Toyota looking to support 5 or more Cup cars in 2019

Despite the loss of the #78 car, Toyota will back at least 5 cars in 2019

Toyota Racing Development President David Wilson said there “absolutely is intent" for there to be “at least" five Toyota-supported cars in the Cup Series in 2019 and “potentially more."

“We’re spending a tremendous amount of energy and focus on that, of course," Wilson said Wednesday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s “Tradin’ Paint" of adding cars. “Nobody is happy. Nobody is pleased with losing Furniture Row. It’s something we’re all disappointed with. We at the same time respect the very difficult decision (owner) Barney Visser had to make.

“So as an OEM (manufacturer), we need to try and again put ourselves in the best competitive positioning going forward. That alliance we had going the past three years has been simply magical and something we’ve enjoyed a tremendous amount of success with. I’ve said this before, but we would not have won our first manufacturer championship without both Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing performing at the levels that they have been, let alone our second manufacturer’s championship we won last year."