Just a few weeks after being dismissed as crew chief of Kyle Busch's #18 Toyota, he'll take over as the chief of Kurt Busch's #2 Dodge. Addington crewed Kyle to 12 Sprint Cup victories over the last two seasons, though Kyle fell just 8 points short of making the Chase this year. Addington will join a team that not only made the Chase this year but ended up fourth and ran some dominating races.
And in going from one Busch to another, Addington may well be setting himself up for NASCAR sainthood. Both Busches are well-known for being hard on crews and crew chiefs. Kyle was constantly critical of his crew, occasionally storming away from the car and forcing the crew to pick up the pieces in his wake.
Kurt, meanwhile, had frequent on-air blowups during races, like this one from Martinsville. And after the season was over, he gleefully unloaded on his crew chief Pat Tryson.
Still, Addington knows how to get wins, and so does Kurt. As long as the two of them can keep from killing each other, this could end up being a good partnership indeed. And if nothing else, they can both gripe about Kyle.
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