Trevor Bayne will have a crew chief familiar to many NASCAR fans atop his pit box in 2015.
Roush Fenway Racing announced Tuesday that Bob Osborne would serve as Bayne's crew chief. Osborne was Carl Edwards' long-time crew chief and was the crew chief when Edwards finished second in the Sprint Cup standings to Tony Stewart in 2011. In mid-2012, he stepped down because of medical reasons. Until stepping down, Osborne had served as Edwards' crew chief for all but 27 races of Edwards' career.
Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner, will drive full-time in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. He has driven a part-time schedule in the Cup Series over the past four seasons for the Wood Brothers.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will also have a new crew chief. Mike Kelley served as Stenhouse's crew chief in 2013 after the two won Xfinity Series titles together in 2011 and 2012. Kelley will continue with the team as Stenhouse's car chief but Nick Sandler, the head engineer for Edwards in 2014, will be Stenhouse's crew chief.
Greg Biffle will continue to work with crew chief Matt Puccia. With the addition of Bayne to the No. 6 car, Roush Fenway is staying at three cars in 2015 after Edwards left to join Joe Gibbs Racing.
Jimmy Fennig, Edwards' crew chief for the past two seasons, is now Roush's R&D coordinator.
Phil Gould will crew chief for Elliott Sadler in the Xfinity Series. Gould moves over from Richard Childress Racing to join Sadler, who joins Roush from Joe Gibbs Racing. Darrell Wallace, who will also drive for Roush in 2015 after leaving Joe Gibbs Racing, will have Chad Norris as his crew chief. Norris was named Edwards' crew chief in 2012 after Osborne's departure and served as Bayne's Xfinity Series crew chief in 2014.
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