Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Crew Chief Replaced
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has had a disappointing season to date, has experienced a major change. His team, Hendrick Motorsports, elected to dismiss crew chief Tony Eury Jr. today. Lance McGrew will take over in the interim, unless they find another full-time crew chief option.
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Earnhardt Jr., who is 497 points behind the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point leader (teammate Jeff Gordon), has not had impressive results as a whole over the time he has spent with Hendrick Motorsports. Last season, Earnhardt Jr. finished 12th in the overall point standings—many NASCAR analysts had pinned Earnhardt for a top-ten finish.
McGrew, the replacement crew chief for Earnhardt, has experienced good success in his years in NASCAR. In 2003, he won a Busch Series championship with a top young driver, Brian Vickers. He also has assisted rookie driver Brad Keselowski in his transition to the Sprint Cup. While McGrew has primarily worked with youngsters, it should be interesting to see if Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s results improve as a result of McGrew’s calls in the pits.
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Dale Jr. should have done that years ago.
Mark
29 May 09 at 6:37 pm
it was time to try something different.jr has so much talent and has not been able to show it at it’s top level.i don’t see any problem with the change.something had to give.his fan’s were aggrivated and they wanted something to happen.i personnelly like him alot,but i’m a dedicated mark martin fan.and i will be till the day i die!!!!my girlfriend is a die hard dale jr fan and she was really getting upset with his performance on the track.now come on dale with your new crew chief lets win some races.but don’t forget,you’ve got to beat mark martin first!!!!!
donald groning
29 May 09 at 11:57 pm
I am a true Jr. fan,but half the problem is Jr. himself. He just doesn’t seem to know how to drive the new car. Everybody that drives a Hendrick car is doing well ,even Tony and Ryan . Jr. has got to much going on off track, he needs to re-focus and shut up and drive.
Dale
7 Jun 09 at 8:42 pm