Veteran crew chief Tony Eury Jr. will serve as crew chief for Todd Szegedy in the No. 15 15-40 Connection car in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race Wednesday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Rob Fuller Motorsports announced Monday afternoon.
“After getting to know Todd, I am excited to be his crew chief in Bristol,” Eury said in a team release. “I think we have a legitimate shot to win, and we’re going to have some fun with it as well. I’ve paid attention to how the track is from past modified races, and I think working on super late models every week can be applied to working on the modified car as well. We are going in with a game plan, but I might bring a few ideas to the table that we can try and see what happens!”
Eury Jr. is cousin of Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and served as Junior’s Sprint Cup crew chief on a part-time basis for four seasons and full-time in 2006 and 2008. The duo won twice during their full-time seasons together. Eury also captained the Sprint Cup pit box for Brad Keselowski and Michael Waltrip briefly, as well as Danica Patrick in the XFINITY Series. Eury’s father, Tony Eury Sr., served as crew chief for Earnhardt Jr. as well (1999- 2004) and Dale Earnhardt in the XFINITY Series.
Eury Jr. was named general manager for Mooresville, North Carolina-based LFR Chassis, Inc. in 2014.
The Bush’s Beans 150 will take place Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Camping World Truck Series’ UNOH 200 follows the conclusion of the 150-miler, beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).