NASCAR Crew Chief Changes Leave Mike Ford out at JGR, Brian Pattie to MWR

The silly season got awfully "silly" when Penske Racing split with former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch weeks after his former crew chief, Steve Addington, bolted for Stewart-Haas Racing. The crew chief announcements just keep on rolling. On Monday, Brian Pattie, former chief for Juan Pablo Montoya at Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing was named to lead Clint Bowyer's Toyota-backed team at Michael Waltrip Racing—the newly formed No. 15 5-Hour Energy Camry.In what some consider yet another strange turn of events, according to Jenna Fryer at the Associated Press, Joe Gibbs Racing has informed Denny Hamlin's crew chief Mike Ford that he has been released, potentially opening up the door for Darian Grubb to join JGR—you kn...

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