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
happy race races team tracks winning
Just because I wasn't at those race tracks doesn't take anything away from what we've been doing. When I wasn't here, I was just as happy for this team winning races as I was today.
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.
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.
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.
awesome normal takes team
It was a pretty awesome fight, and I don't think that any normal team can do that. It takes a team like what we've got.
chain droop fix holds nascar problem trying
We just had a little problem with the chain that holds the droop on the right rear. NASCAR didn't like it the way it was. It wasn't a big deal. We were trying to fix it and we just didn't have time.
next
Obviously, we're parked right next to each other in the garage,
guys proud
I am really proud of what my guys were able to accomplish.
five goal maintain points position races running sure top turn
My goal is to maintain a top 10 position in the points through the first 13 races. From that point on, I want to make sure we are running in the top five. I want to end the first 26 races in the top five in points, and then go into the Chase. Once there, we can turn it on.
below couple cures drivers inflation maybe minimum people race safe sure tire walk
Maybe there were some people below minimum inflation tonight. If they were, and they had a tire issue, it cures itself. You're only going to go out there a couple of times and have a problem. They do what they do to make sure we have a safe and competitive race and that the drivers are able to walk away.
deal
Man, it was tough. But it is what I had to deal with.
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.
affect change far hate might rules season
I hate to think they're going to change the rules this far into the season that might affect us,
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.