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NASCAR BGN: RCR Makes Busch Series Crew Chief Change

8 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

WELCOME, N.C.-- Scott Naset has been named interim crew chief of the No. 21 Rockwell Automation Racing NASCAR Busch Series team fielded by Richard Childress Racing and driven by Mike Dillon.

The team is currently in 20th place in the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series point standings, with one top-10 and eight top-20 finishes through the first 18 races.

"Sometimes personnel combinations don't work out," said Richard Childress, president of RCR. "We felt we gave it a good shot in the first half of the season but needed to make a change before heading into the second half. We are actively searching for a fulltime replacement but feel comfortable that Scott will be able to handle the position until we find the right person to take over."

Naset, 29, had been with RCR since last November and served as the car chief for the No. 21 Rockwell Automation team. He replaces Lance Deiters, who was released yesterday (July 6) from the first-year Busch Series program.

Richard Childress Racing Enterprises, Inc., has set the standard for modern-era stock car racing teams. Based just south of Winston-Salem in Welcome, N.C., RCR has nearly 200 employees and fields the NASCAR Winston Cup teams of seven-time champion and 1998 Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt, and 1997 Rookie-of-the-Year and 1995 Truck Series champion Mike Skinner, as well as NASCAR Busch Series teams with drivers Mike Dillon and Kevin Harvick.

Text provided by David Hart

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