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08/08/07 -
Liberati
named crew chief for Steve Wallace, 66 car
Beginning with next weekend's race at Michigan International Speedway,
veteran NASCAR crew chief Tony Liberati will serve in that
role for the team's No. 66 Dodge, driven by 19-year-old Steve Wallace,
a two-time pole winner thus far in 2007.
Liberati started
his 21-year racing career in 1986, when he began work with well-known
chassis builder, Hutcherson-Pagan. Liberati made his initial foray
into work with a NASCAR national series team in 1991 with Roush
Racing. In 1995, he was named car chief for Roush's No. 99 Cup Series
team and driver Jeff Burton.
Liberati's first
shot at being a crew chief would come in 2000, when he was named
to lead the start-up Herzog Motorsports Busch Series operation with
driver Jimmie Johnson. That team scored one win, four top-five and
nine top-10 finishes during the 2001 season. Todd Bodine took Johnson's
seat at Herzog for 2002 and the team had similar success, scoring
another victory, as well as the team's first pole position.
Following the
closing of the Herzog team in mid-2003, Liberati returned to Roush
Racing, where he led the team's No. 9 Busch Series effort with drivers
Mark Martin, Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth. Most recently, Liberati
served as crew chief for South Point Racing and driver Brendan Gaughan.
12/07/06
- Before
Hendrick, there was Herzog Motorsports
From the time Jimmie Johnson and Tony Liberati first stepped
into a garage stall together in 1999 until Johnson left to go Cup
racing with Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the 2001 season,
they were the Busch Series version of The Odd Couple.
10/27/06
- Liberati Leaves Orleans Racing
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