Legacy Motor Club announced on Friday that Jacob Canter has joined the NASCAR Cup Series team as Director of Competition.
Auto racing runs deep in the Canter family as Jacob is a third generation racer from Yakima, Wash. While continuing the family legacy of short track racing in the Pacific Northwest, Canter completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington. Canter started his professional career as a Technical Engineer with MoTeC USA before moving to Rusty Wallace Racing to create an engineering department for the team. In 2007, Canter began a nearly 16 year tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing where he served as a Race Engineer before becoming the Research and Development Team Manager. Canter’s most recent role was with General Motors where he was the Engineering Manager of Vehicle Performance at GM Motorsports.
Speaking about his arrival at Legacy Motor Club, Canter said:
I am incredibly excited to join LEGACY MOTOR CLUB and embark on this new journey. “I am thankful to Maury, Jimmie, Richard and Cal for this opportunity. It is a competitive advantage to be a part of a team with amazing vision and leadership. I look forward to collaborating with the talented team at LEGACY MOTOR CLUB to drive our success on and off the track with a championship mindset.”
Legacy Motor Club has also appointed Bobby Kennedy to the newly created role of General Manager.
Carl Wells III, CEO of Legacy Motor Club said:
Both Jacob and Bobby represent some of the best the world of motorsports has to offer. “I’m personally honored they’ve chosen to join LEGACY MOTOR CLUB. Having previous long-term relationships with Toyota Racing Development will prove invaluable as LEGACY M. C. strives towards joining the elite within the NASCAR Cup Series.”
Legacy Motor Club team co-owner and seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson said:
Bringing in people like Jacob and Bobby is what we need at this stage in the game. “This has been a difficult season and performance hasn’t been where we want it to be, so moves like this are necessary. We want to show up, be competitive, and win races. That’s the main goal.”