Larry McReynolds
NASCAR crew chief
Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is an American NASCAR television commentator for NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on TNT and a semi-retired crew chief.
As a full-time NASCAR Cup Series crew chief from the 1980s until 2000, he won 23 races, including 2 Daytona 500's. He has been a commentator for NASCAR on Fox ever since the network started covering NASCAR in 2001. He was a color commentator in their Cup Series booth from 2001 to 2015 and since 2016 has been their rules and technical analyst.
McReynolds also briefly served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises in 2002, and was a minority owner of Bang! Racing, a team that competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for 1 year in 2004.
Career
Crew chiefing
McReynolds was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and is an only child. His NASCAR career began in 1975. He worked his way up the ladder and took his first crew chief job in 1985.
He served as a Winston Cup crew chief from 1985 to 2000, amassing 23 Cup wins, 21 poles, 122 top-five and 209 top-ten finishes.
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