Well, at least you had one part of your article correct. As someone who has followed the sport and HMS for over 15 years, here's some information (that you probably should've made yourself aware of before writing that piece).
All 4 Hendrick drivers and crew chiefs meet after Happy Hour every weekend and throw everything out there that they've learned did / didn't work over the course of their practice sessions. During the race, the crew cheifs and engineers have a program similar to AOL Instant Messaging that allows them to share anything they've learned really worked on their car throughout the race and any other pivotal information.
Prior to the weekend at Dover (and just like he did prior to his rare 3rd place finish at Bristol) Jimmie sat down with his engineers and made a "wish list" of sorts that he wanted out of the car for Dover. Obviously the tactic is working for them and they're able to really pick apart what Jimmie likes and dislikes and implement it to the car. Every driver is different and these cars are exceptionally tempermental. Jeff Gordon ran bad at Dover because of his starting position and an admittedly poor adjustment on ONE stop that resulted in his lack of track position. It was not because Chad Knaus is "hoarding" information. If they could clone Chad and have him as all 4 crew cheifs, I'm sure they would--but on raceday his responsibility is the 48. He gives them all the information he can throughout the race weekend, and during the week the 24 and 48 are one "team" at the shop.
And I'll leave you with this, as one last bit of proof on how unselfish Chad Knaus is, from the horses mouth:
In response to the qualities he looks for in his HMS employees, Rick Hendrick's comments from last weeks teleconference:
"I can't tell you exactly how it's generated, but I'm proud of our people for rallying and when Mark Martin calls and says, 'What can I do?' And so does Jimmie and CHAD and Steve -- they all want to do what they can to help. I'm very proud of that and I feel like that's one reason we've been as successful as we have."
All this took ten minutes of Google searching for some quotes I had previously seen and a little background knowledge. Maybe put some effort into an article next time you want to try and bring down someone who has done nothing but HELP the Hendrick organization. Thanks.
Young: Is Knaus not sharing with other Hendrick crew chiefs?
"Maybe I’m out of the loop more than I think..."
Well, at least you had one part of your article correct. As someone who has followed the sport and HMS for over 15 years, here's some information (that you probably should've made yourself aware of before writing that piece).
All 4 Hendrick drivers and crew chiefs meet after Happy Hour every weekend and throw everything out there that they've learned did / didn't work over the course of their practice sessions. During the race, the crew cheifs and engineers have a program similar to AOL Instant Messaging that allows them to share anything they've learned really worked on their car throughout the race and any other pivotal information.
Prior to the weekend at Dover (and just like he did prior to his rare 3rd place finish at Bristol) Jimmie sat down with his engineers and made a "wish list" of sorts that he wanted out of the car for Dover. Obviously the tactic is working for them and they're able to really pick apart what Jimmie likes and dislikes and implement it to the car. Every driver is different and these cars are exceptionally tempermental. Jeff Gordon ran bad at Dover because of his starting position and an admittedly poor adjustment on ONE stop that resulted in his lack of track position. It was not because Chad Knaus is "hoarding" information. If they could clone Chad and have him as all 4 crew cheifs, I'm sure they would--but on raceday his responsibility is the 48. He gives them all the information he can throughout the race weekend, and during the week the 24 and 48 are one "team" at the shop.
And I'll leave you with this, as one last bit of proof on how unselfish Chad Knaus is, from the horses mouth:
In response to the qualities he looks for in his HMS employees, Rick Hendrick's comments from last weeks teleconference:
"I can't tell you exactly how it's generated, but I'm proud of our people for rallying and when Mark Martin calls and says, 'What can I do?' And so does Jimmie and CHAD and Steve -- they all want to do what they can to help. I'm very proud of that and I feel like that's one reason we've been as successful as we have."
All this took ten minutes of Google searching for some quotes I had previously seen and a little background knowledge. Maybe put some effort into an article next time you want to try and bring down someone who has done nothing but HELP the Hendrick organization. Thanks.