1. Philip Andrew "Blick" Blickensderfer was born on November 12,1976 and is an American NASCAR crew chief who is currently employed at Front Row Motorsports as the crew chief for the No 4 Ford Mustang driven by Noah Gragson.
23 Facts About Drew Blickensderfer
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Drew Blickensderfer is a two-time Daytona 500-winning crew chief, having won it with Front Row Motorsports and Michael McDowell in 2021 as well as with Roush Fenway Racing and Matt Kenseth in 2009.
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Drew Blickensderfer began going to local drag strips to help drivers prepare their cars.
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Drew Blickensderfer purchased a modified to race, but soon quit racing the car.
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Drew Blickensderfer later joined Bill Davis Racing before joining Roush Racing in 2003 as crew member on the No 60 car in the Busch Series and later Mark Martin's No 6 Cup car.
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Drew Blickensderfer took over crew chief duties for the No 17 car in Sprint Cup, driven by Matt Kenseth, in December 2008 after Chip Bolin returned to be the team engineer.
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Drew Blickensderfer won in his first race as a Sprint Cup crew chief in the 2009 Daytona 500 on February 15,2009.
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Drew Blickensderfer followed up with his second win at California Speedway in the following week which earned him the nickname "Mr Perfect".
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Drew Blickensderfer started out the 2010 NASCAR season as Kenseth's crew chief for the Daytona 500, but was reassigned to Roush Fenway's research and development team after the race.
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Drew Blickensderfer was replaced by Todd Parrott, who had been Dale Jarrett's championship-winning crew chief in 1999.
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Drew Blickensderfer spent most of the 2010 season as crew chief for Carl Edward's Nationwide Series No 60 team.
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Drew Blickensderfer almost won the Daytona 500 again as a crew chief with David Ragan and went on to win with Ragan at the 2011 Coke Zero 400, collecting his third win as a Sprint Cup Series crew chief.
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Drew Blickensderfer moved to Richard Childress Racing in 2012 to be the crew chief for Jeff Burton.
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Drew Blickensderfer was replaced by Shane Wilson as Burton's crew chief.
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Drew Blickensderfer was replaced by Kevin Manion as crew chief of the No 9 on May 5,2015.
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Drew Blickensderfer was a crew chief for Jeb Burton in the Xfinity Series before JGL Racing ceased operations in the middle of the 2016 season.
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Drew Blickensderfer recently served as the crew chief for Michael McDowell in the Cup Series.
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On February 14,2021, Drew Blickensderfer won his second Daytona 500 as crew chief for Michael McDowell.
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On December 17,2021, FRM announced that Drew Blickensderfer had left the team.
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On December 13, it was announced that Drew Blickensderfer will continue serving as the crew chief of the No 10 in 2024, with Noah Gragson replacing Almirola, who departed for a part-time ride driving the No 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series.
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Drew Blickensderfer was born in Mount Zion, Illinois, the son of a high school basketball coach and neighbor of former Mt.
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Drew Blickensderfer was a wrestler in high school and attended the University of Indiana as a walk on.
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Drew Blickensderfer had two surgeries during his first year of college and decided to change to Division III college Millikin University, where he became a highly ranked wrestler in the lowest division of college sports.