JR Motorsports announced Tuesday that Marcus Richmond will take over crew chief duties for its No. 00 team of Cole Custer for the remainder of the 2016 season.
“Marcus is a well-known crew chief in the Truck Series garage, and we are delighted he has joined our team,” Kelley Earnhardt Miller, general manager of JR Motorsports, said in a team release. “He brings a lot of experience and the kind of steady leadership that can take us to Victory Lane and into the inaugural Chase this season. Paired with Cole and the rest of the team, we are eager to see this new partnership begin at Iowa Speedway.”
Richmond is a well-experienced NASCAR Camping World Truck Series veteran with 205 starts as a crew chief in the series, which includes nine victories and a runner-up in the 2013 championship standings led by Ty Dillon. His lengthy resume includes stints with Richard Childress Racing, Red Horse Racing and, most recently, GMS Racing.
“The main reason I came to this team is because they do what it takes to win races, and they have a driver that can win races,” Richmond revealed. “I feel like this is a great opportunity to do that here at JR Motorsports, with Cole in the driver’s seat.”
Richmond will sit atop the pit box for the No. 00 team starting at Iowa Speedway for the Speediatrics 200 (June 18, 8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Custer heads into the weekend 14th in standings with one top-five and two top-10 finishes.