“It Was Tough” – Jesse Love Opens Up on His Change in Alliance From Former Partner Toyota

After a successful campaign in the ARCA circle, the 18-year-old phenom from Toyota, Jesse Love, is gearing up for his full-time season in NASCAR’s 2nd tier—the Xfinity Series. Love, who is coming off a stellar steak, acing 10 out of the 20 races in the ARCA Menards Series to win the title, is slated to make his Xfinity debut with Chevrolet, parting ways with his former manufacturer, Toyota.

The youngest NASCAR champion who won the ARCA West championships in 2020 and 2021 is in fact teaming up with Richard Childress and Co. and he replaces the controversial Sheldon Creed in the Wheelen Engineering-sponsored #2 Chevy.

Reflecting on his split with Toyota, parting ways with his old family at Venturini Motorsports, the 18-year-old revealed how tough the decision was. On the “Power Hour” podcast, Love opened up about his emotional attachment to Toyota and VMS.

Jesse Love opens up about his “tough” split with Toyota and Venturini Motorsports

While this is a dream come true for the youngster, it is also one of the toughest decisions he made in recent times when he parted ways with Venturini Motorsports and their associated manufacturer, Toyota. The sad breakup was imminent when the 18-year-old was approached by RCR to replace Creed in the #2 Chevy.

Consequently, Love gave his confirmation that turning down such an offer was a no-brainer. He will be at the helm of the #2 RCR car, driving full-time alongside Austin Hill as he tries to learn the fundamentals of racing in the big leagues. Speaking to popular YouTuber Eric Estepp, along with Brennan Poole, the ARCA champion got candid about his departure from Toyota.

He said, “ It was tough, you know, it was a very hard decision.” The youngster then relayed how the Japanese manufacturer and VMS helped him build his career, saying, “That was super tough like I had went to Venturini Motorsports and it’s kind of emotional, that’s about it. Like those were the only people that I had and Toyota was a big part of that so that was you know the reason that I was super invested in Toyota was because they were all I knew like I didn’t know anybody else and I didn’t have anybody else so VMS and Toyota were you know my big supporters.”

Furthermore, the young gun explained to Poole and Estepp his attachment to the Toyota camp.

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Love gets emotional as he explains the “family” bonding in the Toyota camp

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Jesse Love is one of those rare individuals in today’s times. Finding his way on his own, leaving his home at the age of 15 to pursue his passion, a career in NASCAR’s lowest-ranking division isn’t something one might find in every young prospect. Not so long after he opened up about his time in VMS, the youngster also revealed the deep bond he had with the team.

He said, “You have Catlyn at the gym and we have a nutritionist at the gym Trevor would come in with Jack and I dont know. That was like my Toyota family so the decision to leave like I had to go a place like where I thought because I know how to race in a family atmosphere because I raced at you know Venturini Motorsports for the last few years and they’re 100% just a family atmosphere, family-owned, all that good stuff.”