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Richert replaces Goss as crew chief of No. 16

August 26, 2003
5:13 PM EDT (2113 GMT)
CONCORD, N.C. -- Doug Richert has been named the crew chief for rookie Greg Biffle, effective immediately Roush Racing announced Tuesday.

Richert's first race in the position as head of the No. 16 Grainger Ford crew will be Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Richert won the 1980 Winston Cup championship with Dale Earnhardt.

Richert, until now crew chief for Roush's Carl Edwards in the Craftsman Truck Series, replaces Randy Goss, who in the last six years with Biffle has won two rookie of the year titles and two series championships in the Truck Series and Busch Series, respectively.

Goss will assume the role of Busch Series Program Manager at Roush Racing's Mooresville, N.C., location where he will oversee day-to-day operations for the program that is not currently operating due to lack of sponsorship.

In addition to the 2000 Craftsman Truck Series title and 2002 Busch Series crown, Goss engineered Biffle's first Winston Cup victory, in Daytona's Pepsi 400 in July.

Kevin "Cowboy" Starland, who began the year at Roush as the crew chief for Busch Series regular Stanton Barrett, has been appointed as crew chief for Edwards and the No. 99 Superchips Ford F-150. Starland was car chief for Biffle's championships in the Busch Series and Truck Series.

Richert won three Truck Series races this season with rookie of the year point leader Edwards, who has only 23 career truck Series starts.
 
Roush doesn't always make much sense. But hey, it's his money.
 
Seems wierd to me too. Randy has been with Greg for his entire Busch & CTS career. They did win a race & were running better in the past few weeks. Makes no sense, but Jack did say a few weeks back that things were going to change with the #16 team. They were leading the ROTY points too.

Why would you mess with the #99 CTS team also? They were running real well for a rookie team w/o sponsorship for most of the year. 3 wins & top ten in points. :rolleyes:
 
Roush should take the old racing adage to heart..."Don't fix it until you know what is broke" ;)
 
What blends in one series don't alway jive in another. And like 4x said it's his money. I recall all the squalk about taking Fenning to Bush. B)
 
Originally posted by slick-nick@Aug 26 2003, 06:59 PM
Richert won the 1980 Winston Cup championship with Dale Earnhardt.
I'd like to see what this Richert guy can do, after all, after Fennig came to the 97, Kurt Busch and the 97 team really improved.
 
I don't understand the move, either. The 99 truck was running well with Doug as CC. Why rob Peter to pay Paul?

Oh, well, it's Jack's money, and his teams.
 
As long as he doesn't screw with the #17 team. *fingers crossed*
 
Originally posted by 17_Fan@Aug 27 2003, 03:59 PM
As long as he doesn't screw with the #17 team. *fingers crossed*
Man, that would not be smart to make changes with Matt's team.
For all the critics of Jack Roush making the change on Biffle's team, do any of us know what the inside skinny is ???

Might not have Goss requested he be relieved since there is tremendous pressure associated with the grind of every week guessing and second guessing the race or any other reason ??? And there is also the possibility of seeing how Carl Edwards works adjusting to a change, or any number of logical and prudent reasons, and since Richert knows the drill, has the credentials and confidence to be able to walk right on without missing a step, might be the best choice for the WC team. We'll see soon enough, but one thing for sure, Jack Roush is not successful in business because he made bad decisions.

Roush made a few in Winston Cup, mainly consisting of a common bodily infection known as "foot in mouth disease", but for now, it is all pulling together and the Roush teams will bring several championships, replacing HMS as the king of the hill.

Criticize all ya want, but the track record for Roush is beginning to look pretttttty good. And since none of us know for sure what is going on inside the walls of Roush Racing................well, you get the idea.
 
That's why we are just fans Whiz! :D Free to criticize & second guess every decision. That's what fans do.
 
This change doesn't make sense to me any way I look at it.

Carl Edwards has been having an excellent season, and now he needs to start with a new crew chief. Greg Biffle has been working with Goss since the truck series, and now he needs to work on new chemistry. Goss is now the crew chief of a busch team that doesn't exist, rather than being made the crew chief of the truck. Geez, what a mess.
 
Originally posted by 17_Fan@Aug 27 2003, 10:59 AM
As long as he doesn't screw with the #17 team. *fingers crossed*
He would be plain stupid to mess with the 17 team, Hes on the line is it is.

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Stupid ---------- Smart
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.......Roush


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