Avondale – October 31, 2026 -- Toyota has won the NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturers' Championship for the fourth time, powered by 18 race wins so far this season. It is the brand's highest single-season win total since 2019.
Tyler Gibbs, president of TRD, U.S.A., credited the work of team members at TRD and at partner teams 23XI Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB. He called the title a product of "teamwork, effort and passion" across the organization.
Reddick opened the year with Toyota's first Daytona 500 win since 2020
23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick began the season by winning the Daytona 500, then added five more wins. Denny Hamlin earned the most points for Toyota, with four wins and the No. 1 seed in the post-season for the first time in his career.
Heim won at a Naval Base and the Brickyard
Corey Heim, Reddick's teammate and a Toyota Development Driver, won multiple times on a part-time schedule. His first NASCAR points-paying victory came in June on an active Naval Base in San Diego. In July he took the Brickyard 400, a crown jewel race.
Gibbs, Briscoe and Bell add wins at Joe Gibbs Racing
Ty Gibbs earned his first career wins at Bristol and Iowa. Teammate Chase Briscoe, in his second season at Joe Gibbs Racing, won consecutive races in The Chase at Las Vegas and Charlotte, among multiple intermediate-track victories. Christopher Bell won a crown jewel race at Darlington Raceway and looks likely to finish in the top five of the point standings for a fifth consecutive year.
Toyota now has 221 Cup wins since 2007
Toyota joined the series in 2007 and has won 221 races and 189 poles in 716 races. Its earlier manufacturers' titles came in 2016 (16 wins), 2017 (16 wins) and 2019 (19 wins).