Roush Racings Matt Kenseth, who recently lost his spotter (Mike Califnoff) and car chief (Jeff Vandermoss left to take a crew chief gig at Ganassi #40 team) NOT his crew chief (Robbie Reiser), said poaching of race-team employees is worse this year then hes ever seen before. I think well probably lose some people at the end of this year, probably more than we have before as a group at Roush Racing, said Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion. That happens. Roush has been really successful over the last three years, winning a couple championships and having all five cars in the Chase. When that happens, you always have other teams come in and offer them a bunch more money than they would offer them if we were running 15th every week. This year, Ive seen a lot more teams come in and try to raid us than in years past and they seem to be more successful than they have in years past.(Speed Channel)
Get Well Robbie Reiser, the Nextel Cup crew chief for #17-Matt Kenseth, wasn’t in Texas on Friday. He was in Wisconsin with his ailing father.(ESPN.com/AP)(11-5-2005)
AND: Kenseth was without his crew chief, as Robbie Reiser was home with his ill father. “It’s a lot different without Robbie being here,” Matt Kenseth said. “I think it was hard for him to be away [Friday]. It’s a little different group over there but Robbie’s laid a great foundation, done a great job of organizing everybody, so even if you miss a person or two, everything keeps on right along.”(NASCAR.com)(11-5-2005)
