Video shows Joe Gibbs Racing team bus in flames at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

It’s never boring in NASCAR, and that remained true on Thursday night when a Joe Gibbs Racing bus caught fire at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The fire was caught on camera by a Facebook user named Keith Clark, who uploaded his video. The video shows the front of the bus on fire, while two firefighters free a hose to spray it down and put out the flames.

Racing America editor-in-chief Toby Christie confirmed nobody was on the bus at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.

Facebook user Keith Clark captured this video from NHMS late Thursday/early Friday. @JoeGibbsRacing has confirmed to me that this is their team bus, which is used for meetings and gatherings at the track, on fire in the video. Nobody was in the bus at the time, and no injuries. pic.twitter.com/EpBkJwCwHv

— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) June 22, 2024

The good news is that the impact from the fire should be minimal, with Joe Gibbs Racing simply needing to secure a new team bus for the weekend. And it’s an important weekend for the organization.

JGR members have been quite competitive in NASCAR this season, and the weekend at NHMS will offer them yet another opportunity to put their stamp on this season.

Denny Hamlin has already won three races and sits just a hair off the Cup Series standings lead, in third place on points. Martin Truex Jr., who recently announced his retirement, has yet to win but is in fifth on points.

Then there are the two young guns, Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell. Bel has two wins this season and is eighth in points, while Gibbs is still searching for his first win and currently sits in 11th on points.

Joe Gibbs Racing could struggle replacing Truex

The recent announcement of Truex’s retirement came as a blow to Joe Gibbs Racing, which has relied on the crafty veteran for years now. The organization will seek a replacement, but finding one may prove more difficult than expected.

“You don’t replace Martin Truex Jr.,” NASCAR legend Jeff Burton said on Motorsports on NBC. “Martin’s one of the most underrated drivers in the sport. If you look at what he’s done since 2016, no one’s won more races. No one. He could have won multiple titles. He went on a stretch there where he finished no worse than second and one of those was a championship for like five years. I mean it’s nuts what he did. He set the standard.

“It wasn’t Kyle Busch, it wasn’t Kevin Harvick. It was Martin Truex, and I mean that with all respect comparing him to those guys because those are exceptionally exceptional drivers. But Martin was having more success in that section than any of those.”

Truex is set to hang up the gloves at the end of the 2024 season.