Ep. 220 | Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson is a return guest to the podcast but it’s a completely different conversation as we focus on Wilson’s first year as Cup Series crew chief and how he got here. Wilson reveals how the team believes they’ve found the reason for their rough start to the season; what Wilson remembers of his dad being an engineer for Robert Pressley and the Skol car; getting his racing start with the Kimmel family; working in the race shop and the grocery store meat department; going from the Kimmel team straight to Team Penske and the Cup Series; memories working on the 77 team with Brendan Gaughan; shock builder to engineer, thinking his career was over moving to Xfinity, and his first shot of being a crew chief not going well; lasting so long at one organization; how Next Gen has changed things for crew chiefs; keeping a close eye on the parts going on the car; being someone how likes information and knowing the rules; what he’s seen from his rookie driver good and bad; what Wilson is looking for from the 21 team getting into the summer months.

Music created by Tony Monge.

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