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unusual facts about Crew Chiefs



I'm Headin' For California

"I'm Headin' For California" was written by Glenn Miller with Arthur Malvin, a member of the Crew Chiefs, copyrighted on September 21, 1944 and published by the Chappell Co., Inc.


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1972 Winston 500

The three most notable crew chiefs in this race were Dale Inman, Harry Hyde, and Leonard Wood.

2007 NEXTEL All-Star Challenge

{Rewrite for clarity} A new event, which aired on Speed Channel and was sponsored by Kobalt Tools, was a race among NEXTEL Cup crew chiefs driving small Legends Thunder Roadster Cars (the creation of Lowe's Motor Speedway president H.A. "Humphy" Wheeler) on the quarter-mile oval in front of the main track's grandstand.

A new event that served as a preliminary to the All-Star Challenge, which aired on Speed Channel, was a race among NEXTEL Cup crew chiefs, sponsored by Kobalt Tools.

2007 Sylvania 300

A lawsuit was filed by drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin and crew chiefs Richard "Slugger" Labbe and Peter Sospenzo against Bobby Ginn and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. as both the drivers and their crew chiefs lost their jobs after Ginn, who was the owner of Ginn Racing merged with DEI over back pay.