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10/9/2025, 12:21:37 AMReddit r/NASCAR — Hot

Should the crew chiefs be spotlighted more to increase fan relatability and inspire young people?

Since most fans have a hard time relating to most of the drivers nowadays, maybe the crew chiefs should be marketed and spotlighted more. Not every young fan can instantly relate to young drivers purely on age, because many of them were born into wealth and have been racing since they were kids, so they only provide envy. There's so much more to success this sport than just driver performance. It takes a whole team and a smart crew chief and knowledgeable engineering staff to win and get results. Crew chiefs tend to have more modest backgrounds and middle-class upbringings and they got to their important role by working at it. Its much more relatable in my opinion to show younger fans, especially those who are technically minded, that there is a path to Cup series glory that rewards merit rather than money. This could inspire young kids who love building legos or are in stem classes in high school to pursue mechanical engineering and work their way up the ranks to a top team. I would like to recognize the names of new crew chiefs more by hearing their name a bit more back when they were engineers. I was pleasantly surprised to see how close the stats were for all-time wins between active crew chiefs. Its never discussed as much as driver win records but Paul Wolfe has 43, Adam Stevens and Alan Gustafson have 41, Rodney Childers has 40, i think this would be fun to follow. This video got my mind turning about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEAasdeOtPY submitted by /u/Think-Border4882 [link] [comments]