September 15, 2009
Ty Norris on Sirius Talking About Pat Tryson, Truex, etc...
Ty Norris, general manager of Michael Waltrip Racing, was on Sirius this morning. He started off talking about hiring Pat Tryson as crew chief for the #56 next season. They felt like Martin Truex, Jr. coming on-board was an opportunity to upgrade the program with every piece of ammunition they could get. Steve Hallam and Cal Wells put together a list of what they were looking for in a crew chief to make Truex a Chase contender. They looked at who had the best on-track record and who was interested and Tryson was at the top of the list. He told them that he really wanted to make a change.
Martin and Michael were involved in the discussions about who would be crew chief of the #56. The process was very deep. They interviewed four different candidates. It was difficult for Martin to be part of the process because he has such a good relationship with Bono Manion and that's the only crew chief he's ever worked with on this level. However, it appeared to them (MWR) that it was time to go in a different direction for Martin. Sounds to me like Martin would have liked to have brought Bono with him to MWR but MWR had other ideas.
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