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TEAM 14 CREW
Darian Grubb

Shop Duties:
Crew Chief
Pit Stop Duties:
Crew Chief
Date of Birth:
10/9/75
Place of Birth:
Floyd, Va.
Hometown:
Floyd, Va.
Current Residence:
Mooresville, N.C.
Spouse:
Yolanda
Children:
Gavin 		Joined Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in November 2008 from Hendrick Motorsports…In six years at Hendrick, rose from team engineer with the No. 48 Sprint Cup squad in 2003 to engineering manager for the Nos. 5 and 88 Sprint Cup teams…Also has extensive experience in the role of crew chief, as he served as the interim crew chief for the No. 48 team during the first four races of the 2006 Sprint Cup season, where he led driver Jimmie Johnson to a pair of victories – including the Daytona 500 – as well as one runner-up finish and a sixth-place effort…Johnson went on to win the Sprint Cup championship in 2006…Grubb spent entire 2007 Sprint Cup season as crew chief for Casey Mears, leading the young driver to his first career Sprint Cup win in the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway near Charlotte, N.C.,...Duo also earned a pole at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.


Jeff Meendering

Shop Duties:
Car Chief
Pit Stop Duties:
Car Chief
Date of Birth:
5/21/77
Place of Birth
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
Current Residence:
Concord, N.C.
Spouse:
Ashley
Children:
Jeff Jr., Nathan 		Came to SHR after spending 2008 as Sprint Cup crew chief for Bobby Labonte at Petty Enterprises…Began working at Hendrick Motorsports while a junior at Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, N.C…Spent 13 years at Hendrick working first in the chassis shop before moving to the setup plate for the No. 24 team of Jeff Gordon in 2001…Spent 2002-2003 as head of the setup plate for Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team…Began traveling with the No. 24 team in 2004 as a mechanic before becoming car chief for the 2006-2007 seasons…While car chief for the No. 24 team, helped Gordon to eight victories, nine poles and a runner-up finish in 2007 Sprint Cup point standings.


Kelly Kellis

Pit Stop Duties:
Front Tire Changer
Date of Birth:
12/2/75
Place of Birth:
Concord, N.C.
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
Current Residence:
Concord, N.C.
Spouse:
Patty
Children:
Karissa, Courtney 		Joined SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) in February 2003 and has served as both a front- and rear-tire changer for the team…Prior to his time at SHR, spent four years at Dale Earnhardt Inc., and changed tires for cars driven by Steve Park, Ron Hornaday Jr., and Martin Truex Jr., in each of NASCAR’s top three series…Spent 1997-1998 seasons as an engine tuner at Fisher engineering…Prior to his time at Fisher, spent three years at Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in the engine department…Also while at JGR, changed tires for NASCAR Nationwide Series car driven by Tony Stewart…Step-father John Wilson worked in engine departments at Sabco and JGR.


Todd Drakulich

Shop Duties:
Mechanic
Pit Stop Duties:
Front Tire Carrier
Date of Birth:
6/27/79
Place of Birth:
Tucson, Ariz.
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.
Current Residence:
Concord, N.C.
Spouse:
Kim
Children:
Alyson, Haley 		Came to SHR in 2009 from Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates’ NASCAR Nationwide Series team, where he served as a front- and rear tire-carrier in 2007-2008…From 2005-2006, was front-tire carrier for Richard Childress Racing’s No. 21 Nationwide Series team…Also has worked on pit crews at Michael Waltrip Racing and Ultra Motorsports…Motorsports career began at Tucson (Ariz.) Raceway Park where he worked on Super Stocks and Super Late-Models.


Daniel Smith

Shop Duties:
Fabricator
Pit Stop Duties:
Rear Tire Changer
Date of Birth:
7/3/84
Place of Birth:
Concord, N.C.
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
Current Residence:
Concord, N.C.
Spouse:
Vicky
Children:
None 		Joined SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) in 2004 after graduating from the 5-on-5-off program at the Performance Instruction & Training (PIT) facility in Mooresville, N.C.,…Has been a tire-changer for the team since 2004…Graduated from First Assembly Christian School in Concord, N.C., and attended East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.


Mike “Shrek” Morneau

Shop Duties:
Teardown
Pit Stop Duties:
Rear Tire Carrier
Date of Birth:
8/28/85
Place of Birth:
Lewiston, Maine
Hometown:
Oxford, Maine
Current Residence:
Kannapolis, N.C.
Marital Status:
Engaged to Cheryl Brown (Nov. 28, 2009)
Children:
None 		Has been a tire-carrier at SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) since July 2004 after graduating from the 5-on-5-off program at the Performance Instruction & Training (PIT) facility in Mooresville, N.C.,…Joined SHR full-time in September 2004 after graduating from the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville…Racing career began as a teenager at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine, where he drove and prepared cars in the 4-cyclinder ‘Rebel’ class.


Mike Casto

Shop Duties:
Electrical Engineer
Pit Stop Duties:
Jackman
Date of Birth:
10/31/72
Place of Birth:
Glendale, W.Va.
Hometown:
Proctor, W.Va.
Current Residence:
Salisbury, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Joined SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) in 2006 after working as a jackman and suspension expert for a variety of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams….Graduated in 2002 from the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C.


