Hall of Fame Racing ha🔯s announced that it will꧙ switch marques for 2008, giving new recruit JJ Yeley the chance to run with Toyota and Toyota Racing Development [TRD].

Yeley's current team, Joe Gibbs Racing, wiღll also switch to the Toyota camp next season, and the HoF announcement appears little more than an 🍒effort to continue its strategic alliance with JGR, from which it leases engines and receives manufacturing support. Yeley will drive the #96 DLP HDTV-backed Camry from the Budweiser Shoot-out onwards.

"I've had the good fortune of working with Toyot𝔍a in the past, and it is an industry-leading company and an exceptional partner who is committed to winning," said team owner Tom Garfinkel, "We're also thrilled to continue our relationship with Joe Gibbs Racing - a first-class organisation who has been supportive of us from day one."

Co-owner Jeff Moorad thanked General Motors for the team's first two years in the Cup Series, admitting that the company had provided a great deal of assistance in gett꧙ing the one-car Chevrolet team up and running.

"Toyota has had great success in all forms of motorsports and we look forward to building a long-term partnership with them, but we also want to thank General Motors for their tremendous support throughout the last two years," Moorad commente🐷d, "Without GM's help, Hall of Fame Racing would not be where it is today. They have been a great partner."

Yeley's spot in the 9 February Shootout at Daytona comes coꦰurtesy of his first career Cup pole, at Michigan International Speedway, in mid-June.