JGR since 2005 and its relationship with Hamlin has been the longest operating driver and sponsor mixture presently within the Cup Sequence. The transfer, nevertheless, will not be a lot of a shock. Rumors had been swirling about FedEx’s future NASCAR involvement for months and the corporate had reduce its sponsorship stock in latest seasons.
The corporate sponsored Hamlin’s automobile in all 36 Cup Sequence races in 2020 and its involvement has decreased since then. Counting Sunday’s race at Phoenix, FedEx has been Hamlin’s main sponsor in 14 factors races in 2024.
Since he began driving full-time at NASCAR’s high degree in 2006, Hamlin has scored 54 wins. All however seven of these victories have are available in a automobile sponsored by FedEx.
Until FedEx decides to remain in NASCAR and signal a cope with one other staff, its departure would merely be the newest in a protracted line of main manufacturers who’ve moved on from NASCAR over the previous decade. Corporations like Lowe’s, Goal, Nationwide and MillerCoors have stopped sponsoring automobiles after being a few of the most recognizable sponsors in fashionable NASCAR. Their departures adopted these of different large manufacturers like Dwelling Depot and UPS.
