Robbie Reiser Moves To GM at Roush
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Posted by Jeremy Dunn Nov 15, 2007 |
Robbie Reiser and Matt Kenseth have been teamed up since the 1997 season when Reiser hired Kenseth to drive his Busch Series car. Eventually, the duo began to turn heads, especially Mark Martin's. Martin persuaded Jack Roush to hire both Kenseth and Reiser to drive the team's fifth car.
Since Kenseth and Reiser joined Roush's Cup stables, the duo has produced 15 wins, and the 2003 championship. Yes, Kenseth and Reiser have becomed arguably one of the top three driver and crew chief combinations in the sport.
However, the dynamic duo will be separated in 2008. Roush will replace Max Jones with Robbie Reiser as the team's general manager, as Jones will take that same position at Yates Racing.
Chip Bolin will take over as crew chief for Matt Kenseth in 2008.
"I've done this for years for Matt," said Reiser. "Not that I'm sick and tired of it or don't enjoy it or any of that, but somewhere along the line you've got to move to the next challenge. And the next challenge probably would be to oversee an operation in the garage. "
NASCAR announced penalties against Blickensderfer and the 17 Busch team following a rules violation at Phoenix. He was fined $10,000 and the team was docked 25 championship points.