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NASCAR: Updated Silly Season Driver Lineup for 2018

By Asher Fair

WATKINS GLEN, NY - AUGUST 06: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, drives during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series I Love NY 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 6, 2017 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
WATKINS GLEN, NY - AUGUST 06: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, drives during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series I Love NY 355 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 6, 2017 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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LONG POND, PA – JULY 30: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, races Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Toyota Care Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton’s 400 at Pocono Raceway on July 30, 2017 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
LONG POND, PA – JULY 30: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, races Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Toyota Care Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton’s 400 at Pocono Raceway on July 30, 2017 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /

What We Know: Toyota Teams

Furniture Row Racing

#77. [Initial Prediction: Matt Kenseth] — We don’t know who, if anyone, will be driving the #77 Toyota for Furniture Row Racing in the 2018 season yet. What we do know is that the current driver of the #77 car, Erik Jones, will be driving the #20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, so the seat of the #77 car is open as of now.. Furniture Row Racing. Toyota. ERIK JONES

MARTIN TRUEX JR.. #78. [Initial Prediction: Martin Truex Jr.] — Martin Truex Jr. signed a two-year extension with Furniture Row Racing last season, so this season’s championship front-runner will be back in the seat of the #78 Toyota in the 2018 season once again.. Furniture Row Racing. Toyota

Joe Gibbs Racing

#11. [Initial Prediction: Denny Hamlin] — Before the 2017 season began, Denny Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing agreed on a contract extension to keep him with the only team he has ever driven for in the Cup Series. Once again in the 2018 season, Hamlin will be the driver of the #11 Toyota.. Joe Gibbs Racing. Toyota. DENNY HAMLIN

KYLE BUSCH. #18. [Initial Prediction: Kyle Busch] — Joe Gibbs Racing has Kyle Busch locked up for the next couple of seasons thanks to the contract extension he signed at the end of his championship season back in 2015. Busch will once again be behind the wheel of the #18 Toyota in the 2018 season.. Joe Gibbs Racing. Toyota

[Initial Prediction: Daniel Suarez] — It has not yet been confirmed as to whether or not Daniel Suarez will return to Joe Gibbs Racing as the driver of the #19 Toyota in the 2018 season.. Joe Gibbs Racing. Toyota. DANIEL SUAREZ. #19

#20. [Initial Prediction: Erik Jones] — Shortly after Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Matt Kenseth would no longer be driving the #20 Toyota following the conclusion of the 2017 season, they announced that Erik Jones would be his replacement. Jones will make his debut with the team in the 2018 season.. Joe Gibbs Racing. Toyota. ERIK JONES

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