Jimmy Fennig

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Jimmy Fennig

Jimmy Fennig (born September 15, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
) is a longtime NASCAR

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Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
's 2004 NASCAR

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Dirt track racing

----Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on Oval racing. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s....
cars in Wisconsin starting in 1970. He raced as a driver until joining the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) in 1984 for DiGard Racing. Fennig moved to the American Speed Association

American Speed Association

The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida....
(ASA) in 1985 for Mark Martin

Mark Martin

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Jimmy Fennig (born September 15, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

NASCAR

Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
's 2004 NASCAR

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Biography

Fennig raced asphalt and dirt

Dirt track racing

American Speed Association

Mark Martin

Mark Martin may refer to:* Mark Martin , American racecar driver* Mark Martin , American cartoonist* Mark Martin , American judge* Mark Martin , British murderer...
. In their two seasons together in ASA, the duo had 9 wins, 13 pole positions, and the 1986 championship.

Fennig returned to the Winston Cup Series as the crew chief for Bobby Allison

Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
at Stavola Brothers Racing

Stavola Brothers Racing

Stavola Brothers Racing was a NASCAR racing team, owned by Bill and Mickey Stavola, and operating NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series teams from 1984 through 1998....
in 1987. Earlier, Fennig had owned a car that Allison raced in Wisconsin and Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
on Saturday nights. Allison won two races during their two years together, including the 1988 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....
. The following season, he was paired with fellow Wisconsin racer Dick Trickle

Dick Trickle

Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
, who won the 1989 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award.

Fennig continued to work with then-team owner Bobby Allison until Fennig left the team in October 1996 to join Roush Racing

Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....
to become Martin's crew chief. Martin/Fennig had 4 wins in 1997, 24 Top 10s, and 3 poles to finish third in the points. Martin finished second in 1998 points with seven victories. They remained together for three more wins, until in they did not win in the 2001 NASCAR season. Jack Roush

Jack Roush

Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
in 2002, and Ben Leslie became the crew chief for Mark Martin. The swap was a success as Busch won the 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....
NEXTEL Cup Series title in 2004. It was the first year of the Chase for the Cup. Busch dedicated his title to Fennig. Fennig was named the Sporting News crew chief of the year. He continued in that role until 2006. He started out the season as Jamie McMurray

Jamie McMurray

James Christopher McMurray is an United States race car driver. McMurray is best known for winning the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 as a substitute driver in his second Winston Cup start....
's crew chief, and he became the head of Roush Racing Busch Series

Busch Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit , and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Sprint Cup....
effort. Fennig became the crew chief for David Ragan

David Ragan

David Ragan is a stock car racer who drives the #6 United Parcel Service Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series and the #6 Discount Tire Company Ford in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing and is the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year....
after Ragan replaced Martin in the #6 car in 2007, and he remained in that role for 2008.

Jack Roush

Jack Roush

Jack Roush is the founder, CEO, and co-owner along with John W. Henry of Roush Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, and is Chairman of the Board of Roush Enterprises....
, owner of Roush Racing, talked about Fennig: "Jimmy Fennig is an unsung hero at Roush Racing. He doesn't do things that create a personal image away from the driver or away from the sponsor or away from the team. He's the trooper that's back there doing everything that he can everyday."

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Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is a racing team competing in NASCAR racing. As one of NASCAR's largest premier racing teams, Roush runs teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the ARCA RE/MAX Series....