TONY GLOVER - 04/17/1957
was an American race mechanic, crew chief, and manager. He has won the Daytona 500 three times as a crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series. Glover's career began at the age of sixteen, working as the crew chief on his father's Late Model Sportsman pit crew. In 1983, he took a similar position with the Cup team owned by Larry McClure Motorsports's #4 Chevrolet entry, where he would remain for fourteen years. After seven seasons, Glover and McClure earned their first Cup victory with Ernie Irvan at Bristol Motor Speedway in 1990. They followed that up with a victory in the 1991 Daytona 500. After accumulating five more victories together, Irvan departed Morgan-McClure for Robert Yates Racing. He would be replaced for the 1994 season by Sterling Marlin who won the Daytona 500 with Glover in their first outing together. Glover and Marlin would repeat that Daytona victory in 1995 and
accumulated four additional wins over the next two seasons. Late in the 1996 season, Glover was let go from Morgan-McClure and joined SABCO Racing to serve as team manager and crew chief for rookie Robby Gordon. Shortly into the 1997 season, Glover left his crew chief post to focus on his team manager duties. He reunited with Marlin, who joined SABCO, in 1998 for a few races as interim crew chief. After a short stint as co-crew chief of Marlin's car with Corrie Stott in 1999, Glover became permanent crew chief of the #42 SABCO entry driven by Joe Nemechek. Together, they earned three pole positions and Nemechek's first Cup victory at New Hampshire International Speedway. Glover served as crew chief for Nemechek's replacement for the 2000 season, Kenny Irwin, Jr., until Irwin suddenly died during practice at New Hampshire. He remained as crew chief for the rest of the 2000. He did not serve as crew chief for a team again until late 2004, when he rejoined Marlin's team. Glover did not hold a crew chief position again until 2012 when he was hired by Circle Sport to serve as crew chief for rookie drivers Stephen Leicht and Cole Whitt. Glover left the team at the end of the season. Glover got 14 wins as the leader of his teams; seven times with Ernie Irvan, six with Sterling Marlin, and the final one with Joe Nemechek. Notable wins include winning the Daytona 500 three times. Once with Irvan (1991), and twice with Marlin (1994 & 1995). In 2013 Glover was named technical director for the NASCAR Touring Series and NASCAR Research and Development.
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