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In racing, it's sack the crew chief. (Insider).

The Sporting News

| November 11, 2002 | Spencer, Lee | COPYRIGHT 2002 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Another week, another crew chief change--well, not exactly.

After Atlanta, three teams announced changes involving crew chiefs.

Cal Wells will replace veteran wrench Mike Beam with race engineer Roy McCauley on Ricky Craven's No. 32 team at the end of the season.

Owner/driver Brett Bodine gave acting chief Jon Wolfe the full-time job to provide the team with some stability. Wolfe is the fifth crew chief for Bodine's No. 11 Ford since Mike Hillman resigned minutes before the Daytona 500 in February.

The biggest surprise came from the Robert Yates camp. After Michael "Fatback" McSwain persuaded Yates to replace Ricky Rudd with Elliott ...

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