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CUP: Wood Brothers, Crew Chief Hyder Part Ways
David Hyder had been crew chief on the No. 21 Ford since August 2008...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted October 06, 2010   Charlotte, NC
Crew chief David Hyder (Right) talks with Bill Elliott (Left) at Indianapolis in July. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
The Wood Brothers racing team and crew chief David Hyder have mutually agreed to go their separate ways, effective immediately.

Team co-owner Eddie Wood said Hyder, who has been the crew chief of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion since August 2008, played a key role in helping the team work through one of the worst slumps in its 60-year history in NASCAR.

“It took somebody like David to get us back on track, and he did it almost single-handedly,” Wood said. “Len and I and the entire Wood Brothers organization are eternally grateful to him for his contributions to this race team. It’s a shame we weren’t able to stay together and finish what we started.”

Wood said he expects to name an interim crew chief later this week.

Driver Bill Elliott and the No. 21 team will be back on the track next week for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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