Ricky Viers out, Jimmy Elledge in

[ashley832]

I was just reading over at the Red Bull blog and AJ Allmendinger will now have Jimmy Elledge as a crew chief. This was a bit surprising. I sure hope he can get things goin a little better for AJ. Gotta get in the top 35 and he's almost there!



Red Bull Racing Team formally announces Jimmy Elledge as crew chief of the No. 84 Red Bull Toyota piloted by AJ Allmendinger, effective this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.

Elledge’s most recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief duties were with former open-wheel star Juan Pablo Montoya, so he’s quite familiar with translating open-wheel lingo. He’ll know that when AJ screams “oversteer” he actually means “loose” or when AJ says “stint” he really means “run.”

“Jimmy is a successful and very well-known crew chief in the NASCAR garage,” said Jay Frye, the team’s vice president and general manager. “He’ll be able to provide the experience and leadership for AJ and the No. 84 team to be competitive on a weekly basis.”

Elledge’s resume includes stints with drivers Casey Mears, Reed Sorenson, Kenny Wallace, Bobby Hamilton and Dale Jarrett. Elledge, in his first race as crew chief with Montoya, was named WYPALL Wipers “Crew Chief of the Race” in April at Talladega Superspeedway. He has one Cup win, leading Hamilton to victory lane at Talladega in 2001.



Ashley

[Shayne1911]

Hopefully he can get in the top 35 now! Cant wait to see how well they work together!

[buffalo5edwards]

IDK why you would make this move now, AJ had been running good until last week. But I guess now is as good a time as ever.