Friday, September 5, 2008

And We Have A Crew Chief!

Stewart-Haas Racing has hired on Darian Grubb for a multi-year effort to be the crew chief for the No. 14 Chevy that will be driven by Tony Stewart in 2009.

Grubb hails from the Hendricks shop where he's worked his way up the ladder, even to the point of subbing for Chad when he was otherwise detained from participating in events during one of his suspension penalties.  (Did he have more than one or am I hallucinating?)

So Where did Grubb come from?

He graduated from Floyd County High School in 1993.
Attended Virginia Tech.
Earned a mechanical engineering degree.
Hired in to Volvo Trucks as a design engineer in 1998.
1998: USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, he guided Jeff Agnew to ' rookie of the year title and season champion.
Joined Petty Enterprises in 2000.
2003:  He joined Hendrick Motorsports as engineer for the No. 48 team
Promoted to lead engineer for the Nos. 24 and 48 teams in 2005.
2006:  Became Hendrick Motorsports' lead race engineer.
Now, we can add:  2009 Crew Chief for Stewart Haas and the No. 14 team.

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