<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2025/race-finish.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Race to the Finish</title><excerpt>An avid and longtime racing fan, Tyler Gibbs ’91 frequents NASCAR competitions as part of his job. The new president of TRD US (Toyota Racing Development), he kept busy last fall with five Toyota cars among the 16 vying for the 2024 NASCAR championship. He splits his time between Costa Mesa, site of TRD headquarters (a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), Charlotte, N.C., the hub for motorsports, and Daytona Beach, NASCAR’s home. When he’s not traveling, he lives in Irvine with his wife, Kris Oleson Gibbs ’91.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/Gibbs3NEbTVqu.jpeg" alt="Tyler (right) visits with NASCAR driver John Hunter Nemechek."/>
        </image><caption/><description>ALUMNI An avid and longtime racing fan, Tyler Gibbs ’91 frequents NASCAR competitions as part of his job. The new president o...</description></item>