Joe Garone, former Director of Competition for Michael Waltrip Racing, has left that position to accept a crew chief job with a brand new NASCAR Busch Series team, Furniture Row Racing, based in Denver, Colorado. Furniture Row Racing and Garone are a perfect match considering Colorado is his home state. The newly-formed team will field Chevrolets driven by NASCAR Regional Champion Jerry Robertson. Robertson will compete in a limited schedule through the 2005 season with aspirations of running an entire Busch Series season beginning in 2006.(1-1-2005)
UPDATE: Newly formed Furniture Row Racing of Denver, Colo., says it will enter Jerry Robertson in its #78 Chevrolet in Saturday’s Pepsi 300 Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. Robertson, 43, competed in three series races in 1997 and has been competing in NASCAR’s Northwest Regional Series, where he won the 2003 and 2004 championships. Joe Garone will be the crew chief.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)(3-25-2005)
