WypAll Wipers announced that Mike Ford, crew chief for the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing team, as the 2007 WypAll Wipers Crew Chief of the Year. The WypAll Wipers Crew Chief Challenge has been a season-long contest set out to determine the best crew chiefs in the garage. At the conclusion of each NASCAR race, a panel of judges decided which crew chief did an outstanding job throughout the course of the weekend based on their strategic planning and race day calls. While, it wasn’t necessarily the crew chief that made it into victory lane, it was always the crew chief that made the biggest difference to his team. The crew chief with the most weekly wins received top honors as the WypAll Wipers Crew Chief of the Year. The challenge spotlights the crew chief’s performance and efforts to get his team into victory lane. Mike Ford earned Crew Chief of the Race accolades at five races this season, narrowly edging out Bob Osborne, crew chief of the #99 Office Depot team and Chad Knaus, crew chief of the #48 Lowe’s team, each with four wins. The 2006 Crew Chief of the Year champion and WypAll Wipers spokesmen, Robbie Reiser, recognized the efforts of Ford and all crew chiefs in the Nextel Cup garage. On winning the 2007 WypAll Wipers Crew Chief of the Year, Ford was presented with a check for $20,000. There is no doubt that Mike Ford is responsible for much of the success with the #11 FedEx Chevy, said J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing. From the first time he and Denny Hamlin worked together they clicked. Mike is an important part of our team at Joe Gibbs Racing and more than that, a first class person. For more information on Wypall Wipers or the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief Challenge, visit www.Wypall.com.(WypAll Wipers PR)(11-20-2007)
