Earlier this year Martin Truex, Jr. got a new pit crew; now he has a new crew chief, Chad Johnston, replacing Pat Tryson.
Team officials at Michael Waltrip Racing announced the promotion of Chad Johnston from lead engineer to crew chief of Truex’s #56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota effective immediately for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Martin Truex Jr. said, in a statement, "Chad’s been a great addition to the NAPA team ever since he joined us last season. He jumped in and really helped with the preparation of our cars. He’s shown a lot of leadership in his position and has shown me he really understands a race car. He also understands all of the tools at his disposal here at Michael Waltrip Racing since he’s an engineer. His personality and mine mesh really well. We get along great and he really understands what I am saying. He is extremely good at pulling more information from me to get the answers to questions he has when setting up the car. The communication between he and I is impressive and we just click. I’m looking forward to what all we can accomplish together as a team."
"This is a good opportunity for me since this is the direction I have always wanted to go in my NASCAR career," said Chad Johnston in the press release. "Michael Waltrip Racing is a good organization to work with as we have assembled a strong NAPA Racing team and a more-than-capable driver. My goal is the same goal that this team set at the start of 2011 and that goal is to win races and try to get in the top 10 in points."
The 31-year-old native of Cayuga, Ind., entered NASCAR in 2004 and has worked with drivers Kasey Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Elliott Sadler, Scott Riggs and Dennis Setzer.
According to MWR officials "Pat Tryson has been redeployed within Michael Waltrip Racing".
Team officials at Michael Waltrip Racing announced the promotion of Chad Johnston from lead engineer to crew chief of Truex’s #56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota effective immediately for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Martin Truex Jr. said, in a statement, "Chad’s been a great addition to the NAPA team ever since he joined us last season. He jumped in and really helped with the preparation of our cars. He’s shown a lot of leadership in his position and has shown me he really understands a race car. He also understands all of the tools at his disposal here at Michael Waltrip Racing since he’s an engineer. His personality and mine mesh really well. We get along great and he really understands what I am saying. He is extremely good at pulling more information from me to get the answers to questions he has when setting up the car. The communication between he and I is impressive and we just click. I’m looking forward to what all we can accomplish together as a team."
"This is a good opportunity for me since this is the direction I have always wanted to go in my NASCAR career," said Chad Johnston in the press release. "Michael Waltrip Racing is a good organization to work with as we have assembled a strong NAPA Racing team and a more-than-capable driver. My goal is the same goal that this team set at the start of 2011 and that goal is to win races and try to get in the top 10 in points."
The 31-year-old native of Cayuga, Ind., entered NASCAR in 2004 and has worked with drivers Kasey Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Elliott Sadler, Scott Riggs and Dennis Setzer.
According to MWR officials "Pat Tryson has been redeployed within Michael Waltrip Racing".