At the beginning of December, it was reported that Chris Gabehart had left Joe Gibbs Racing in a surprising exit. He worked at JGR for 13 years, and won 22 Cup races as a crew chief for Denny Hamlin between 2019 and 2024. Most recently, he worked as the Director of Competition for the elite organization.
Since his departure, there has been no word regarding why Gabehart left, or where he would end up in 2026. But on Thursday, we learned that and much more as JGR filed a lawsuit against Gabehart, accusing him of taking part in a "brazen scheme to steal JGR’s most sensitive information and use it for the benefit of a direct competitor in NASCAR."
