Joined Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) after spending 2008 as the crew chief for Mark Martin and Aric Almirola at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) ... Led team to four top-five and 12 top-10 finishes en route to a 14th-place owner points finish in first full season as a crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.... Served as crew chief for both Steve Park and Michael Waltrip before moving to the car chief position with Dale Earnhardt Jr., from 2005 to 2007... Joined DEI during the 2002 season... Moved to Hendrick Motorsports in 1998, where he was car chief on Jeff Gordon's No. 24 machine during both the 1998 and 2001 championship seasons... Worked for Bill Elliott from 1993 to 1997...

Landed first job in Sprint Cup in 1986 as a mechanic with Alan Kulwicki's team and became car chief on the 1992 championship team... Worked various jobs in the racing industry in the 1980s, hanging bodies for numerous Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series teams... Captured the track championship with his brother, Mark, behind the wheel at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway in 1978 and then moved to North Carolina looking for work in NASCAR... Turned wrenches on both his father's and brother's cars, which raced at local short tracks around Florida... Began working on racecars as a young boy in Daytona Beach, Fla.... An avid outdoorsman, Gibson enjoys fishing and hunting during his spare time.

Joined SHR after 16 years at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI)... Served as car chief for the No. 8 Chevrolet in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at DEI in 2008 with drivers Mark Martin and Aric Almirola, who together scored four top-five and 12 top-10 finishes... Worked as mechanic and jackman on the No. 8 car during the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Dale Earnhardt Jr.,... Joined the No. 15 DEI team with Michael Waltrip during the 2005 season as a mechanic and jackman following a team swap with the No. 8 squad... Moved to Sprint Cup with Earnhardt in 2000 and remained with his team as a mechanic and jackman until 2004, earning 15 wins, including the 2003 Daytona 500...

Earned two NASCAR Nationwide Series championships as a member of the No. 3 team with Earnhardt in 1998 and 1999... Served as mechanic and jackman for the No. 3 Nationwide Series car at DEI with drivers Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Steve Park and the younger Earnhardt from 1995 to 1999... Became a full-time mechanic at DEI in 1995 following high school graduation... First began with DEI in 1993 on a part-time basis while still attending A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, N.C., thanks to the assistance of brother-in-law Tony Eury Jr., who helped him get hired as a utility player at the shop... While not turning wrenches on racecars, turns his attention to the three bucking bulls that he has raised and enters in rodeos.

Joined SHR in 2009 after a five-year career at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI)... Worked as a race engineer from 2006 to 2008 with the Nos. 1 and 15 teams... Served as a test engineer at DEI from 2003 to 2005, assisting drivers Martin Truex Jr., and Paul Menard at numerous test sessions throughout the season... Moved to North Carolina to pursue a career in racing following graduation from the University of Maryland-Baltimore, where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering... Enjoys outdoor sports, including wakeboarding, snowboarding and mountain biking.

Joined SHR in January 2010... Has worked as a spotter with numerous drivers in various series since giving up his own driving career... A member of the famed “Alabama Gang,” a group of NASCAR drivers who set up shop and worked out of Hueytown, Ala., Kitchens began his racing career with Hut Stricklin and his Late Model team in the late 1970s... Kitchens slid behind the wheel and piloted Late Model cars, ARCA cars and NASCAR Nationwide Series cars from 1981 to 2005... Kitchens made 47 starts in the Nationwide Series... Scored the best finish of his Nationwide career when he finished seventh at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 2002...

Competed in his final Nationwide Series race in 2005 at Talladega, finishing 15th... Enjoys restoring vintage racecars and riding motorcycles in his spare time.

Joined SHR at the end of 2008... Worked at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) as a fabricator and rear tire carrier on the No. 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry... Before moving to DEI, served as fabricator and rear tire carrier with Red Horse Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from 2004 to 2005... Got his start in racing after attending the 5 Off 5 On pit training school in Mooresville, N.C., in 2003... Began working as a front tire carrier in 2003 with a variety of teams using graduates of the pit school... Enjoys playing volleyball and softball and working on his 1946 Chevy pickup truck.

Joined SHR in January 2009... Has served as jackman on race day for various teams since 2006... SHR marks the first time working in the race shop... Served as jackman for Kevin Harvick, Inc., and the No. 33 NASCAR Nationwide Series team in 2008... Also worked for Robby Gordon Motorsports during the last half of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season as a jackman... Spent 2007 and the first half of 2008 as a jackman on the No. 84 Red Bull Racing Sprint Cup car with driver A.J. Allmendinger... Began his career in racing and on pit road as a jackman in 2006 with Red Horse Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series...

Graduated with an associate's degree in art and graphic design and automotive technology from Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac... Enjoys old cars, fishing, participating in any outdoor activity, and all sports, particularly following Chicago's professional sports teams - the Bears, Cubs and Blackhawks.

Joined SHR in July 2011 and worked his first race as the No. 39 car’s rear tire changer at Indianapolis Motor Speedway... Prior to working at SHR, spent 10 seasons at Joe Gibbs Racing serving as a tire changer on various Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams and working with a variety of drivers... Spent the 2000 season as a tire changer and mechanic at Herzog Racing and driver Jimmie Johnson in the Nationwide Series... Began his NASCAR career as a rear tire changer and mechanic for GTS Racing in 1998...

Worked on dirt Late Models in his hometown of Monroe, La., while in high school... Lifelong involvement in racing propelled his move to North Carolina and the NASCAR ranks... Enjoys hunting and fishing during his spare time.

Joined SHR at end of the 2008 season after spending the entire year at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), where he worked as a mechanic for the No. 8 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Mark Martin and Aric Almirola... Spent 2007 Sprint Cup season with Wood Brothers Racing as a mechanic and jackman for the No. 21 team... Prior to that, spent two seasons (2004-2006) at Hendrick Motorsports as a mechanic and jackman for the No. 25 Sprint Cup team with driver Brian Vickers... Before joining Hendrick, spent 10 years at Richard Childress Racing (1995-2004) working with numerous drivers, including Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick and Robby Gordon...

Worked as a mechanic and jackman at Melling Racing from 1992 to 1994 with drivers P.J. Jones, Phil Parsons and Rich Bickle... Began his racing career with Lake Speed in 1990, working as a mechanic and jackman... Enjoys working on his dirt bike in his spare time.

Joined SHR at end of the 2008 season after spending the entire year at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), where he worked as a mechanic for the No. 8 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Mark Martin and Aric Almirola... Spent 2007 Sprint Cup season with Wood Brothers Racing as a mechanic and jackman for the No. 21 team... Prior to that, spent two seasons (2004-2006) at Hendrick Motorsports as a mechanic and jackman for the No. 25 Sprint Cup team with driver Brian Vickers... Before joining Hendrick, spent 10 years at Richard Childress Racing (1995-2004) working with numerous drivers, including Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick and Robby Gordon...

Worked with Martin in the No. 6 car and Greg Biffle in the No. 16 car while at Roush Fenway... Began NASCAR career with Brewco Motorsports, a NASCAR Nationwide Series team based in Kentucky... From 1998 to 2002, worked as a mechanic and jackman for the No. 37 Brewco team with a variety of drivers... Prior to working in NASCAR, first paying racing job was in the ARCA Series... Worked on racecars, primarily dirt Late Models, since he was a child... Attended Franklin (Ind.) College, where he played left offensive tackle for three seasons on the football team... Enjoys being a dad and riding four wheelers when not at the track.