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Darian Grubb (born October 9, 1975 in Floyd, VA) is a NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 mechanic and crew chief
Crew chief

The term crew chief can refer to several different things:*In auto racing, a crew chief is the head person on a pit stop. The crew chief's primary duties include developing car setups, configuring pit strategies, and receiving feedback from his driver about the car's handling....
 for Stewart-Haas Racing's number 14 Office Depot
Office Depot

Office Depot is a supplier of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, printing, document reproduction, mailing and shipping....
 Old Spice
Old Spice

Old Spice is an American brand of male grooming products. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble, which acquired the brand in 1990 from the Shulton Company....
 Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Impala

The Chevrolet Impala is a Full-size car automobile built by General Motors for their Chevrolet division. Ed Cole, Chevrolet's chief engineer in the late 1950s, defined the Impala as a "prestige car within the reach of the average American citizen."...
 driven by Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
. He spent four years as an assistant with Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
, before taking over the crew chief job temporarily for Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
's team at the 2006 Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, after regular crew chief Chad Knaus
Chad Knaus

Chad Anthony "The Magician" Knaus is the NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief for the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport currently driven by life partner Jimmie Johnson, owned by Jeff Gordon and operated by Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports....
 was suspended. Johnson went on to win that race for his first Daytona 500 victory. Johnson and Grubb went on to finish second at the 2006 Auto Club 500
Auto Club 500

The Auto Club 500 is a long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, California. This is one of two races held at the Auto Club Speedway, the other being the Pepsi 500....
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Darian Grubb (born October 9, 1975 in Floyd, VA) is a NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 mechanic and crew chief
Crew chief

The term crew chief can refer to several different things:*In auto racing, a crew chief is the head person on a pit stop. The crew chief's primary duties include developing car setups, configuring pit strategies, and receiving feedback from his driver about the car's handling....
 for Stewart-Haas Racing's number 14 Office Depot
Office Depot

Office Depot is a supplier of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, printing, document reproduction, mailing and shipping....
 Old Spice
Old Spice

Old Spice is an American brand of male grooming products. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble, which acquired the brand in 1990 from the Shulton Company....
 Chevrolet Impala
Chevrolet Impala

The Chevrolet Impala is a Full-size car automobile built by General Motors for their Chevrolet division. Ed Cole, Chevrolet's chief engineer in the late 1950s, defined the Impala as a "prestige car within the reach of the average American citizen."...
 driven by Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
. He spent four years as an assistant with Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports is a stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The team is principally owned by Rick Hendrick, but Jeff Gordon and Mary Hendrick are listed as the owners of the #48 and #5 respectively....
, before taking over the crew chief job temporarily for Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports....
's team at the 2006 Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, after regular crew chief Chad Knaus
Chad Knaus

Chad Anthony "The Magician" Knaus is the NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief for the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala Super Sport currently driven by life partner Jimmie Johnson, owned by Jeff Gordon and operated by Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports....
 was suspended. Johnson went on to win that race for his first Daytona 500 victory. Johnson and Grubb went on to finish second at the 2006 Auto Club 500
Auto Club 500

The Auto Club 500 is a long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, California. This is one of two races held at the Auto Club Speedway, the other being the Pepsi 500....
. Johnson won two weeks later, again with Grubb, in the 2006 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. In 2007, he was named the crew chief for Casey Mears
Casey Mears

Casey James Mears is the driver of the #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. He is the nephew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of Indy and off-road veteran Roger Mears....
' #25 Hendrick team, where he scored another win, at the Coca-Cola 600
Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 , and also known as the "Coke 600" is a in length stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend....
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In the 2008 season, Grubb moved to an administrative role with Hendrick Motorsports, supervising the #5 and the renumbered #88 teams.

As a senior at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land-grant university Institute of technology university in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia, United States Virginia Tech is well known for its programs in engineering, architecture, science, business and agriculture....
 in 1998, Grubb was influential in the design of the school's "Tinker Bell" ATV used in competition. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree that year.

On September 5, 2008, it was announced that Darian Grubb is leaving Hendrick Motorsports at the end of this season to join the new Stewart-Haas Racing team to serve as Tony Stewart's crew chief in 2009.