Jeff “Gooch” Patterson

Shop Duties:
Motorcoach Driver
Pit Stop Duties:
Gas Man
Date of Birth:
7/14/68
Place of Birth:
Zion, Ill.
Hometown:
Escondido, Calif.
Current Residence:
Huntersville, N.C.
Spouse:
Kellie
Children:
Sawyer 		Moved to SHR in 2009 after 11 years with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR)…First began with JGR’s No. 44 NASCAR Nationwide Series team as second gas man and Tony Stewart’s motorcoach driver in 1998...Served as gas man for the No. 20 JGR Sprint Cup team with Stewart from 1999-2008…Before joining JGR, worked with Ranier-Walsh Racing as the transporter driver and gas man for the No. 20 car of Greg Sacks (Sprint Cup) and the No. 15 car of Stewart (Nationwide Series)…Prior to Sprint Cup career, worked as a mechanic for a variety of World of Outlaws teams.


Scott Radel

Shop Duties:
Engineer
Pit Stop Duties:
Catch Can
Date of Birth:
6/6/72
Place of Birth:
Massillon, Ohio
Hometown:
Massillon, Ohio
Current Residence:
Mt. Mourne, N.C.
Spouse:
Angie
Children:
None 		Began at SHR on Jan. 1, 2009 after two years at Hendrick Motorsports…Spent 2008 season as the race engineer on the No. 5 Sprint Cup car driven by Casey Mears and the 2007 season as race engineer for the No. 5 Nationwide Series cars driven by Mears, Kyle Busch and Mark Martin…Before joining Hendrick, spent more than six years at Roush-Fenway Racing in a variety of roles including shock specialist, car chief and setup plate specialist for drivers such as Martin, Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray…Spent the 2000 season at Galaxy Motorsports with driver Wally Dallenbach…Also worked with G.T.S. Motorsports and Triad Motorsports in the late 1990s….Graduated in December 1996 from the University of Akron (Ohio) with a degree in mechanical engineering.


Bob Jeffrey

Shop Duties:
None
Pit Stop Duties:
Spotter
Date of Birth:
10/21/58
Place of Birth:
Welsh, W.Va.
Hometown:
Bristol, Tenn.
Current Residence:
Indianapolis
Spouse: Beckie
Children:
Erin, Daniele, Shelia 		Began at SHR on Jan. 1, 2009…Spent the last three seasons as spotter for Matt Kenseth...Prior to that spent more than 10 years as spotter for Dale Jarrett and was on the spotter’s stand for Jarrett’s 1999 Sprint Cup championship, two Brickyard 400 wins (1996 and 1999) and two of his Daytona 500 wins (1996 and 2000)…Spotted in Nationwide Series events for Bobby Labonte, David Green and Dale Earnhardt.


Randy Heffner

Shop Duties:
Engine Tuner (Hendrick Motorsports employee)
Pit Stop Duties:
Sign Board/Clean Grill
Date of Birth:
3/22/73
Place of Birth:
Gaston, N.C.
Hometown:
Denver, N.C.
Current Residence:
Denver, N.C.
Marital Status
Single
Children:
None 		An employee of Hendrick Motorsports’ engine department who is assigned to the No. 14 team via SHR’s technical alliance with Hendrick…Began working in racing as a teenager and worked on Late-Models for several years before joining Hendrick in 2007.


Jonathan Toney

Shop Duties:
Engineer
Pit Stop Duties:
None
Date of Birth:
2/25/74
Place of Birth:
Hickory, N.C.
Hometown:
Newton, N.C.
Current Residence:
Newton, N.C.
Spouse:
Tabitha
Children:
Justin, Garrett 		Hooters Pro Cup Series with driver Shane Huffman, who won the 2003 championship on the strength of eight wins…Began career working on a variety of cars at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway and Tri-County Speedway in Hudson, N.C.…Graduated in 1996 from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a degree in mechanical engineering.


Adam Gravitt

Shop Duties:
Shock Engineer
Pit Stop Duties:
None
Date of Birth:
5/26/1982
Place of Birth:
South Boston, Va.
Hometown:
South Boston, Va.
Current Residence:
Cornelius, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Has worked at SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) since June 2004 and has toiled in a variety of engineering roles with the team…Graduated in June 2004 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) with a degree in mechanical engineering…Racing career began as a teenager working on a variety of cars at South Boston (Va.) Speedway.


Sean Haggerty

Shop Duties:
Front Suspension Mechanic
Pit Stop Duties:
Extra Pit Support
Date of Birth:
8/26/77
Place of Birth:
Sharon, Conn.
Hometown:
Amenia, N.Y.
Current Residence:
Huntersville, N.C.
Spouse: Trish
Children:
Gavin 		Has been at SHR (formerly Haas CNC Racing) since 2003 …Worked with Sabco Racing from 1999-2001 and remained with the team when it merged with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2001…Left Ganassi after the 2002 season…Began in dirt racing working on Modifieds and Sprint cars.


