Joe Gibbs Racing has always been more than just four Cup cars and a trophy case. For years, it ran its own manufacturing shop in Huntersville, building everything from suspension pieces to engine parts the way only a race team knows how.

That shop was part of the JGR DNA. Now it’s gone. Coach Gibbs just sold the entire manufacturing arm to Torque Capital Group in a deal that’s already shaking things up in Charlotte.

Joe Gibbs Racing sells its manufacturing soul

The old Joe Gibbs Manufacturing Solutions is no more. Torque Capital bought its lock, stock, and CNC machine, then immediately rebranded it JGA Space & Defense. The same machines that used to cut race-car parts are about to start making rocket-motor insulators, nozzles, and high-tech composites for aerospace and defense companies

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