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Dale Jr.'s new crew chief eyes top-down review

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I really need to move NASCAR.com to the back of the short list of sources I routinely look for Sprint Cup information. This interview and article from ESPN.com kicks the ass of anything I've read on NASCAR.com in a long time. I hope the info in this article gets good circulation because I'm really interested in the insight provided in the interview and the thought process that Lance McGrew stated on his approach.

My parents and I were discussing the 88's situation yesterday during my birthday lunch at Thai Garden. We all seemed to agree that Tony needed to be shifted somewhere else. It sucks to have to do that to family, but replacing the crew chief seemed the obvious choice to us. I can accept there isn't likely to be complete unity between the 24/48 and 5/88 garages, but with everyone but 88 performing this season, fault is easily found with the garage/crew leadership of that team. I'm encouraged that Jr and McGrew have successfully worked together previously in the Nationwide Series, but hope the rapport is good enough that Jr has too much of an emotional hurdle to overcome with the loss of his cousin as crew chief.