Larry McReynolds
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Larry McReynolds (born January 10, 1959 in Birmingham, Alabama) was a long time NASCAR crew chief and now is a racing analyst on Fox Sports. He currently lives in Mooresville, North Carolina. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a minority owner in Bang! Racing.
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[edit] NASCAR crew chief
His NASCAR career began in 1975. He worked his way up the ladder and took his first crew chief job in 1985. His first win as a crew chief was in 1988 at Watkins Glen with Ricky Rudd as the driver.
McReynolds was the winning crew chief for the 1992 Daytona 500, with driver Davey Allison, in the 28 Robert Yates Racing Ford Thunderbird. He joined Richard Childress Racing in 1996, and helped NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt win the 1998 Daytona 500.
[edit] Broadcaster
At the end of the 2000 NASCAR season, Larry made the hard decision to leave the Richard Childress owned #31 Lowe's Chevrolet and ventured into the Fox Sports broadcast booth with Mike Joy and three time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip.
[edit] List Of McReynoldisms
- "The hits just keep on comin'"--when a driver makes a mistake, or they are hit multiple times in an accident.
- "Darrell, like I tell you every week, reach up and pull those belts tight one more time!"--said at the start of the race.
- "Git 'er done"--When a pit crew gets their driver out first, a phrase coined by Larry The Cable Guy.
- "Let's get this party started!"
- "He's starting to stretch it out right now"--when a driver is pulling away.
- "...On the high side!"
- "Side by side!"
- "It's a ball and strike call" or "It's going to be borderline!" -- McReynolds analysing the potential of a driver being black-flagged for a violation happens because of an in-race violation (offside violation on restart, hitting the commit cone, below the out-of-bounds line at some tracks, rough driving. This is often used when he notices a very questionable call.
- "Now I want you to keep your eye out on (insert driver)."
- "They're bangin' off each other!"
- "You think these boys are tired? (Insert driver) just ran his/her fastest lap of the race right now!" - When McReynolds sees a car turn its fastest lap of the race (when the scoring monitor detects that lap is the fastest that driver has turned during the race) late in the race.
- "Now these are the big losers..." - analysing pit stops, usually observing the scoring monitor and noticing which cars had lost positions in pit stops.
- "I spoke to (so and so's crew chief this morning) and (insert saying like: he says they was working real hard on the setup of the car and that they was struggling to go a little furtha than most teams)."
