Less than two weeks after announcing their plans for 2010, we are hearing Kyle Busch Motorsports has snagged longtime Truck Series crew chief Eric Phillips. Phillips is expected to take over duties for the #18 truck driven by Kyle Busch and Brian Ickler. Phillips joins KBM from Randy Moss Motorsports where he has been since 2005. Phillips was Dennis Setzer’s crew chief during the ’05 season when Setzer won four races and finished second in the points. Prior to that, Phillips led Travis Kvapil to Toyota’s first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win with the short lived Bang! Racing.(TheNASCARInsiders.com) [Recent past news regarding RMM is posted on the November Archives Page.](12-23-2009)
UPDATE: From a Randy Moss Motorsports twitter: Gene Nead has joined RMM and will serve as Skinner’s crew chief. Gene won the 2005 truck series championship with Ted Musgrave.(RMMRacing Twitter)(1-5-2010)
