Formerly Dale Jarrett's crew chief, Mike Ford has replaced the rookie crew chief for the FedEx #11 of Jason Leffler.
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Ford hired as Leffler's crew chief at Gibbs
June 7, 2005
10:54 AM EDT (14:54 GMT)
Joe Gibbs Racing made the second major crew chief change of the Nextel Cup season on Monday when it replaced rookie chief Dave Rogers with Mike Ford.
Rogers will remain with Joe Gibbs Racing. Before becoming crew chief on Jason Leffler's No. 11 Chevrolet, he was race day engineer for Tony Stewart. He had served in that job for five seasons.
Ford, who resigned as Dale Jarrett's crew chief last month, joins a team that is mired in 36th in Nextel Cup points. Leffler will have make to make this weekend's Pocono 500 on speed. The team failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600 last month.
The move is Ford's third different team since 2003. He worked with Bill Elliott during his final full-time season with Evernham Motorsports before starting work with Jarrett in 2004.
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