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Arizona Cardinals. If Stewart was able to collect checkered flag No. On race day, Stewart showed no signs of backing down.
Diving three and four wide on restarts picking up position after position. The seemingly impossible was done. It wasn't to be for Darian Grubb. He gave a tearful interview following the event while embracing his wife and young son—he showed little signs that even now, a return to Stewart-Haas Racing probably was out of reach.
He was right. The main question folks are asking is Grubb led Stewart to a pair of top finishes at Charlotte and Talladega. Then they won at Martinsville. And Texas. And almost won at Phoenix. Grubb sent Stewart into the season-ending race trailing Edwards by three points in the standings and knowing a victory would ensure them the title. But there was some sadness to this celebration because of Grubb's parting, and the difficulty fans have in understanding how Stewart could let him go after winning a championship.
Steve Addington, who quit as Kurt Busch 's crew chief, has already been hired to replace Grubb. He was the top seed in , but finished a distant sixth. He was then seventh last season. This year, he went into the Chase winless, and even after opening with the two victories, he felt as if too many things were off. That included not considering Grubb for two vacancies Stewart still has: He's searching for a competition director for SHR, and a crew chief for Danica Patrick 's race Cup schedule.
But Grubb won't be out of work for long. His phone has been ringing nonstop, he said, making it seem like he can have his pick of crew chief positions. His name keeps coming up for a potential pairing with Denny Hamlin , who narrowly missed winning the championship and struggled most of this year. Hamlin has been paired with crew chief Mike Ford for his entire Cup career, and Ford is currently still working in that capacity.
Grubb also has an offer from former boss Rick Hendrick to return to Hendrick Motorsports in an engineering role. The team does not presently have room for a crew chief. I've kind of scratched a lot of things off the bucket list now, and I'm honestly not sure what direction I'm going to go with my family and everything else, too. Then again, I enjoy this, I'm young and I really feel like I've got a lot left to prove in the sport, too. Grubb said he'll consider every opportunity presented to him, but wherever he lands, he won't go with the sole motivator of wanting to prove Stewart wrong.
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