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Why doesn't Hendrick Motorsports swap crews?

Roush Fenway has swapped crews and crew chiefs within their organization and there has been some success (David Ragan, f.e.). RCR just did that with Bowyer and Harvick's team and it seems to be working for Harvick right now. So why not Hendrick swapping Dale Jr's crew with Gordon's or even Johnson's? Just to see what happens

Update:

I don't recall saying swap them right now. Maybe for next year or whatever.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Sure....Lets disrupt the two in contention for a championship for the sake of the slacker...

  • 1 decade ago

    Because Jeff Gordon and Steve latarte have worked together for years and been very successful. Same with JJ and Knaus. Dale Jr. has not performed well with any crew chief lately.

    I could actually see Hendrick swapping the crewchiefs for Dale Jr an Mark Martin. If Martin and Earnhart swapped next year, Martin would probably improve over this year, and Jr would probably stay about the same.

  • 1 decade ago

    a wise man once said "don't try to fix something that ain't broke". to risk messing up two successful teams for the benefit of a not so successful team wouldn't be in the best interest of team hendrick as a whole.

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    4 years ago

    i ask your self who wrote that fact for him? we've all heard his stay interviews on the right track, and that i've got faith that speaks for itself. It could be no longer easy to affix Junior united states once you ultimately settle for the indisputable fact that their delight and exhilaration will on no account stay as much as his father's footsteps. he will on no account be the presence on the right track that his father grow to be and his loss of communique and using skill will as quickly as returned positioned him on the exterior looking in to the chase. Junior will continuously be the backside feeder for the time of his Hendrix stay and that i'm specific the perfect standings next 365 days could verify that. i come across it fairly thrilling that Hendrix made the determination to chop up the 24 & 40 8 communities. i've got faith it's going to be a powerful exchange all around. The Hendrix corporation grow to be no longer the place it mandatory to be this 365 days after changing to the spoiler and that grow to be emphasized with Martin's overall performance from one 365 days to the subsequent. aside from that nonetheless, i in my opinion think of that Hendrix needed Mark to step aside this previous 365 days and enable Kasey Kane rigidity the #5. whilst that did no longer ensue, Hendrix used Gustafson to help the 88 and get rid of from Mark's team, yet of direction that have been given denied. i think of you will see Jeff and Mark the two in the chase returned next 365 days and with a bit of luck they're going to the two be in victory lane extra suitable than as quickly as. Martin would be out of Hendrix after next season, and that i'm demanding to work out the place he will land. i think of that he could be a powerful in large condition with Stewart/Hass racing, yet time will tell. Kasey Kane in all threat can no longer look ahead to 2012 and he could grow to be an prolonged term fixture with Hendrix.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Just because you want them to? I'll talk to Rick about it.

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