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Tryson's first win as a crew chief.  2002 the team struggled; again only posting two Top 5 finishes.  He was paired with driver Ricky Rudd in 2003 with much the same results.  In 2004 he returned to Roush Fenway Racing as the crew chief for Mark Martin.  He was able to become one of three other crew chiefs to make the Chase for the Cup in its first three seasons.  Martin won once in 2004 and again in 2005.  He finished fourth in the points in 2004 and 2005.  2007 saw Tryson kick off the season with Roush driver Greg Biffle.  After 12 races Tryson was released and immediately moved to owner Roger Penske, working with Kurt Busch.  Busch won twice before the season ended.  He remained with Busch the following two seasons; winning once in 2008 and twice in 2009.  He finished fourth in the points that year.  Tryson went to work for Michael Waltrip Racing heading up the efforts of Martin Truex.  They posted one Top 5 finish.  After 14 races in 2011 Tryson was replaced by crew chief Chad Johnson.  He moved to JTG-Daugherty Racing as a consultant.  In 2012, Tryson started the season as crew chief for David Gilliland at Front Row Motorsports.  In October 2012 Tryson joined BK Racing, serving as crew chief for the team's #93 car and driver Travis Kvapil.  In 2014, Tryson joined Turner Scott Motorsports in the Xfinity Series as crew chief for rookie Dylan Kwasniewski.  Tryson was replaced by Shannon Rursch in July.  Tryson was picked up by Curtis Key's 'The Motorsports Group' to be crew chief of the #30 car driven by Ron Hornaday Jr..  After not qualifying for three of their attempted seven races, both Hornaday and Tryson were released from the team.  Tryson was picked up by BK Racing to crew chief the team of Alex Kennedy.  After Sonoma he was released and joined the #55 team of Premium Motorsports and their driver Reed Sorenson.  He returned to TMG, now known as Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group, to serve as crew chief of the #33, driven by Jeffery Earnhardt.  After 15 races in the season, Tryson departed Circle Sport and went to work once again for Jay Robinson; owner of Premium Motorsports where he called the shots for team cars that only raced part time.  2018 sees Tryson still at Premium Motorsports working with various drivers.  The owner has decided to also hire Todd Parrott as a crew chief.  The two with call the shots on a rotating basis.  Premium Motorsports, claimed the move was for two reasons: (1) so the team can be more prepared upon showing up to the track on a weekly basis and (2) so each crew chief won't get worn out by the grind of the long NASCAR Cup Series schedule.  Tryson would climb up atop the pit box full time again in 2019.  He called the shots for Ross Chastain.  The duo put together a season's best finish of 12th at Talladega.  Tryson was partnered with Rookie Brennan Poole in 2020 working for Premium Motorsports, but the pairing only produced one Top 10 finish.  During the season Rick Ware bought out Premium Motorsports.  Tryson remained with Rick Ware Racing in 2021, who used a variety of drivers that season.  Tryson worked the most races with James Davison (15).  His drivers made 22 starts and none of them were able to get a finish inside the Top 10.  Pat Tryson led the efforts of Anthony Alfredo in the Xfinity series in 2022.  They worked for owner Chris Our, but was not able to put up much results to brag about. The duo finished fifth at Fontana; and had a sixth at Talladega, a seventh at Daytona, and a tenth at Las Vegas as their only other top ten finishes.  The majority of the teams finishes came between 11th and 20th. This occurred on 19 occasions.  They finished 15th in season points.  Tryson again worked with Anthony Alfredo, but this time they were with the #78 car owned by BJ McLeod Motorsports.  They pair back slid a bit from their 2022 performance.  They didn’t have any top five finishes, and only had two top tens.  They came at Daytona and Martinsville.  Once again most of their finishes came between tenth and 20th.  They had ten of those.  They also fell out of eight races with mechanical failures or crashes.  BJ McLeod Motorsports and Alfredo parted ways at the end of 2023.  It is unknown what the team will do in 2024. They could run a full or partial season. Updates later...  At this point Tryson has led his drivers in 692 Cup events and has eight wins.  He also has 55 starts in the Xfinity Series with two wins; both by Mark Martin.  He also has one start in each of the Truck, ARCA, and K&N series. So far Tryson has six career Cup wins