Richard Childress Racing unveils 2022 Xfinity Series Crew Chief Lineup

 

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    Richard Childress Racing has announced their selected NASCAR Xfinity Series crew chiefs for the 2022 season. They have chosen crew chiefs Andy Street and Jeff Stankiewicz to work with drivers Austin Hill and Sheldon Creed, who will be simultaneously running for the 2022 Rookie of the Year Award.

“Andy and Jeff are working together so well, with the support of their team engineers and mechanics, that it makes me really excited to get to Daytona next week,” said Danny Lawrence, Director of the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series program. “We are also extremely confident that Austin and Sheldon are going to show up ready to compete, under the leadership of Street and Stankiewicz." 

Lawrence also stated; "It’s been a long time since we’ve had such young, talented drivers like Austin and Sheldon", throwing now-former RCR driver Myatt Snider, under the bus.

Andy Street returns for his third season as crew chief for Richard Childress Racing. In 2021, he led driver Myatt Snider to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which qualified him for the NASCAR Playoffs, finishing with 11 top-10 finishes. Street and his team will return to the familiar No. 21 for Hill’s first full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series season. In 2020, Street made his debut as a crew chief at RCR. He and Snider won the pole at Daytona International Speedway in February marking RCR’s sixth consecutive award at the track.

Jeff Stankiewicz marks his return to RCR and has been working with Creed since 2017. The pair has found success working their way through the ranks. Stankiewicz began his racing career in 2000 as a high school senior in volunteering at his hometown ARCA team, Kimmel Racing, and soon joined the team fulltime. In 2005, he moved south to Richard Childress Racing where he spent the next five years serving as car chief for the No. 21 and No. 29 NASCAR Xfinity Series entries. In 2010, Stankiewicz joined Braun Racing as a car chief but was promoted to crew chief midway through the season. He then moved over to Brad Keselowski Racing for the next two seasons (2011 and 2012) and spent time at GMS Racing and Team Penske before joining forces with Creed in late 2017 in the ARCA Menard's Series season.

After a short learning curve, Stankiewicz and Creed hit their stride in 2018. The pair won four races in 20 starts to win the ARCA Series championship. In 2019 they joined GMS Racing and stepped up to the Truck Series. After making their transition to the new series, the duo once again found success in their second season. Stankiewicz led Creed to five wins in the 2020 season and won the Truck Series championship, then backed up that performance with three more wins in 2021 before they made the move to RCR and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

2022 appears to have a strong lineup for Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Xfinity Series operation, so it will be interesting to see how well the team performs on a week-to-week basis, considering both drivers are in the "rookie-status". 

The "Beef. It's What's for Dinner" 300 will kick off the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season on Saturday, February 19th. Live television coverage will begin at 5:00 PM EST on FOX Sports 1.