Richard Childress Racing announced Wednesday that Matt Borland will return to the pit box next year as crew chief for its No. 27 Chevrolet. The car is currently driven by Paul Menard in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Borland will take over at season’s end from interim crew chief Danny Stockman, who began his current stint with the No. 27 team in late July. Team owner Richard Childress indicated that Stockman would return to his role as a crew chief in RCR’s XFINITY Series operation.
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Borland, a 45-year-old native of Big Rapids, Michigan, transitions to Richard Childress Racing from his role as vice president of technology for Stewart-Haas Racing. That role expanded in 2014 as an engineering resource and liaison for the Haas F1 team’s rollout in Formula 1.
“Matt’s experience as an engineer in both NASCAR and Formula 1 will be critically important to the growth of RCR’s Sprint Cup Series program,” Childress said in a release provided by his team. “He has an impressive background and will be a great resource to our racing operations.”
The veteran Borland has six full seasons of experience as a crew chief in NASCAR’s top division, scoring 13 victories — all with current RCR driver Ryan Newman. Of those premier-series wins, all but one came with Team Penske; the other was Newman’s most recent victory in the series, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2013, the driver’s final season with Stewart-Haas.
“Richard Childress Racing is one of NASCAR’s most prestigious race teams with a storied history and I’m thrilled to be a part of this organization,” Borland said in the RCR release. “I’m looking forward to working closely with Dr. Eric Warren and the staff of talented engineers and employees. I’m confident my experience in various forms of motorsports will contribute to RCR’s continued success on track.”