UPDATE: Crew chief Paul Andrews is looking for a job, since being released by Jeff Burton and Jack Roush, and says “We’re talking to different people now about what we might do next. We’ve got a lot of people talking and that’s good. “I was brought in to win races and we hadn’t won races, so we felt like we needed to make a change and that’s what we did. I think Jeff is a good driver and there are a lot of good things going on over at Roush’s. But that’s just what happened. We couldn’t win races together.”(Winston Salem Journal)(3-22-2004)
UPDATE 2: hearing that Larry McReynolds and Bang Racing are talking to Andrews about potentially heading up their Nextel Cup effort later this year.(3-22-2004)
UPDATE 3: Paul Andrews, who was replaced as Jeff Burton’s crew chief before Darlington, said yesterday he still is weighing his options but is optimistic about rejoining a Cup team by midseason. “It’s a little early in the season for most teams to make changes, but there’s still quite a bit of activity,” said Andrews, who is working on putting a limited Busch North Series schedule together for his son Tim. Andrews didn’t win in 50 starts with Jeff Burton but has 12 career victories and a championship. “I’m disappointed I couldn’t make it work at Roush,” said Andrews, who has worked for Team Penske, Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Roush since 1999. “It just didn’t click right. I want to make sure we go somewhere and stay for a while. I don’t like moving around at all, and I’ve been moving around a little too much.”(Richmond Times Dispatch)(3-26-2004)