Three-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip - mired in the worst slump of his career - has fired his crew chief and his engine builder.
Crew chief Barry Dodson will be replaced by team manager Clyde Booth. Claude Queen will replace engine builder Lou LaRosa on an interim basis. Queen was a member of the engine-building team.The changes were made Tuesday at Waltrip's team headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. The new assignments will be in effect Sunday.
Waltrip, of Franklin, Tenn., is the winningest active driver on the Winston Cup circuit with 84 victories. But he has not won in 53 races, the worst showing of his 22-year career.