By amanda vincent nascar sprint cup series team leavine family racing has named kevin walter as the interim crew chief for its no. Lane will serve as cocrew chief with nick casertano as pedregon fights for third world championship in 2020 03 dec 2019 jacob sundstrom, nhra national dragster associate editor. Crew chief stormed on the race track, tossed a radio at a car then climbed in the window before the driver took off and shook him out of his moving race car. Not all of these are allowed in all forms of racing. Up against the superpowers like hendrick motorsports and joe gibbs racing, truex and his crew chief cole pearn have persevered as a singledriver team. Since 2008, autodrome sainteustache has been a fan favourite destination on the nascar pinty. Driver fights bring buzz to nascar but also judgment calls. Thomas bayer 2015 division 7 crew chief of the year. Mark anthony martin born january 9, 1959 is a retired american stock car racing driver. That allows the crew chief more time to work on a computer or look through notes to figure out better setups. Kalitta motorsports nhra crew chief, author jim oberhofer. After watching his son, eighttime top fuel champion tony schumacher, earn an eighthplace result in nhras mello yello drag racing series 2017 standings, team owner don schumacher knew he needed to shake up the troops a bit. John force racing tweaks crew chief and assistants.
Countless racers from new people entering the sport to the wellexperienced drivers have called thomas bayer to ask for advice. Nascar drivers jeff gordon, kevin harvick and brad keselowski avoided fines after a fight on pit row sunday at the aaa texas 500, but crew. Mike harmon crew chief robert scott ejected for car failing prequa tech 4 times. Drag racing, which sees the cars surpass speeds of 330 mph, can be highly dangerous. Michael mcdowell gets new crew chief auto racing daily. John force racing announces driver and crew chief lineup. Robin richert didnt indicate what her husband will do next. Jenna fryer ap auto racing writer the associated press october 28, 2019, 9. His final win at the cup level came with petty as driver in 1995. Jeffery michael gordon born august 4, 1971 is an american former professional stock car racing driver, currently an announcer for fox nascar, and a top executive for hendrick motorsports. Nascar suspends crew member who threw denny hamlin to. Richard childress racing driver daniel hemric weighs in on the impact the no. Offical release of crew chief version 4 auto updating and shiny. Since last years finale in south beach, four of the six longest driver crew.
In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tyres, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, as a penalty, or any combination of the above. The win was forces 1,300 round win of his illustrious career. Then, unfortunately, instead of kind of breaking up a fight, i think what we saw. Truex crew chief cole pearn, a canadian and hockey lover, thought the confrontation was minor. Ford fights back and earns the wypall wipers crew chief of the race. A crew chief is in effect the general manager of a nascar team. The altercation took place in the pits following the ump modified event.
Saturday, september 21, all federated auto parts 400 ticketholders and torque club patrons are invited to attend the monster energy nascar cup series drivercrew chief meeting at the virginia credit union live. The postrace crew to driver altercation happened in belleville, il at belleclair s. The pit crew may be a specialized team of seven individuals, or it may consist of other team members the crew chief, mechanics and tire specialists, for example who do double duty on race day. Threetime nascar champion tony stewart struck and killed a fellow sprintcar racer, 20yearold kevin ward, who was confronting stewart on the dirt track of the empire super sprints in. Henry smokey yunick may 25, 1923 may 9, 2001 was an american mechanic and car designer associated with motorsports. This crew chief of champions is also a champion among crew chiefs, which is probably why this book was once intended to have the subtitle five decades of indy car wins.
Make no mistake, fights in nascar are fun to watch. Nascar suspended a member of joey loganos crew monday for this weekends race at texas after the tire specialist dragged denny hamlin to the ground in a chaotic scuffle between the rival drivers. Nascar hands out penalties after fight the morning call. The next meeting is for the engineers and josh, the car chief if a crew chief is like a ceo, the car chief is the coo. About randy meyer racing a highly respected member of the nhra drag racing family, randy meyer has had a successful career spanning over 35 years of drag racing as driver, team owner, and crew chief from ahra procomp to ihra top fuel and nhra top alcohol dragster. Autoweek may earn money from the links on this page. He was the crew chief for bk racing for 21 races in 2017, and he was also the teams director of research and development.
How crew chiefs gamble propelled hamlin to texas win april 1, 2019 8. Tom bayers school of drag racing instruction thomas bayer. Nascar will not allow forrest reynolds to participate in any nascar sanctioned events without a licence. Ranking the 10 greatest fights in nascar history 0 of 10 lets face it, when we see drivers or crew members roll up their sleeves and engage in a legitimate brawl, everything else goes dim. But some days, drivers are presented with racecars that just arent fast enough to win. In a classic john force racing versus don schumacher racing matchup, force took out hagan with a strong 4. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Click on the site to see elliott sadlers career results at that track glossary. Eric lane joins cruz pedregon racing as crew chief nhra. Veteran crew chief doug richert is leaving bk racing. The crews of laughlin and gray fight in the pits 2017.
Chances are, tony stewart has proven victorious in and out of the drivers seat. Racing equipment, communications equipment for sale on. Nascar drivers jeff gordon, kevin harvick and brad keselowski avoided fines after a fight on pit row sunday at the aaa texas 500, but crew chiefs and crew members received penalties. List of nascar racing teams official site of nascar. Thank you autodrome sainteustache nascar home tracks. Lines crew is not as tight as his teammates but is almost as. Team penske announced that it would swap driver crew chief combinations for all three of its cup series teams in 2020.
