L&S Air Conditioning’s Inside Alabama Racing radio show, from Mobile AL reported that former #1 Ultra Motorsports crew cheif, Gene Nead, is now the crew cheif for the #14 team and driver Rick Crawford.(WNSP 105.5) and Nead is listed as the crew chief on Rick Crawford’s site.(2-27-2004)
UPDATE – Nead Ready to Call The Shots at Circle Bar Racing: Circle Bar Racing heads into the second race of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season this weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway with a new face leading the charge as veteran crew chief Gene Nead joins Series “Ironman” Rick Crawford. Nead joins Circle Bar Racing after working for such teams as Hendrick Motorsports, Curb-Agajanian Motorsports and most recently Truck Series driver Ted Musgrave and Ultra Motorsports. While working with Musgrave, Nead helped the team to six wins, seven poles, 26 top-five and 34 top-ten finishes in 47 starts. With Nead at the helm, the team captured back-to-back third place point’s finishes in the chase for the Series championship. Nead takes over for crew chief Ray Stonkus who joined the team in the fall of 2001. Under Stonkus the team scored a victory at the Daytona International Speedway, two poles, 33 top-five and 51 top-tens and a second place finish in the Series 2002 point’s standings. Nead leads the team into the Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200. Live green flag begins on the Speed Channel Saturday, March 13th at 1:00 pm EST with radio coverage coming on MRN Affiliates at 12:30 p.m.(PR)(3-11-2004)
