Kurt Gets a New Crew Chief!

Yesterday it was announced that Pat Tryson will take over as Kurt Busch’s crew chief starting immediately! This is very encouraging, for Pat is a well known, winning crew chief and I believe that’s just the extra confidence Kurt needs to get into Victory Lane. Troy Raker did a wonderful job for having no previous experience, but it seems that Kurt had some trust issues with him and would use him as his punching bag when a pit call went wrong or the car did something unexpected. Frustrations no doubt were starting to boil over and get a little tense on both sides. I’m hoping that Kurt and Pat will look at each other and say, “We know we can win.”

Troy now heads back to be an engineer, and I think he will enjoy being a little less stressed!