Chad Knaus
Chad Knaus
Chad Anthony Knausis an American NASCAR crew chief. He is currently employed at Hendrick Motorsports as the crew chief for the No. 48 Sprint Cup Series car, driven by Jimmie Johnson. Knaus has 61 victories as Jimmie Johnson's crew chief and is the only NASCAR crew chief to win five consecutive championships. He has worked in NASCAR since 1991. Over this time, he has worked for four teams: Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, Melling Racing, Tyler Jet Motorsports, and Hendrick Motorsports. He...
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Date of Birth5 August 1971
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It will by the time we're done today.
bristol coming forward great looking time
It's great to be back. I have been looking forward to coming to Bristol probably for the first time in my career.
longevity places stay whatever win
We've got longevity to stay here and do whatever it is we need to do to win the championship. That's something a lot of places don't have.
game knew painful start stuck time
We stuck to our game plan, even when it was painful at times. We wanted to go test, we just knew it wasn't time to start that just yet.
nascar like-you
Drive it like you stole it, homie.
racing industry right-now
The racing that we've got in our industry right now is the best racing in the worldperiod.
team people leader
You get a team that goes out there and they find a little bit of something that advantage is going to seem larger then it is if the rules were not as tight because it's harder for other people to find whatever that advantage may be. I'm not saying points leader Tony Stewart has a huge advantage. What they've got is that they are hitting everything exactly right. When they have everything working just right, that's how it shows to be dominant.
celebrate i-can ifs
I can assure you, if we pull this off, we'll all be celebrating just like we always do.
pants cards crew
Drivers are pretty well set, but crew chiefs, they change their business cards like they change their pants.
chief contribute crew dressed guy nowadays performance setting sure truly watching
The crew chief nowadays ... it's not just setting up the car. It's watching the guys, making sure they're all doing it, making sure this guy is dressed right and he's clean-shaven and all that kind of stuff, all those little things that truly contribute to the performance of the team.
best chance strongest teams
This is probably the best chance we have to make it happen. This is the strongest our organization has ever been. Now its up to the teams to make it happen. If we don't make it happen, its our own fault.
Do you not see what I go through every week?
committed team winning
Jimmie and I have never been more committed to each other, to the team and to winning a championship than we are right now.
asset calming good huge individual race
Robbie has been a huge asset to me more so than anything else with the race car. He's a very calming individual and he has a good sense about him and he has been through a championship chase.