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Richmond II: Stewart-Haas Racing
Posted on Friday, September 05 @ 21:32:28 CDT by Raulken |
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Q: Do non-Chase drivers have a different racing responsibility during the race, like if you knew that two guys were going for the lead, are you a little more gracious with their space, with their real estate, than you would normally be with regular...
Darian Grubb (L), talks with Casey Mears. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. -- Darian Grubb never really loved being a crew chief during his two short stints atop the pit box at Hendrick Motorsports.
When the team moved him back to an engineering job this season, he vowed not to run a race team again.
But when Tony Stewart offered him the chance to crew chief his new team next year, Grubb had a sudden change of heart. Grubb said Friday the opportunity to move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009 was so good, he simply couldn't turn it down.
"To have the chance to build a championship contending team, and go out and fight from the ground up, and build something around with all these people ... it's everything I've looked forward to in my life," Grubb said. "To be with Tony, with his capabilities as a driver and the past championships, the future heading forward is extremely bright."
The hiring is just one of the many Stewart has planned since he acquired 50-per cent ownership in the race team in July. The two-time Cup champion is leaving Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season, his 10th with the team, to strengthen one of NASCAR's weaker organizations.
He's already brought in two lucrative sponsors and hired Ryan Newman to drive the second car.
Now he's got Grubb, the lead engineer at Hendrick. Grubb was crew chief in 2007 for Casey Mears, and also filled in for Chad Knaus and ran Jimmie... Click here to read the content (Source Sportsnet.ca)
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