SCENE & HEARD
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Brain trust at work
6:18 PM
Martin Truex Jr.'s garage stall was a beehive of activity after Happy Hour, since Truex, who was experimenting with a high line, had scuffed the outside wall and rearranged most of the right side, including both fenders and the exhaust pipes.
Outside the stall were toolboxes and parts and pieces, including a replacement rear-end housing, complete with truck arms. A crewman was reshaping the exhaust headers, which had been taken off to facilitate the repair.
But the best sight, for anyone who loves a hands-on crew chief, was chief mechanic Kevin Manion and DEI's R&D director Kevin Buskirk with their heads together at the back of the car, plotting its repair, before Manion actually grabbed some of the parts and pitched back in with their re-shaping.
-- Dave Rodman
Outside the stall were toolboxes and parts and pieces, including a replacement rear-end housing, complete with truck arms. A crewman was reshaping the exhaust headers, which had been taken off to facilitate the repair.
But the best sight, for anyone who loves a hands-on crew chief, was chief mechanic Kevin Manion and DEI's R&D director Kevin Buskirk with their heads together at the back of the car, plotting its repair, before Manion actually grabbed some of the parts and pitched back in with their re-shaping.
-- Dave Rodman
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