Rick Hendrick has decided the slumping #88 car cannot continue on autopilot, especially not while the most popular driver in the sport is sitting 19th in the standings, 203 points out of the final Chase spot and certainly not after a 40th place finish at the Coca-Cola 600, the team’s third straight finish of 27th or worse. Unfortunately for crew chief Tony Eury, Jr., that means his services will no longer be needed as Lance McGrew will be seated at the top of the pit box starting June 7th at Pocono.
Team manager Brian Whitesell will serve as crew chief for the #88 car this weekend at Dover.
The two cousins have been firmly entwined since Earnhardt’s rookie season in the Cup Series in 1999. Since then Eury has been a member of Junior’s crew for all but part of one season, when he was crew chief for Michael Waltrip.
I hate to see them break up like this, but Junior is a better driver than his current points position reads. And on the up side, maybe these two can learn to communicate a little better at family barbeques or on the go cart track at Junior’s house.
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