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NASCAR’s last three-time winning crew chief, Ray Evernham, was basically given carte blanche by Dodge to restart its NASCAR program. In today’s financial climate, Chad Knaus understands the same opportunity may not come his way if he decides to pursue a new career challenge. Therefore, he’s realistic about his upward mobility.
“It wasn’t that long ago that I wanted to be a car owner, as recently as five years ago I wanted that,” Knaus said Thursday. “Whether or not I want that now, we’ll just have to wait and see. Obviously, the situation would have to be ideal. But I know what we’ve got at Hendrick Motorsports, and to think that I could go out and start a team and race against the driver lineup and the brain power that they’ve got and the resources they’ve got at Hendrick Motorsports is just foolish at this point.”
Knaus said he still thinks he has several years in him as a crew chief. And then?
“The next challenge is going to be the thing,” Knaus said. “And figuring out what that challenge is, whether that aligns with taking on a new role with Hendrick Motorsports, my own team, or a family, or winning another championship, I don’t know. But there’s one right around the corner, somewhere.”
