Pat Tryson has been named crew chief
for the No. 30 Turner Scott Motorsports NASCAR Nationwide Series entry.
The veteran crew chief will take
over atop the pit box for driver Nelson Piquet Jr. beginning this Friday night at
Bristol Motor Speedway. Tryson has served as crew chief for 516 NASCAR Sprint
Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck events, earning a total of 10 wins, 66
Top-5 and 139 Top-10 finishes. The Malvern, Pa. native earned his first career
win with Elliott Sadler in 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
"I am very excited about the
opportunity to join Turner Scott Motorsports and the No. 30 team," said
Tryson. "I am really looking forward to working with Nelson Piquet Jr. and
the rest of the team. Nelson is a very talented, hard-nosed competitor and I
think we will work very well together. The pieces are in place at Turner Scott
Motorsports to have a championship caliber team, and I am looking forward to
helping this team get to victory lane. I would like to thank (co-owners) Steve
Turner and Harry Scott, Jr. for giving me the opportunity to join their
organization, and I am looking forward to getting to work this weekend at
Bristol."
In a related story, Chris Carrier will
crew chief TSM’s fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entry. Carrier has 329
career starts in NASCAR three national series, earning five wins, 24 Top-5 and
52 Top-10 finishes. His most recent work in the NCWTS was as crew chief on the
No. 30 last season, leading Piquet to two victories. The Tennessee native
earned his first career win with Harry Gant in 1994 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The team will run a limited schedule for the remaining portion of the year with
Ben Kennedy and Cale Gale behind the wheel.
Carrier
and his TSM team will be at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday night providing
support for Kennedy Racing's No. 96 entry in the Titan Roof 150. Carrier will
also call the shots for the No. 96 at Iowa, Chicago, Martinsville and
Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"I look forward to the
opportunity to compete again in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,"
said Carrier. "I enjoy working with young talent, and I think Ben Kennedy
and Cale Gale have what it takes to be successful in this sport. We have a
great team behind us at Turner Scott Motorsports, and I am looking forward to
getting to work and joining the truck series this week at Bristol."
I thought Carrier already was a crew chief at TSM in the Nationwide Series? If that is the case would it be that he is just moving from the Nationwide Series back into the Camping World Truck Series?
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