1. Michael Gene Shiplett was born on May 17,1972 and is an American NASCAR crew chief who works for Niece Motorsports as the crew chief of their No 42 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driven by Matt Mills.
20 Facts About Mike Shiplett
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Mike Shiplett started his racing career by working in his uncle's racing shop in Ohio, going from working on the street stock cars his uncle owned to being given the opportunity to drive them when he was 15.
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Mike Shiplett moved up the ladder of racing, from street stocks to late models before going to college and graduating with a degree in diesel technology from the University of Northwestern Ohio in 1992.
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Mike Shiplett earned his first job as a mechanic for Liberty Racing in 1995 as they made their transition into the brand-new NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
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Mike Shiplett moved to Butch Mock Motorsports in 1999, becoming the car chief for the No 75 truck.
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Mike Shiplett got another opportunity to be in the same position in 2001 for Ultra Motorsports.
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Mike Shiplett worked for the team again in 2002 on their No 7 car driven by Casey Atwood.
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Mike Shiplett got his first big break in 2003, when he was hired by Evernham Motorsports to serve as the lead mechanic for the team's No 19 car driven by Jeremy Mayfield.
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Mike Shiplett crew chiefed their No 9 car in the Busch Series in 2007, driven by multiple drivers.
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Mike Shiplett was promoted in 2008 to be the crew chief for the No 10 car driven by Patrick Carpentier.
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Allmendinger and Mike Shiplett improved on their brief 2009 season with a points finish of 19th and a pole at Phoenix Raceway.
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Mike Shiplett was replaced by Greg Erwin for the rest of the 2011 season.
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Mike Shiplett was a crew chief in the Truck Series for 1 race at Rockingham Speedway with Kahne, which they won.
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Mike Shiplett returned to Richard Petty Motorsports for the 2013 and 2014 seasons and joined their research and development team along with being the car chief for the No 9 team driven by Marcos Ambrose.
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Mike Shiplett was the crew chief for one race during the 2013 season for Corey LaJoie's Nationwide Series debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where LaJoie finished 34th.
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Mike Shiplett's team improved on their 2015 campaign, finishing 7th in the owner's championship and scoring 3 wins, 2 by Larson and 1 by Marks.
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Ross Chastain joined the No 42 team on August 23,2018 for 3 races and did extremely well under Mike Shiplett, winning 1 race, winning a pole, and finishing second in another race.
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Mike Shiplett returned as the crew chief of the No 41 car a third straight year in 2022.
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On January 19,2024, it was announced that Mike Shiplett would be joining Bret Holmes Racing to crew chief their No 32 truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driven by Bret Holmes.
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Mike Shiplett was born and raised in Amherst, Ohio although he currently lives in Denver, North Carolina with his wife, Brooke.