How to Use crew chief in a Sentence

crew chief

noun
  • My job is to drive a car and to tell the crew chief what’s going on.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • The crew chief’s last name and first initial goes in that place.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
  • Are the one-day shows forcing you to grow as a team with the new crew chief and crew?
    Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 26 June 2020
  • All of those coming with crew chief Chad Knaus on top of the pit box.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Bernstein, the tail gunner and crew chief, and those of Staff Sgt.
    Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • After the game, crew chief Sean Wright explained the call.
    Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Pearn won that race over Childers in a match of two of racing’s best crew chiefs.
    Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 24 June 2018
  • The crew chiefs then bought some of the opioids back from the clients and distributed them on the city streets.
    Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Melvin emerged from the dugout to talk with home plate umpire Greg Gibson, the crew chief.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The victory, the 58th of Busch’s career, is the first in the series for crew chief Ben Beshore.
    Kelly Crandall, USA TODAY, 2 May 2021
  • That pit call haunted Busch and his crew chief all week, but a late call for four tires gave the No.
    Gary B. Graves, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2019
  • Stephen Leicht’s crew chief asked her to be on his crew for more than just that one race.
    Brianna Moné, Teen Vogue, 28 Feb. 2018
  • On the track, Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, won for the first time with new crew chief Jason Small.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 June 2020
  • Hyde then went back over to the umpires by the first base line to make his voice heard and crew chief Alan Porter threw him out of the game.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
  • Lane was the crew chief for the Funny Car driven by Cruz Pedregon.
    Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Hamlin got a new pit crew and crew chief in Chris Gabehart to help lead him to a six-win season.
    Jenna Fryer, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Much of the night, Johnson stayed a step ahead of Byron and former crew chief Chad Knaus.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Tom Palmer, Henry's dad, served as crew chief on the boat that followed the swimmer.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2020
  • But home-plate umpire and crew chief Ted Barrett called each a ball.
    Maria Torres, kansascity, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Shirley, one of the few female crew chiefs in the history of the sport, recorded her first win in her new role.
    Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2018
  • Rice signed on to be the No. 11 car’s crew chief and the team’s general manager.
    Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Its crew chief was killed and the others captured after a firefight on the beach.
    Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Each crew consisted of two pilots, a medic and a crew chief.
    Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The ones that get me are during a yellow when him and (crew chief) Adam (Stevens) are joking back and forth.
    Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 5 July 2018
  • But Menard went through a handful of crew chiefs and spent too much time racing outside the top 10.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Dan Iassogna and Jim Reynolds also were made crew chiefs.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • The Padres asked for a crew chief review, and the call was overturned and Tatis had his 10th infield single of the season.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • Instead, crew chief Kane Fitzgerald called a foul on Mack, sending Thomas to the free-throw line.
    Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Found more success as a crew chief, winning the 2003 Cup title with Matt Kenseth.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2021
  • Airman 1st Class Jacob Overmyer was on board the Osprey during the incident as crew chief and asleep on the floor when the aircraft suddenly dropped hundreds of feet in the air.
    Laura Strickler, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024

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