Michael Waltrip Racing today announced personnel changes to its two-car NASCAR
Sprint Cup operation, which include the reassignment of its crew
chiefs.
Effective
immediately, Brian Pattie will become the crew chief for the No. 55 Toyota Camry
driven by David Ragan. Billy Scott will become the crew chief for the No. 15
Toyota Camry driven by Clint Bowyer.
Pattie has
been the crew chief for the No. 15 with Bowyer since the team was established in
2012. He has scored three wins with the team, and finished second in the 2012
Chase for the Sprint Cup and seventh in 2013.
Scott has
been the crew chief of the No. 55 since August 2013, and previously served under
Rodney Childers as that team’s lead engineer.
Additional
changes include a reorganization of lead, secondary and support engineers for
each team. Car chiefs, road mechanics and
pit crews will remain with their originally assigned
teams.
“Our goal
is to best position the 15 and 55 teams for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint
Cup,” said co-owner Rob Kauffman. “MWR has an enormous amount of bright,
motivated and quality people working to solve the endless challenges inherent to
racing. We have won poles and races, we have made the Chase and competed for a
championship with this core group of personnel. We just felt it was time to
shake things up a bit to try and spark fresh ideas and more consistent results.
There are 12 races left before the 2015 Chase field is set and we plan to be a
part of it.”
