Lead Lap's NASCAR News » Doug Richert http://lead-lap.com Mon, 20 May 2013 05:51:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Reutimann To Drive For BK Racing In Daytona 500 http://lead-lap.com/2012/02/14/vickers-linked-to-unnamed-race-team/ http://lead-lap.com/2012/02/14/vickers-linked-to-unnamed-race-team/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:54:17 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.com/?p=7608 Landon Cassill will race at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 83 Toyota of a yet-to-be-named race team that was purchased from the former Red Bull Racing team.

According to Cassill, the team is planning to field two cars, full time this coming Cup season. Cassill said that Doug Richert will serve as crew chief of the No. 83 and Harry McMullin will serve as the team’s general manager.

Sources say that Ron Devine of TRG Motorsports, which fielded the No. 71 last season, is part of the ownership group. Devine and his Burger King franchises may sponsor the team.

The team will use the former Randy Moss Motorsports shop in Statesville, NC. Engines will come from Triad Racing Technology.

No driver has been named to the second car, the No. 93, which will use the points from the No. 4 last season. Brian Vickers and Travis Kvapil have been linked to that car.

Update: BK Racing announced that David Reutimann will drive the team’s No. 93 Toyota in the Daytona 500, with Todd Anderson, former car chief with TRG Motorsports, serving as crew chief. Travis Kvapil will take over driving duties of the car at Phoenix International Raceway. The car will use the 2011 points of Red Bull Racing’s No. 4.

Reutimann is signed to drive for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 10. Reutimann will drive the No. 10 Chevy in events not entered by Danica Patrick. Patrick will drive the No. 10, which will be fielded by Stewart Haas Racing, in select Sprint Cup events.

Reutimann said:

I was definitely starting to think that I wasn’t going to get to run the Daytona 500, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Daytona is such a huge deal. Everyone says it pays the same amount of points and blah, blah, blah. But it’s my home track and I didn’t know how I was going to take sitting on the sidelines. That place is pretty special to me. I’m really excited about running that race.

Landon Cassill will pilot BK Racing’s No. 83.

]]> http://lead-lap.com/2012/02/14/vickers-linked-to-unnamed-race-team/feed/ 0 Richert Named Crew Chief Of TRG’s No. 71, Lally http://lead-lap.com/2011/04/13/richert-named-crew-chief-of-trgs-no-71-lally/ http://lead-lap.com/2011/04/13/richert-named-crew-chief-of-trgs-no-71-lally/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:54:15 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.com/?p=5349 TRG Motorsports announced that NASCAR veteran crew chief Doug Richert has been named to that role for the team’s No. 71 Interstate Moving Services Ford and driver Andy Lally. Richert will assume crew chief duties starting with this weekend’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.

]]> http://lead-lap.com/2011/04/13/richert-named-crew-chief-of-trgs-no-71-lally/feed/ 0 RGM Hires Watt As Crew Chief http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/26/rgm-hires-watt-as-crew-chief/ http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/26/rgm-hires-watt-as-crew-chief/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:26:19 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.mikejsmith.net/?p=2425 Robby Gordon Motorsports has hired Iain Watt to serve as crew chief for the team’s No. 7 Sprint Cup Toyota this season. Watt joins RGM from Richard Petty Motorsports, where he was director of performance engineering. Watt replaces Doug Richert, who was recently hired by Keyed Up Motorsports to be crew chief for Casey Mears.

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]]> http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/21/mears-joins-kum/feed/ 0 Richert To KUM http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/06/richert-to-kum/ http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/06/richert-to-kum/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:31:18 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.mikejsmith.net/?p=2335 Keyed-Up Motorsports announced that it has hired Doug Richert as crew cheif for its No. 90 Sprint Cup entry for the 2010 season. Richert’s first order of business is to hire a competitive pit crew. Richert served as crew chief for Robby Gordon Motorsports’ No. 7 at the end of last season. No word on who will be Gordon’s crew chief in 2010.

]]> http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/06/richert-to-kum/feed/ 2 Richert To Be Crew Chief Of No. 7 http://lead-lap.com/2009/10/20/richert-to-be-crew-chief-of-no-7/ http://lead-lap.com/2009/10/20/richert-to-be-crew-chief-of-no-7/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:32:55 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.mikejsmith.net/?p=2067 Robby Gordon Motorsports announced that Doug Richert will assume crew chief duties for the No. 7 Toyota Camry starting this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. The team has not committed to him for 2010, but that could be in the works depending on how he does over the next five races.

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