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
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.
accept caught imposed nascar penalty pushed
We pushed it a little too far. We got caught with something NASCAR didn't like, they imposed a penalty on us, and we have to accept that.
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.
hold mess saying win
I'm not saying we've got a hold on it, but I feel like we can win this championship if we don't mess up. That's going to be the key.
bell definitely hard hit took
His bell has definitely been rung. That was a pretty hard hit that he took out there.
good similar spot
(Stewart and his team) are in a good spot right now, very similar to where we've been all year.
cars drivers drives feedback gives goes knowing race shows
Drivers don't know what' going in these race cars, ever. Jimmie isn't really into knowing what is going on with the race cars. He shows up and drives and gives his feedback and goes home.
time
It will by the time we're done today.
basically concerned starts stay top zero
Does it matter? Once we get to Loudon (N.H.) it basically starts over at zero . So I'm really not concerned about points. As long as we stay in the top 10, that's all we need.
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.
fear happening hard hit means rattle remember split understand
There's fear at first, but you only understand what's happening for a split second. Then, it's over. Plus, if you hit something hard enough, it'll rattle your head, which means you don't really remember anything from the crash.
Do you not see what I go through every week?