Cliff Daniels

Cliff Daniels
Personal information
Born	1987/1988 (age 32–33)[1]; Smithfield, Virginia
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Occupation	Crew chief
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Motor racing
League	NASCAR
Team	48. Hendrick Motorsports

Cliff Daniels is an American crew chief currently employed with Hendrick Motorsports.[2]

Racing career

Cliff Daniels had a short racing career as a driver, racing late model cars at short tracks in his home state of Virginia before pursuing a mechanical engineering degree at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1] After graduating, he joined RAB Racing in 2011. He then moved to Stewart-Haas Racing, where he served as the race engineer of the No. 14 Chevrolet driven by Tony Stewart from 2013 to 2014. In December 2014, Daniels moved to Hendrick Motorsports to serve as the race engineer of the No. 48 Chevrolet driven by Jimmie Johnson, helping Johnson win the 2016 Sprint Cup Series Championship. Following the 2018 season, Daniels moved to Hendrick's competition systems group before rejoining the No. 48 team at Sonoma in 2019.[2]

On July 29, 2019, following a string of disappointing finishes during the 2019 season, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Daniels would replace Kevin Meendering as the crew chief of the No. 48.[1][3][4]

References

Spencer, Reid (July 29, 2019). "Hendrick Motorsports names Cliff Daniels as No. 48 crew chief". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
"Cliff Daniels named crew chief for Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 team". Hendrick Motorsports. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
Wilhelm, Chase (July 29, 2019). "Jimmie Johnson on crew chief change: 'We have to act now'". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
Page, Scott (July 29, 2019). "Cliff Daniels named crew chief for Jimmie Johnson". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

External links

Cliff Daniels crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference

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[NASCAR.com_1-1] Spencer, Reid (July 29, 2019). "Hendrick Motorsports names Cliff Daniels as No. 48 crew chief". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[Hendrick-2] "Cliff Daniels named crew chief for Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 team". Hendrick Motorsports. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[3] Wilhelm, Chase (July 29, 2019). "Jimmie Johnson on crew chief change: 'We have to act now'". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[4] Page, Scott (July 29, 2019). "Cliff Daniels named crew chief for Jimmie Johnson". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2019.