LOUDON, N.H.—Brian Vickers won at New Hampshire in July with crew chief Rodney Childers on his pit box, but Childers subsequently announced plans to accept an offer from Stewart-Haas Racing to fill the crew chief role for Kevin Harvick next year.
Childers is still under contract to MWR, which, understandably, wants to isolate the soon-to-be-former crew chief from the team’s proprietary information. While he’s in limbo, Childress can’t work for Stewart-Haas, and he can’t come to the track as part of the Waltrip organization.
It not hard to tell, however, that Childers misses the action.
“Sure wish I was at the race track today @NHMS,” was Childers plaintive Friday posting on his Twitter account. “Miss being there and would like to have tried to defend the win from earlier this year.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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