Aaron Keuhn

Shop Duties:
Tire Specialist
Pit Stop Duties:
Extra Pit Support
Date of Birth:
4/19/79
Place of Birth:
New Britten, Conn.
Hometown:
Kensington, Conn.
Current Residence:
Concord, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Spent six years at Hendrick Motorsports before joining SHR in January 2009…Served as tire specialist for the No. 24 team of Jeff Gordon from 2003-2007…Spent 2008 as a mechanic on Gordon’s team…Worked at Evernham Motorsports from 2000-2002 as a tire specialist on the No. 19 car driving by Casey Atwood and Jeremy Mayfield….Worked for various NASCAR Nationwide Series teams in the late 1990s before moving to Sprint Cup.


Brian Taylor

Shop Duties:
Interior Mechanic
Pit Stop Duties:
Extra Pit Support
Date of Birth:
1/12/78
Place of Birth:
Fort Gaines, Ga.
Hometown:
Cuthbert, Ga.
Current Residence:
Denver, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		SHR is his first full-time Sprint Cup experience…Came to SHR in June 2008 after spending three-and-a-half years with the NASCAR Nationwide Series teams of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates …Worked for Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nationwide Series teams from 2003-2005 after working for Ganassi from 2001-2002…Began in NASCAR with Sabco Racing in 1999 after working in the ARCA Series in his native Georgia in the mid-1990s.


Troy Welty

Shop Duties:
Rear-End Mechanic
Pit Stop Duties:
Windshield
Date of Birth:
1/26/1972
Place of Birth:
York, Pa.
Hometown:
Manchester, Pa.
Current Residence:
Lexington, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Came to SHR on Dec. 1, 2008 after spending the 2007-2008 Sprint Cup seasons as a front-end mechanic on Clint Bowyer’s car at Richard Childress Racing…Broke into NASCAR after several season as a mechanic in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series with drivers Sammy Swindell and Jac Haudenschild…Began racing career working on a variety of cars at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa.


Darrel Haskins

Shop Duties:
Assembly Mechanic
Pit Stop Duties:
Extra Pit Support
Date of Birth:
3/22/66
Place of Birth:
Danville, Va.
Hometown:
Danville, Va.
Current Residence:
Asheboro, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Began working at SHR in May 2008 after four years at Kevin Harvick Inc., where he worked as a mechanic, gas man and tire-carrier….Also has worked at Morgan-Dollar Motorsports and Ultra Motorsports…Racing career began at South Boston (Va.) Speedway and Orange County Speedway.


Jerry Honeycut

Shop Duties:
Transporter Driver
Pit Stop Duties:
Second Gas Can
Date of Birth:
12/10/62
Place of Birth:
Mooresville, N.C.
Hometown:
Mooresville, N.C.
Current Residence
China Grove, N.C.
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None 		Joined SHR in November 2008 after two seasons as a transporter driver for Dale Earnhardt Inc…Prior to his time in racing, spent many years in the commercial trucking industry.


Tim Harrison

Shop Duties:
Transporter Driver
Pit Stop Duties:
Extra Pit Support
Date of Birth:
3/22/73
Place of Birth:
Salisbury, N.C.
Hometown:
Richfield, N.C.
Current Residence:
Salisbury, N.C.
Spouse:
Lisa
Children:
Tyler, Brittany 		Came to SHR in January 2009 after one year at Dale Earnhardt Inc…Worked in commercial trucking industry before entering NASCAR.


Joe Piette Jr.

Shop Duties:
Pit Stop Coordinator
Pit Stop Duties:
None
Date of Birth:
10/3/66
Place of Birth:
Wausau, Wis.
Hometown:
Wausau, Wis.
Current Residence:
Salisbury, N.C.
Spouse: Pam
Children:
Jessica, Jalissa 		Joined SHR in November 2008 after nearly seven years at Penske Racing where he worked as a tire-changer and mechanic on Ryan Newman’s car…Spent 2000-2001 seasons at MBV Motorsports as a tire-changer and mechanic for Johnny Benson…Worked at Petty Enterprises from 1997-1999 as a tire-changer and mechanic on cars driven by John Andretti and Buckshot Jones…Began NASCAR career at Dave Marcis Racing before moving to Stavola Brothers Racing…Got into racing by working on Street Stocks and Late-Models in Wisconsin.


Rick Pigeon

Shop Duties:
Mechanic/Set-up
Pit Stop Duties:
Jackman
Date of Birth:
7/26/75
Place of Birth:
St Albans VA.
Hometown:
Fairfax VA
Current Residence:
Cornelius, N.C.
Marital Status:
Married
Children:
None 		Started at SHR in May as the Jackman, while Mike was recovering from a knee injury. Previously work at Richard Petty Motorsports on the 44 car with A.J. Allmendinger from April 09 - August 09. Before that worked at Hendrick Motorsports for seven years with Terry Labonte, Kyle Busch on the 5 and last year on the 88 with Dale Jr. I enjoy hanging out on the lake with friends, working out, or just taking it easy and relaxing.
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