WELCOME, N.C. (November 28, 2011) --
Richard Childress Racing has named Drew Blickensderfer as the crew
chief for the No. 31 Caterpillar/Wheaties Racing team with driver Jeff
Burton for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Luke
Lambert, interim crew chief during the latter part of the 2011 season
for the No. 31 team, will assume a yet-to-be announced new position at
RCR.
Blickensderfer
begins his RCR career after nearly a decade with Roush Fenway Racing.
He spent the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season leading the No. 6 team
and has been a crew chief, in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series,
since 2007.
"I'm
excited about the move to RCR and the opportunity to help lead Jeff
Burton and the Cat/Wheaties Racing team back into Chase contention,"
said Blickensderfer. "I was around Jeff briefly at RFR and always
admired and liked him. He's a very talented driver and I look forward to
working him and the rest of the No. 31 team in 2012."
Burton
qualified for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup from 2006-2008 and
2010. He finished 20th in the final 2011 driver championship point
standings.
