Rodney Childers News

43 Crew Members to be grand marshals at Martinsville:

43 Crew Members to be grand marshals at Martinsville:

October 20, 2010
To honor the dedicated road warriors and pit crew members, TUMS will designate all crew members as the Grand Marshals for the 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 on Oct. 24. For the first time in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history, 43 crew members, one from each team, will represent

#00 Pit Crew earned 3rd quarter honors:

#00 Pit Crew earned 3rd quarter honors:

October 13, 2010
For their outstanding efforts on pit road, the #00 Aarons Dream Machine Toyota pit crew for David Reutimann and Michael Waltrip Racing has earned third-quarter honors in the 2010 Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award competition. The Mechanix Wear Most Valuable

Reutimanns Crew Captures Tissot Pit Road Award at Bristol:

Reutimanns Crew Captures Tissot Pit Road Award at Bristol:

August 25, 2010
David Reutimanns pit crew pocketed the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Saturday nights NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was the second Tissot win of the season for Reutimanns #00 crew, which moved into a four-way tie for third place in the weekly

MWR to make announcement at Indy: UPDATE:

MWR to make announcement at Indy: UPDATE:

July 23, 2010
#00-David Reutimann, who won Saturday night's Spring Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, has signed a new contract with Michael Waltrip Racing. The team scheduled a news conference for July 23 in Indianapolis to announce the deal. "We're in good shape," Reutimann said

MWR to make announcement at Indy:

MWR to make announcement at Indy:

July 11, 2010
#00-David Reutimann, who won Saturday night's Spring Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway, has signed a new contract with Michael Waltrip Racing. The team scheduled a news conference for July 23 in Indianapolis to announce the deal. "We're in good shape," Reutimann said

Reutimann’s Crew Wins Tissot Pit Road Award in Talladega:

Reutimann’s Crew Wins Tissot Pit Road Award in Talladega:

April 29, 2010
David Reutimann's over-the-wall crew claimed the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday's Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. The fast pit stops by the #00 crew at the 2.66-mile tri-oval helped Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) attain its third

Parts confiscated from #13 and #47 teams UPDATE 2 Penalties announced:

Parts confiscated from #13 and #47 teams UPDATE 2 Penalties announced:

April 22, 2010
NASCAR confiscated the lower radiator pans from Max Papis' #13 Toyota and Marcos Ambrose's #47 Toyota during post-qualifying Sprint Cup Series inspection. The pans are considered "unapproved ballast weight mounting" according to Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby

Childers named Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Race at Charlotte:

Childers named Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Race at Charlotte:

May 28, 2009
Rodney Childers, crew chief for the #00 Aaron's Toyota driven by David Reutimann, has been named the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Race following Monday's rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. With rain clouds threatening throughout the already one

Changes for 2009 – Crew Chiefs UPDATED:

Changes for 2009 – Crew Chiefs UPDATED:

January 13, 2009
#00 [was #44] -- Ryan Pemberton left to crew chief Brian Vickers for 2009, Rodney Childers comes from GEM to take over #7 -- made numerous crew chief changes in 2008, have heard nothing official, but heard that Kirk Almquist, who came to the team in late 2008, will

Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty:

Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty:

January 13, 2009
Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk and Sammy Johns will join existing GEM crew chiefs Kenny Francis and Mike Shiplett

Changes for 2009 – Crew Chiefs:

Changes for 2009 – Crew Chiefs:

December 29, 2008
#00 -- Ryan Pemberton left to crew chief Brian Vickers for 2009, Rodney Childers comes from GEM to take over #7 -- made numerous crew chief changes in 2008, have heard nothing official, but heard that Kirk Almquist, who came to the team in late 2008, will be back #

Parrott leaves Yates; to GEM? UPDATE 3 No, back at Yates:

Parrott leaves Yates; to GEM? UPDATE 3 No, back at Yates:

December 10, 2008
Todd Parrott, a second-generation racer with more than two decades of racing experience, was released from Yates Racing after leading the #28 Ford and driver Travis Kvapil to a 23rd-place finish in the point standings.(FoxSports), no word where Parrott ends up or who

Parrott to GEM?

Parrott to GEM?

December 3, 2008
Hearing crew chief Todd Parrott, who recently left Yates Racing, could end up at Gillett Evernham Motorsports, reuniting with #19-Elliott Sadler. Sadler and Parrott worked together when Sadler drove the #38 M&M's Ford for Yates. Parrott would replace Rodney Childers

Childers new crew chief for Reutimann? UPDATE:

Childers new crew chief for Reutimann? UPDATE:

December 2, 2008
hearing former #19 GEM crew chief, Rodney Childers, will be Reutimann's crew chief in 2009.(11-26-2008) UPDATE: Rodney Childers will leave Gillett Evernham Motorsports, where he was crew chief for #19-Elliott Sadler, to become #00-David Reutimann's crew chief at Michael

Pemberton leaves MWR for Red Bull UPDATE 2 new crew chief?:

Pemberton leaves MWR for Red Bull UPDATE 2 new crew chief?:

November 26, 2008
After asking for his release, #44 crew chief Ryan Pemberton is expected to reunite with his friend and former boss Jay Frye at Team Red Bull. Pemberton, 39, spent this year working with David Reutimann and the #44 Toyota after weathering the MB2 Motorsports buyout