Team owner Jack Roush said on Friday at Chicagoland Speedway that he anticipates Jimmy Fennig remaining the crew chief for the #17 team with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. when he replaces Matt Kenseth. Kenseth is leaving the organization to drive the #20 at Joe Gibbs Racing next year. Roush also anticipates Chad Norris, who replaced Bob Osborne in mid-July due to unspecified health issues, to remain with #99-Carl Edwards. #16-Greg Biffle and crew chief Matt Puccia, who led the standings before they were reshuffled to reflect wins for Sunday’s Chase opener, also are staying together. ‘Bob, his health is still a question mark,’ Roush said. ‘Chad Norris has done a great job. The team has rallied around Chad. There is no reason for me to believe from what I ‘ve seen so far that Chad won ‘t be able to build that team to carry forward in 2013.’ Roush gave a similar evaluation of Fennig staying with Stenhouse.(ESPN)(9-14-2012)
