New crew chief for Sauter, Connor released: UPDATE 3 Giles leaves Thorsport already; Joiner at Daytona:

Hearing that crew chief, Dennis Connor has been released from Thorsport Racing and the #13 Chevy team and there is a new crew chief already in place for Johnny Sauter.(1-10-2009)
UPDATE: ThorSport Racing has named Walter Giles crew chief for Johnny Sauter’s #13 Chevy Silverado for the ’09 season. Giles is a former chief race engineer at DEI and crew chief for Robby Gordon. The native of Australia moved to the U.S. a decade ago, after winning more than 200 races and seven championships in various racing series as a driver.(Thorsport Racing PR)(1-20-2009)
UPDATE 2: Hearing that Walter Giles has already left Thorsport racing and the #13 truck team.(1-28-2009)
UPDATE 3: Hearing that Ty Joiner will be the crew chief for Johnny Sauter at Daytona. Ty is the full time crew chief for Eric Holmes, the 2006 and 2008 Grand National West Champion.(2-6-2009)