DENVER – Furniture Row Racing owner Barney Visser delivered a pointed message to the NASCAR industry on Wednesday morning: his team has no plans of leaving.

Visser released a statement in the wake of rumors that his team might leave the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series following the end of the season, with the loss of co-primary sponsor 5-hour Energy as well as the fact that driver Martin Truex Jr. is out of contract at the end of the year.

The team has also yet to renew their alliances with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing beyond 2018.

Wednesday, however, Visser’s focus was on what’s ahead, as well as a nod to the success that he, Truex and the rest of the team have achieved up to this point.

“Furniture Row Racing continues to develop sponsorship opportunities for 2019 and beyond,” Visser said in his statement. “We have aligned ourselves with great partners over the years and are very proud of the success our organization has achieved, especially the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship with Martin Truex Jr.

“Furniture Row Racing not fielding a team in 2019 is not an option and we have every intention of continuing to build on our success for years to come.”

This season, 5-hour Energy is serving as a co-primary sponsor on Truex’s No. 78 Toyota with Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats, adorning the defending champion’s car in 30 races.

After winning his first Cup Series championship on the strength of eight victories last season, Truex has four wins through the month of July and ranks third in regular season points with four races remaining before the start of the playoffs.

Truex seemed calm at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 20 when asked about the challenge of making contract negotiations while the team was also in the midst of a sponsor hunt.

“I’ve got confidence in my team and what we’re doing and hopefully we can find a replacement for that. I don’t see Barney putting Furniture Row back on the car and doing that,” noted Truex. “I don’t know if he can make that work anymore. We’ll see where it goes from here.

“We’d been talking about it and honestly it’s not like we were waiting on this to happen,” Truex added. “We’re just trying to figure everything out, what’s the best direction to go and get all the details. Honestly, we haven’t worked that hard on it. It’s not a pressing issue for me. I know what the team wants and where we’re all at. It’s not like I’m nervous they’re going to sign somebody else, or I’m going to be searching for a ride. It’s more trying to focus on racing and that it will get done when it gets done.”

Following his second-place finish Sunday at Watkins Glen Int’l, Truex said there was “no update” to his contract situation.