| | | | | | PROMOTED | Bolin to succeed Reiser as Matt Kenseth's new crew chief | |
| | By David Newton / ESPN.com HOMESTEAD, FL -- Roush Fenway Racing didn't have to look far to find a new crew chief for Matt Kenseth.
Chip Bolin, the team engineer since 1999, will replace Robbie Reiser after Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Reiser, the only crew chief Kenseth has known since he came to Cup in '99, is replacing Max Jones as the general manager at Roush. Jones is moving to Robert Yates Racing, which has developed an alliance with Roush.
"I'm not really worried about it at all," Kenseth said of the change to Bolin, who was his interim crew chief when Reiser was suspended earlier in the year. "[Bolin has] been there the whole time that me and Robbie have been there. He was the original engineer when we started that five-race deal in [1999] with Roush and he's more than ready and more than capable."
Kenseth said Reiser's promotion will be good for Roush Fenway Racing and his team.
"This is something company-wide that everybody has wanted for a long time," the 2003 champion said. "They know Robbie has great organizational skills and the things he can bring to the table from a global standpoint at Roush Fenway Racing to make everything better.
"So I think everybody in the organization has been looking forward to this day for a while, except maybe me and the 17 guys because we've worked together for so long."
| | Posted November 27, 2007 , 4:51 pm EST
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