Richard Childress Racing first-year pit coach Ray Wright is taking offseason steps to boost the pit crews for Austin Dillon and Paul Menard for the 2016 season with the addition of two new members for Dillon’s No. 3 crew, and three new faces for Menard’s No. 27 crew.
No. 31 Ryan Newman‘s pit crew remains the same.
Front carrier Alan Steel and jackman Brian Chase, who worked together at Michael Waltrip Racing‘s No. 15 Clint Bowyer team last season, will join Dillon’s team this season. They join four returning crew men for the No. 3 crew: front changer Jason Pulver, rear changer Brian Bottlemy, rear carrier Josh Shiplett, and gasman Tyler Rader.
For Menard, Will Goodnow takes over the jackman position while Anthony O’Brian and Adam Mestemacher will handle changing and carrying tires on the rear, respectively. The rear carrier position opened when longtime carrier Wright took over the RCR coaching position. Crew members returning include Jeff Cordero and Matt Donley, changing and carrying front tires, with gasman Matt Krueter anchoring the back.
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