Its no different in nhra drag racing, where the crew chief shuffle is in high gear this fall. April 24 today in jayskis nascar history page 14 of. Brad keselowski crew chief to serve suspension at talladega. In the case of driver fights like cole custer and tyler reddick, nascar could do itself a world of good if it threatened to suspend any crew member that interjects his or herself into the mix. But as a nascar champion, truex didnt have trouble finding a new ride, moving to the no. We dont encourage it, but we know the drivers are going to address. Nascar executive vice president and chief racing development. Teams mostly utilize one manufacturer chevrolet, ford, toyota for all of their cars, but have a different car number and crew chief for each driver. A three time winston cup series champion with driver jeff gordon, in 1999, evernham won the nascar winston cup illustrated. Additionally, reynolds is ineligible to attain a nascar licence until next year. Kenny wallace crew member choke slams paul bailey youtube.
If you want to run crew chief on your 4th cpu core only, and want have the application launch raceroom and start running immediately i. Nascar is creating a virtual racing series that will include top drivers and racing icons like dale earnhardt jr. Hood was joined early this season by multitime champion tuner brian corradi and their. Lets face it, when we see drivers or crew members roll up their sleeves and engage in a legitimate brawl.
Nascar and race tracks use driver altercations to promote sport, but officials will continue to face decisions on crew member involvement in fights. While watching fights between drivers and teams is high drama and makes for good tv, yes, nascar should implement a. Radios, receivers, scanners, speakers, headphones, and other types of racing communication equipment for communicating between crew chiefs and drivers, engineers and the pit crew, and you and the people who are bringing you lunch. Neither driver was called to the nascar hauler, the penalty.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Weve learned a lot of lessons since our first race in 2014, and have since become regular champcar contenders. While the term is still used in motorsports, it also gained popularity with driving in general when embarking on long road trips. Its a relatively young group, less corporate but more techy. Thomas bayer has gone from student to teacher, winning every step of the way. Icom icf401141rc two way radio uhf the icom icf401141rc business two way radio is a heavy duty 4 watt 400. Racing isnt like other sports, where the equipment is the same across the board.
Tony gibson was ryan newmans crew chief for stewarthaas racing, but is moving to patricks team next season. Ranking the 10 greatest fights in nascar history bleacher report. Ap brad keselowskis crew chief will miss the race at talladega superspeedway this weekend as team penske fights penalties over a march 19 infraction. Ypsilanti, michigan prweb october 12, 2017 kalitta motorsports vice president of operations and nhra crew chief jim oberhofer is doing everything he can to kick cancer to the curb. Dodson won 19 toplevel nascar races as a crew chief for drivers including tim richmond, darrell waltrip, kyle petty and rusty wallace. President of john force racing and reigning threetime funny car world champion robert hight will continue to drive the auto club of southern california chevrolet camaro ss with his tandem of crew chiefs jimmy prock and chris cunningham. Hood is the cocrew chief on the advance auto parts chevrolet camaro funny car driven by courtney force. He made five starts in 1981 driving for a team owned. National hot rod association fights broadcast crew over. The presence of automatic shutoffs started in 2009. Nhra nitroclass fans are wellaware of the nhramandated safety shutoff controller that dave leahy developed at delaware, ohioheadquartered electrimotion. Ray evernham born august 26, 1957 is an american consultant for hendrick companies, formerly an auto racing crew chief for bill davis racing and hendrick motorsports, owner of his own team evernham motorsports from 20012010, and analyst for espns nascar coverage.
Perhaps more seriously, some members of the production crew believe there are very real safety concerns. Baldwin, a former daytona 500 winning crew chief, has deep roots in nascars modified ranks, and still owns a monster energy nascar cup series. The safety box was designed to shut the car off in case the driver cant, for whatever reason on fire, knocked out, unconscious, championship funny car crew chief. Clint bowyer and 2014 premier series champion kevin harvick will have the same crew chief, meanwhile 2004 premier series champion kurt busch and newcomer aric almirola will have new faces atop the pit box. Stewarthaas racing sets 2018 crew chiefdriver pairings. The car chief is the person who works closely with the crew chief in figuring out setups for the car, but is the actual guy who makes sure it gets done.
He was the crew chief for wallace when he won the winston nowmonster energy nascar cup series championship in 1989 with blue max racing. What are the duties and responsibilities of a nascar team. While the term is still used in motorsports, it also gained popularity with driving in general when embarking on long road trips, suggesting a brief break from driving, as well as a refuelling stop. After a 20year nascar driving career, the last 18 of which were spent in the monster energy nascar cup series, stewart retired from his nascar driving duties following the 2016 season to focus on his co. I grew up getting in a lot of fights in my life, so i dont have a problem with it, he said. By seth eggert, nascar writer for the 2018 monster energy nascar cup series season, stewarthaas racing will have two returning crew chiefs and two new crew chiefs for their four drivers. I dont see why everyone gets so worked up about it here. Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of nascar, and he is probably most associated with that racing genre. How nascar drivers are spending their time off and fighting the. Some of the betterknown crew chiefs include ray evernham, todd parrott, and robin pemberton. Kevin walter will be the interim crew chief for the no. Ninety usac and cart wins, nine championships, and four indy 500 wins with andretti, mears, johncock, fittipaldi between 1965 and 2005 are the stuff that deserves a. Brighton native, partner of nascar champion, uses cancer. With two defending championship teams ready to go for two in a row, john force racing announced a few adjustments to its crew chief and cocrew.
Watch tensions boil over as the crews of alex laughlin and tanner gray come to blows in the pits following grays round win. The team truck driver is responsible for getting all of the equipment, including the primary car and the backup car, to the track. Driver fights bring buzz to nascar but also judgment calls from crew members, officials. Offical release of crew chief version 4 auto updating. Driver and crew dead pedal racing counts among its members a former imsa crew chief, a maserati parts expert, lifelong racing enthusiasts, and even a few ambitious novices. Martin had a tumultuous beginning in nascar, driving for six different teams from 1981 to 1987.