Kyle Busch gets new Cup crew chief
Dave Rogers replaces Steve Addington, who will be reassigned.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
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FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, Dave Rogers, crew chief for the Old Spice Toyota, watches his driver Tony Stewart during the NASCAR Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Nationwide series auto race at the Darlington International Raceway, in Darlington, S.C. Kyle Busch will have a new crew chief after this weekend's race at Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing replacing Steve Addington with Rogers on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, after a season that fell far short of expectations. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
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FONTANA, CA - OCTOBER 10: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Z-Line Designs Toyota, waits by his car before the NASCAR Nationwide Series Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway on October 10, 2009 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
Kyle Busch will be getting a new crew chief in the Sprint Cup Series, but one with whom he's familiar.
Joe Gibbs Racing announced Tuesday that Dave Rogers will take over as Busch's crew chief with the No. 18 Toyota in the Cup series beginning with the Nov. 8 race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Steve Addington, who served as Busch's crew chief the past two seasons, will be reassigned to another position following this weekend's race at Talladega, Ala.
"We evaluate all of our teams on an ongoing basis and believe this is a change that will make the No. 18 team stronger as we prepare for next season," said J.D. Gibbs, JGR's president.
"We think highly of Steve and the job he has done and we look forward to him remaining a part of the JGR family."
Rogers is in his fourth season as crew chief of JGR's No. 20 Nationwide Series team, which won that series' car owner championship in 2008 with nine wins - one with Busch as the driver. The team has five wins so far this season.
"Dave has proven himself a talented crew chief and we think he will work well with Kyle," Gibbs said.
"We hope that by making the move following this weekend's race at Talladega they can use the final three weeks of this season to begin working on communication and set-ups for the 2010 season."
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