Todd Parrott Named Crew Chief of Roush Fenway’s No. 17 Sprint Cup Team

CONCORD, N.C. (Feb. 17, 2010) – Veteran crew chief Todd Parrott has been appointed crew chief of Roush Fenway’s No. 17 Sprint Cup team with driver Matt Kenseth. Parrot will take over the role effective immediately.

Drew Blickensderfer, who has served as crew chief on the No. 17 since the start of the 2009 season, will assume a role in Roush Fenway’s research and development department.

Parrott, who won a Sprint Cup championship with Dale Jarrett in 1999, is the third winningest active crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 29 career wins.

Last year at this time Matt Kenseth had just won the Daytona 500 and was headed to Auto Club Speedway where he would win again. The off-the-bat win streak seemed to bode well for Kenseth’s 2009 season,

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and Paul Menard.