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Robbie Reiser (born June 27, 1963 in Allenton, Wisconsin) is a stock car racing crew chief and (former racer) for the Roush Fenway Racing team in NASCAR's Nextel Cup series. Reiser is the son of Alice and the late John Reiser, who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops. Robbie is married to his wife Tracy, and has 3 children.
[edit] Racing career
Robbie started racing on the short tracks of Wisconsin. In 1984, he began driving late models. He won 14 different track, area and regional championships from 1990-1992. From 1993 to 1997 his racing career culminated as a driver/owner in the NASCAR Busch Series.
[edit] Crew chief
In 1997, Reiser decided to stop his racing career in the Busch Grand National Series, he put snowmobile racer Tim Bender in his car. Bender got hurt after the eighth race, so he put his former Wisconsin competitor Matt Kenseth in the drivers seat until Bender recovered. Reiser lost the 1994 late model track championship at Madison International Speedway to Kenseth. Kenseth was quickly successful. Then Reiser and Kenseth combined for a second place finish in 1998 and a third place finish in 1999. In 2000, Jack Roush hired Kenseth, Reiser, and their entire Busch team to run full time in Winston Cup. The combination was again successful. They rapidly moved up the final points each year. In 2003 Kenseth and Reiser dominated to win the final Winston Cup championship as driver/crew chief. However, in 2007, Reiser was suspended at the 2007 Daytona 500 for drilling illegal holes in the car that increased drag. He was suspended for 4 races and received a $50,000 fine.
[edit] Trivia
- According to an interview, Reiser is a devoted fan of former Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi and likes to run his race team with the same winning attitude Lombardi had with the Packers.
[edit] External links
Allenton, Wisconsin
