Charles David Walter was born on June 10,1971 and is an American NASCAR crew chief who works for Spire Motorsports as the crew chief of their No 77 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driven by Andres Perez de Lara.
16 Facts About Chad Walter
1.
2.
Chad Walter landed his first crew chiefing job in 2005, calling the shots for Hendrick Motorsports' No 5 Busch Series team with drivers Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Adrian Fernandez, Kyle Krisiloff, and Justin Labonte in 2005 and 2006.
3.
Chad Walter had previously worked as an engineer for Hendrick as well as Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
4.
Chad Walter was the crew chief for the No 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the Busch Series in 2007, working with drivers Casey Mears and Landon Cassill.
5.
In 2008, when Hendrick's Nationwide team merged into JR Motorsports, Chad Walter moved to JRM.
6.
Chad Walter was fined $25,000 and placed on probation until December 31,2008.
7.
Chad Walter resigned from JR Motorsports in July 2008 before the race at IRP.
8.
However, Chad Walter remained with Penske and continued to crew chief the same car when it was fielded part-time for Sam Hornish Jr.
9.
Chad Walter left for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2013 to work as an engineer.
10.
Chad Walter returned to crew chiefing when MWR fielded a third part-time car, the No 66, for owner Michael Waltrip, Brett Moffitt, and Jeff Burton, who joined MWR from Richard Childress Racing after semi-retiring.
11.
When MWR closed down after 2015, Chad Walter was picked up by Tommy Baldwin Racing to work on their No 7 car as the head of engineering.
12.
Chad Walter returned to crew chiefing in 2020, leaving DGR-Crosley to join GMS Racing to work on their new No 26 truck, driven by Ankrum after he left DGR.
13.
Chad Walter left GMS to be the crew chief for Our Motorsports' new No 27 car in the Xfinity Series in 2022, driven by Jeb Burton.
14.
Chad Walter returned to GMS Racing in 2023 to be the crew chief for Rajah Caruth in the No 24 truck.
15.
GMS closed down after the 2023 season and Caruth and Chad Walter moved to Spire Motorsports in 2024 to drive and crew chief the team's new No 71 truck, respectively.
16.
Chad Walter attended Cornell University where he joined the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers' race car design team.