Tommy Baldwin Racing tabs Giles as head engineer
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Walter Giles, formerly a race engineer for Dale Earnhardt Inc. has been named head engineer for Tommy Baldin Racing, the team announced Thursday.

Jennifer Morrell, formally the team manager for TBR/Evernham Motorsports, will serve as team manager.

"These are two really important hires for our race team," Baldwin said. "Walter Giles brings a ton of technical support to TBR and Jennifer Morrell brings a lot of NASCAR experience on the team management side. I am very proud to have both of them as part of our team."

Giles, who has a mechanical engineering degree from Western Sydney Institute in Sydney, Australia, brings to TBR more than 32 years of engineering knowledge and driving experience to the team.

He moved to the United States more than a decade ago after winning more than 200 races and seven championships in various racing series as a driver. Giles began his NASCAR career working for Richard Jackson Motorsports in 1997. He made several stops before landing at DEI in 2005. He was first hired as the race engineer for DEI's No. 1 car driven by Martin Truex Jr. In 2007, he was promoted to head of race engineering. During the past year, Giles has been the crew chief for Robby Gordon, Marcus Ambrose and Johnny Sauter.