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The Asheville, N.C native joined Roush Fenway Racing in 2006 as a shock specialist working with Boris Said, Todd Kluever and David Ragan.  Sandler spent the next six years working with drivers Travis Kvapil (2009), Paul Menard (2009), Matt Kenseth (2011-12) and Carl Edwards (2013-14), as well as working in the Research and Development department.  He also worked as team engineer under veteran crew chief Jimmy Fennig for the past four Cup seasons.  Sandler contributed to 10 wins including the 2012 Daytona 500 as well as 41 Top 5 and 60 Top 10 finishes with past champions Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards.  Sandler took over the reins of the #17 team in 2015, looking to lead two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory.  The duo stayed together for two season and saw Stenhouse post five Top 5 finishes, with a best of sec ond at Bristol.  2017 saw Roush Racing contract back to a two car operation. The company made wholesale changes across the board.  Kevin Kidd was named the team’s competition director and Tommy Wheeler served as the team’s operations director.  Nick Sandler, who was Stenhouse’s crew chief the past two seasons, has named RFR’s director of engineering.  The changes worked as Stenhouse won two times, the teams first wins since 2014.