The long-anticipated Joe Gibbs Racing announcement that it will add Carl Edwards as a fourth driver next year is big, if not unexpected, news in the NASCAR landscape. What's good for JGR is good for NASCAR. There is no weak link in talent, and if the chemistry is right and the Toyotas are fast, it gives JGR a legitimate chance to breathe -- heavily -- down the necks of Hendrick Motorsports' and Stewart-Haas Racing's established fearsome foursomes. A fourth car at JGR is an exponential jump in resources, and maybe that will be the difference in sealing the championship deal for the team.
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