Eury Sr. staying on as JR Motorsports crew chief
Quote selected text Published February 1st, 2008 in NASCAR News
JR Motorsports tried to find a permanent crew chief for driver Brad Keselowski in the Nationwide Series, but in the end, the team has decided to stick with Tony Eury Sr.
Eury Sr., who joined the team last year as director of competition, took over as Keselowski’s crew chief last October. Eury Sr. took the crew chief role on an interim basis, but team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. asked Eury to stay on this year.
“I tried to hire a crew chief all winter long,” Eury said recently. “We just never really found that person we wanted. We had two guys on the hook one time we thought we were going to hire.”
Neither worked out, Eury said.
“Dale Jr. just came to me and asked me if I could do it” Eury said. “He thought Brad would be better off if I helped him. He said, ‘If you don’t mind doing it this year, I wish you would, just to help Brad out.’ I said I would.”
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- Tony Eury, Sr leaves DEI for JR Motorsports
- Eury, Jr steps down as Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s crew chief to start Hendrick job
- Eury, Jr will be Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s crew chief at Hendrick
- Eury, Sr and Earnhardt, Jr comment on Eury, Sr going to JR Motorsports
He’s already on the payroll, so why pay another salary?
He will do a great job for this kid.
I hope so. His dad and uncle were always good, hard, clean racers. I really want to see him do well.