21 Facts About Steve Addington

Steve Addington has won 20 NASCAR Cup Series races and 11 Xfinity Series races as a crew chief.

Steve Addington worked as a Cup Series crew chief for Team Penske in 2010 and 2011, Stewart-Haas Racing in 2012 and 2013, and HScott Motorsports in 2014,2015 and 2016.

Steve Addington was the competition director at HScott in addition to being a crew chief for one of the team's cars.

Steve Addington worked as Jason Keller's crew chief in the Busch Series, and the combination collected 10 wins.

Steve Addington worked in 2004 as the Joe Gibbs Racing crew chief for their No 20 NASCAR Busch Series driven by Mike Bliss, who finished fifth in points.

Bliss part-time in the Cup Series for JGR in a fourth car for the team, the No 80, and Steve Addington was his crew chief in that series.

In 2005, Steve Addington became the crew chief for Joe Gibbs Racing's No 18 car in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Bobby Labonte, replacing Michael "Fatback" McSwain.

Kyle Busch replaced Yeley as the driver of the No 18 car in 2008 and Steve Addington remained as the crew chief.

On March 9,2008, Steve Addington scored his first win as a NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief when the 18 team won the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and he was awarded the "Crew Chief of the Race".

Steve Addington was named the DirecTV Crew Chief of the Year Award at NASCAR's award banquet.

On December 14,2009, it was reported that Steve Addington would become the next crew chief for Kyle's brother Kurt Busch at Team Penske, replacing outgoing crew chief Pat Tryson, who had been relieved of his duties following the 2009 Sprint Cup Season.

Steve Addington ended his tenure as Busch's crew chief at the end of 2011.

Steve Addington missed the race at Talladega in October 2013 as his wife was about to give birth to a child.

Steve Addington was relieved of his duties as crew chief of the No 14 on November 19,2013.

On November 21,2013, it was announced that Steve Addington would join HScott Motorsports in 2014 as the crew chief of their No 51 car, driven by Justin Allgaier, as well as the team's competition director.

Steve Addington remained without a crew chiefing job for five years.

At age 14, Steve Addington's mother remarried and then the family moved to Batesville, Arkansas where his stepfather began working for Mark Martin.

Steve Addington graduated from Central High School in Texas and moved back to Spartanburg.

Steve Addington's start in racing came as he helped friends compete in dirt cars.

Steve Addington left qualifying early for the June 2008 race at Dover to attend Ashlyn's graduation from Boiling Springs High School in Boiling Springs, South Carolina.

Steve Addington has another child who was born in October 2013.