Although #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Eury Jr. struggled this year before Eury was replaced Thursday, out of the five crew chiefs Earnhardt has worked with in his Sprint Cup career, he’s put up his second-best average finish with Eury Jr. Besides that, Eury Jr. is the only crew chief besides Tony Eury Sr. who has won with Earnhardt multiple times. Earnhardt won with Eury Jr. twice and had a 16.4 average finish. With Eury Sr., Earnhardt won 15 times and had a 15.7 average finish in 65 races. Check out Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Cup career with Tony Sr. calling the shots: Category — Tony Eury Sr. — All others Races — 183 — 156 Wins — 15 — 3 Top-5s — 52 — 35 Top-10s — 79 — 61 Average finish — 15.7 — 17.0 (ESPN) Other Crew Chiefs: Pete Rondeau for 12 races [2005 Daytona 500 thru Coke 600 best finish 3rd] Steve Hmeil for 13 races [2005 Dover thru Calif 2005 winning at Chicago] Tony Gibson for 6 races, Eury Jr was suspended in 2007 [Coke 600 thru NHMS best finish 4th] (5-31-2009)
