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became a crew chief for the first time in 2014 as he led Kurt Busch driving for the Stewart-Haas Race team.  They won a race in only the sixth start for Knost as Busch won at Martinsville.  They would post five more Top 5 finishes; but Knost would be moved to lead Danica Patrick with three races to go in the season as Stewart-Haas swapped Knost and Tony Gibson.  2015 saw Knost go from "interim" crew chief to permanent crew chief as he would remain with Patrick.  Though Patrick was comfortable working with Gibson, an old-school crew chief and stock-car veteran, Knost’s engineering background and technical expertise were supposed to help her.  She had two Top 10 finishes as many of her finishes came inside the Top 20.  Knost lasted just one year, his guidance and smarts making very little difference in Patrick’s on-track performance.  He was replaced by Billy Scott, another former engineer.  Knost did lead Kevin Harvick for one race in 2017 as Rodney Childers served a one race suspension due to a rules infraction.