Jeffrey S Hensley was born on November 11,1962 and is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief.
17 Facts About Jeff Hensley
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Jeff Hensley has worked as a crew chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and is the 1990 championship-winning crew chief in the series when it was known as the Busch Series.
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Jeff Hensley was to return to the Xfinity Series in 2022 working for Our Motorsports but he left the team prior to the start of the season.
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Jeff Hensley began racing at the age of eighteen, racing in various short tracks in Virginia and North Carolina.
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Jeff Hensley had two less top-tens in 1984, but had a career-best eighth-place finish in points.
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In 1987, Jeff Hensley became the crew chief for his family's No 63 car in the Busch Series.
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Jeff Hensley continued working for the team until it was sold in 2001.
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However, Jeff Hensley left BHR a few months later to return to crew chiefing, and for the last few races of 2008 and all of 2009, Jeff Hensley was the crew chief for Brian Scott's No 16 truck for Xpress Motorsports.
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Jeff Hensley left RHR after 2010 to work for Kevin Harvick Incorporated.
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At the start of the 2014 season, Jeff Hensley moved to NTS Motorsports as crew chief for the team's No 20 truck.
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Jeff Hensley left NTS midway through the 2014 season for ThorSport Racing where he would be the crew chief for Johnny Sauter's No 98 truck.
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Jeff Hensley left the team in 2016 for GMS Racing where he would be the crew chief for their No 23 truck driven by Spencer Gallagher.
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Jeff Hensley went back to ThorSport in 2017 and was the crew chief for Grant Enfinger and their No 98 truck for four years.
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Jeff Hensley returned to GMS Racing in 2021 and became the crew chief for the No 23 truck of Chase Purdy.
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However, on February 3,2022, NASCAR on Fox reporter Bob Pockrass revealed in a tweet that Jeff Hensley had already left Our Motorsports before the start of the season and would instead go back to ThorSport to crew chief Matt Crafton's No 88 truck.
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GMS closed down after the 2023 season and Jeff Hensley joined Tricon Garage in 2024 to be the crew chief of Taylor Gray's No 17 truck, replacing Jacob Hampton.
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On December 16,2024, Tricon announced that Jeff Hensley would move from the No 17 truck to the No 15 truck in 2025 where he would crew chief Taylor's older brother Tanner Gray.