New Crew Chief

Iain Watt has been named crew chief for Robby Gordon Motorsports

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/watt-to-be-crew-chief-for-rob...

Good luck Iain, you're gonna need it.

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Permalink Reply by Ken on January 25, 2010 at 11:24am

Who the hell is Iain Watt???

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 25, 2010 at 11:28am

Per Fox Sports;

Watt, who worked at Gillett Evernham Motorsports (now Richard Petty Motorsports) starting in 2007 and was director of performance engineering prior to the merger with Yates Racing at the end of last season, has an extensive racing background in IndyCar racing and sports cars.

“He’s ready for this level,” Gordon said. “He’s been here since the new year. We started talking back in November about this position. Let’s let the results speak for themselves.”

As for formalizing Gordon’s 2010 NASCAR plans, the exact number of races has yet to be determined. It was announced early this year that RGM will have an alliance with BAM Racing. Gordon and David Gilliland will drive cars prepared by RGM for the Daytona 500.

“We’re going to run as many races as we can run,” Gordon said. “We started discussions with BAM in late October, early November. David’s racing for BAM at Daytona. We’ll drive virtually two identical cars.”

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Permalink Reply by bighead on January 25, 2010 at 11:30am

WHO DAT, WHO DAT, WHO DAT BE DAT Iain Watt.........Oh yeah it's on like Donkey Kong...............

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Permalink Reply by dastexan on January 25, 2010 at 11:32am

Sounds like a figurehead CC.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on January 25, 2010 at 11:44am

All of RG's CC's are figureheads. This one happens to also know Indy cars, so is he looking to branch off and do some of those races in 2010?

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Permalink Reply by Keith on January 25, 2010 at 11:46am

Ya, that's it.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on January 25, 2010 at 11:52am

No, Who's on first. Watt's on second.

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Permalink Reply by wilks7 on January 25, 2010 at 12:09pm

good one piece of the puzzle is in place...now time to get some backing for the rest of the season

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Permalink Reply by Turtle7 on January 25, 2010 at 12:11pm

I don't see what Ian brings to the table that DR didn't. In the last 3 years RPM was not a ball of fire on the track and both Richard and Kyle Petty knew there were problems with the COT's that they were running. The only thing I can think of is that RG maybe looking to branch out into Indy or into Rolex / Petite LeMans.

As even blind squirrels find nuts, let's hope RG and DG get top 10's at Daytona!