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NASCAR NEWS - Thursday, December 27, 2007
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Pemberton among new crew chiefs at Waltrip
By Team Release
CORNELIUS, N.C. - Michael Waltrip Racing on Friday unveiled
its 2008 Sprint Cup Series crew chief lineup with the
recent hiring of Paul Andrews, Bill Pappas and Ryan
Pemberton.
"My vision of Michael Waltrip Racing becoming one of the
elite organizations in NASCAR has not changed since the
day I started this team," Waltrip said. "Over the past four
months we have made significant moves to position ourselves
for success with the addition of my new business partner
Rob Kauffman; our Technical Director, Dr. Eric Warren; and
EVP of Business Operations Cal Wells.
"Our logical next phase was to bring in race and champion-
ship winning crew chiefs to lead our teams. And we have
done that with the addition of Paul Andrews, Bill Pappas
and Ryan Pemberton.
"The degree of difficulty in our monumental start up in
2007 was evident and standing flat-footed heading into
2008 was not an option for us. I could not be more proud
of the recent developments. MWR is here to stay and I
think these moves show our commitment to long-term
success."
- Andrews will serve as crew chief for Michael Waltrip
and the No. 55 Toyota.
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"I am really looking forward to working with Michael
again," Andrews said. "Last year as the season went on,
it was evident that Michael Waltrip Racing was making
improvements. There is so much potential here, which is
noticeable and that's what attracted me to this team."
Andrews, who established a relationship with Waltrip during
his tenure at Dale Earnhardt Inc., entered the NASCAR scene
with the late Alan Kulwicki in 1988. The team won the 1992
Cup championship, and most recently worked at Petty
Enterprises with Kyle Petty and Bobby Labonte.
"Good things will happen for this organization because they
are continuing to hire quality people," Andrews said. "I
wanted to come here and help them work their way into the
top-35 in points because I know they are capable of doing
that."
- Pappas is assigned to the team which will field the
No. 44 for Dale Jarrett then become the No. 00 team,
at Martinsville, when David Reutimann takes over the
No. 44.
"Last season, Michael Waltrip Racing built a foundation
and now they are working on the internal pieces," Pappas
said. "I am pleased to have been chosen to be apart of
this growth. I respect the vision of both Toyota Motor-
sports and Michael Waltrip Racing.
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"In addition, it is a tremendous honor to be an integral
part of Dale Jarrett's final races. Jarrett is an
ambassador to the sport and has had great success through-
out his career. I am eager to work and learn from him
throughout the season."
Pappas was chief engineer at Ganassi Racing and won the
Indianapolis 500 with Juan Montoya in the driver's first
visit to The Brickyard in May 2000. During his tenure at
Ganassi, Pappas engineered cars that led the Indy 500 in
every race from 2000-2004, and helped Ganassi celebrate
an Indy Racing League championship with Scott Dixon in
2003.
- Pemberton is the crew chief for David Reutimann, who will
race the No. 00 for five races before switching to the
driver of the No. 44 UPS team. Pemberton and Reutimann
will remain together through the transition.
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"Michael Waltrip Racing is a team that's growing and I want
to be a part of that," said Pemberton, who left DEI on
Dec. 11. "I have respect for this team because I know how
hard it is to start up an organization from scratch.
There's a lot to overcome just to make it to the racetrack
when you are developing a new program especially of the
magnitude they did.
"I can appreciate all of their hard work and dedication
last season. Also, I feel really good about being David's
crew chief. I told many of my peers that I had decided to
make Michael Waltrip Racing my home and they said that I
would enjoy working with David and that says a lot about
him."
Ryan Pemberton enters his 12th season as a Cup Series crew
chief, most recently the crew chief of the No. 01 team
with Mark Martin.
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