Crew chief Todd Berrier has been mentioned as a candidate to replace Scott Miller on the #31 Chevy at Richard Childress Racing. Berrier is currently crew chief for RCR’s #07 team.(FoxSports)(10-11-2009)
UPDATE – decision on crew chief is near: #31-Jeff Burton met with members of the media at Lowes Motor Speedway and discussed his thoughts on the status of his team: HOW CLOSE WOULD YOU SAY YOU GUYS ARE TO RESOLVING THE CREW CHIEF SITUATION ON THE #31 FOR NEXT YEAR? Were real close. I dont have a definite date but were real close to having all that figured out. Theres a lot of things that are changing at RCR. Theres a new way of doing business going into next year and in the midst of that crew chief search for the #31. Were really optimistic that we have that put to bed and well be able to talk about that fairly soon.(Chevy Racing)(10-16-2009)
UPDATE 2: Richard Childress Racing continues to retool team leadership with its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series teams. Following this weekends NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, Todd Berrier will take over the crew chief duties of the #31 Caterpillar team with driver Jeff Burton while Doug Randolph assumes Berriers duties on the #07 Jack Daniels team with driver Casey Mears. Starting this week at Memphis Motorsports Park, Dan Deeringhoff will replace Randolph in his return to the #29 Holiday Inn team with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer and Stephen Leicht in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Scott Miller, who has led the #31 team since 2005, will move fulltime to the director of competition position he was named to in September. Minimal changes will also be made among crew members for the #07 and #31 teams. The crew chief position for RCRs development program will be named later. I said previously that RCR would continue to adjust our team lineups in order to have the right personnel in place and this is the next step in that process, said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. Todd, Doug and Dan are all proven winners so the goal of these moves is to put them in the best situations to continue that success. Im confident that making these changes now will be a benefit to the teams for the rest of this season as well as in preparing for 2010.(RCR)(10-21-2009)
