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| Green Light Racing hires New Crew Chief for Rookie Contender McCumbee
08-07-2006 | TruckSeries.com Report
Coming off a exciting week with the announcement of new sponsor "The GPS Store and Garmin", Green Light Racing officials announced today that they have hired veteran crew chief Kevin Cram to oversee operations of the #08 Chevrolet Silverado. The 38-year-old Cram comes to Green Light with experience from the both the CUP and Truck garage. Cram has worked with drives Bill Elliot, Jason Leffler, Ron Hornaday, Stacy Compton and Geoff Bodine just to name a few. "I am very excited about this opportunity", said Cram. "Chad is a very talented driver and I feel I can make a difference here and help this team run up front". Cram also commented, "it is so refreshing to work with people who are not afraid to try new things and just go to work a get things done". Rookie Chad McCumbee made his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Friday night's Power Stroke Diesel 200. McCumbee started his "The GPSStore.com / Garmin" Chevrolet in the 32nd position and finished 17th after battling for the lead for on lap 60 with David Reutimann. McCumbee is looking forward to working with his new crew chief. "I feel Kevin is going to be a great addition to The GPS Store Team, he has proven he can get results on the race track and that's all you can ask for from a drivers stand point" said McCumbee. McCumbee and the Green Light Racing team brought a new truck to the event and spent most of practice focusing on getting the truck to handle for race conditions. When the caution flag flew on lap 59 Bobby Dotter and the crew decided to stay out since they had just took tires 15 laps earlier and the strategy paid off. McCumbee flew The GPS Store.com colors up front as he raced side by side with Reutimann for nearly 10 laps. "We are getting better with our short track program", said Bobby Dotter. "With the addition of Kevin Cram I feel we should be able to really show our capabilities for our new partners, Garmin and The GPS Store". The next event for the #08 The GPS Store / Garmin Chevrolet will be this Saturday night at the Nashville Super Speedway. The live SPEED Channel broadcast starts at 8:00 PM EST. Tickets are still available by logging on to the speedways website at www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com.
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