• NASCAR Birthdays

    Born in OCTOBER

    31 Mike Casto, Kip Childress
    Born in NOVEMBER:

    1 Jay Adamczyk, Eric Vance, Larry Flynt, Doug Ingerson, Marissa Garrow

    2 Larry Pearson

    3 Derrike Cope, Tony Gibson, Greg Sacks, Bryan Mullett

    4 Charley Pressley

    5 Elton Sawyer Jr., Doug George

    6 Bryan Reffner, Clay RogersRodney Orr*

    7 Judy Allison, Gilbert "Pops" Gentle, Andy Houston, Dick May*, Matthew Bodine, Lindsay Czarniak

    8 Jason Burdett, Ed Berrier, Jim Inglebright, Teri MacDonald, John Bisci, Donny Lia, Ingrid Vandebosch

    9 Rick Carelli, Nancy Sterling, Bill Kimm, John Holman*, Ed Otto*

    10 U.S. Marines [1775]

    11 Barry Bodine, Chris Horn, Rob Morgan, Loni Richardson

    12 Ryan Buscaglio, Tom Ehret, Wally Dallenbach Sr., Larry Hedrick

    13 Karen Friddell, Katie Wallace, Tim Kuhn

    15 H.B. Bailey*, Steve Lane

    16 Terry Labonte, Bill Amick*

    17 Brad Bennett

    18 Eddie Adamczyk, Gary Bettenhausen, Denny Hamlin, Ray Osian, Mickey Mouse

    19 Tommy Morgan

    20 Sam Bass, Lisa Finley, Mike Cluka, Steve Prescott, Andy Belmont, Mark Wilkinson

    21 Sheri Umscheid, Travis Carter, Terry Elledge, Banjo Grimm, Troy Aikman

    22 Luke Kosner, Jake Elder, Rick Viers, Ryan McGlynn, Jamie Skinner, Scott Moyer

    23 Ron Bouchard, Chris Spencer, Conrad Burr, Tony Roper*

    24 Buddy Parrott, James Ince, Nathan Haseleu

    25 Skip Eyler, Joe Gibbs, Mike Joy, Carl Gansert

    26 Dale Jarrett, Chip Bolin, Katie Pearson

    27 Billy Standridge, Kate Dallenbach, Ricky Carmichael

    28 Chase Elliott, Billy Sutphin, Nelson Stacy*

    29 Bob Dillner, Zach Brewer

    30 Danny Earnhardt, Dick Hutcherson*, Shawna Robinson, Chris Hussey, Andy Kirby*, Brittany Glover

Crew Chief Changes for 2009…..(So Far)


#00 — Ryan Pemberton left to crew chief Brian Vickers for 2009, Rodney Childers comes from GEM to take over
#7 — made numerous crew chief changes in 2008, have heard nothing official, but heard that Kirk Almquist, who came to the team in late 2008, will be back
#8 — TBA, no one named since Gibson left for Stewart-Haas
#10 — Crew chief Mike Shiplett was suspended by the team in late 2008, no word if he returns
#14 [was #70] — Darian Grubbs comes over from Hendrick were he was an engineer, but has crew chiefed before with Jimmie Johnson, garnering two wins
#17 — Chip Bolin goes back to the engeneering side at Roush, Nationwide crew chief, Drew Blickensderfer takes over in 2009
#19 — TBA, former crew chief, Rodney Childers left to go to MWR’s #00 team
#26 — Donnie Wingo, leaves Gannasi to take the crew chief gig for McMurray, Wingo had been a logtime crew chief at Gamassi’s
#33 — Shane Wilson will crew chief Bowyer RCR’s new team
#38 — Cully Barraclough left at seasons end is is back as the car chief on a NNS ride for Roush, no word who Gilliand’s crew chief will be.
#39 — Tony Gibson comes over from DEI, Bootie Barker heads to MWR
#41 — Donnie Wingo left to crew chief McMurray in the #26. #41 has no driver named, nor a crew chief
#43 — Jeff Meendering left and went to Stewart-Haas racing as a car chief. #47 — Frank Kerr will be the crew chief for Ambrose
#83 — Ryan Pemberton comes over form MWR to crew chief Vickers, former crew chief supposedly will take a management role with the team.
#98 — Larry Carter comes over from Roush/McMurray to take over for Paul Menard and this new team.

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