It can happen. One year you work great and the next it doesn't click. He ran well with the COT when they were testing they were ahead of the others. Just seems bad call have hurt him.

sorry to disagree evan even in testing the cot they can not get to feel right for him. the car is loose and he hates that feeling and no crew chief can dial that out of these cars. his choice is simple 1- adapt 2-back marker 3-retire.

Wow, this is a tough crowd.  Apparently running in the top 12 in points is poor performance these days.  Might as well pack it in.

crewcheif47, we aren't saying it's total poor performance. What we're saying is we'd expect him to be up there with Jimmie as that's where they were last year. Also, the crew cheif/driver discussion is just sonething that's been obvious through the conversations they have on the radio. It's just discussion based upon comparing the two years.