TONY  EURY  SR   -   12/11/?

Eury Sr began his career as a crew chief in the Xfinity series in 1990.  He would spend 1990-1993 as the lead man in the efforts of Dale Earnhardt Sr who raced part time in the series.  They would garner eight wins in that period.  He would not lead a team again until he led Dale Earnhardt Jr part time in 1997 for DEI.  In 1998 and 1999 Dale Jr raced the Xfinity Series full time with Eury at the held.  They won the Series Championship both seasons while posting 13 wins.  In 2000 the duo moved to racing full time in the Cup Series. They got two wins their first year in NASCAR's premier series.  In 2001 at the Daytona 500 Dale Jr's father (Dale Sr) was killed in a last lap wreck, and when the Cup series returned to Daytona for the summer event, Earnhardt Jr put his car in victory lane in honor of his father.  He had an additional two wins while finishing eighth in points.  2002 saw the duo claim two more wins; while 2003 they again won twice and finished third in the points.  2004 they once again started the season with a win in the Daytona 500 and won a whopping six events.  They could only muster a sixth place finish in the points however. This was Eury Sr final full time season in the Cup Series.  He did lead Paul Menard a combined six races in 2006 and 2007

without posting a Top 10 finish.  Euryworked with Brad Keselowski full time in 2008 and 2009 under the JR Motorsports banner.  They posted six wins and finished third in the points both years.  The following season Eury again worked for JR Motorsports but led a multitude of drivers; among they were: Aric Almirola, Jamie McMurray, Ron Fellows, Elliott Sadler and six others.  McMurray posed a win for the team that season.  In 2011 Eury led Aric Almirola full time.  They posted seven Top 5 finishes and finished fourth in points.  It would prove to be the final full time season for Eury.  In 2012 and 2013 Eury headed up teams for 15 races.  Over that span the drivers collected five Top 5 finishes.  For his career Eury has 15 Cup wins including the 2004 Daytona 500.  He also had 29 Xfinity series wins.

 

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