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Alan Gustafson (born August 5, 1975) is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief from Ormond Beach, Florida. He began his racing career at the age of eight, by helping his friend race go-karts. He graduated from Seabreeze High School and attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University until 1996. Afterward, he worked with several teams, which competed in the Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series, before being employed at Hendrick Motorsports. He is currently employed at Hendrick Motorsports as the crew chief for Chase Elliott. He was the crew chief for Jeff Gordon from 2011 until Gordon's retirement in 2015.
Born on August 5, 1975, in Ormond Beach, Florida, Gustafson began his racing career helping his childhood friend, Casey Yunick, with their go-karts while eight years old. As Yunick and him grew older they began racing late models and legends cars on local race tracks. Afterward, he helped another one of his friends by working on their Sports Car Club of America series cars. Once he graduated at Seabreeze High School, he continued his education by attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for a mechanical engineering degree and was a member of Kappa Sigma. Even though he was attending college, he continued to help his friends with racing. In 1996, he came to a decision of continuing college, or moving to North Carolina to continue his racing career. He decided to move to North Carolina to work on Gary Moore's Goody's Dash Series team (GEM Motorsports), with his longtime friend, Jimmy Foster. He was chosen as the crew chief, while Foster raced. He was also performing engineering duties for the team. Once the 1996 season ended, they recorded one win, along with finishing sixth in the point standings.
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Live chat with Alan Gustafson. Recorded 5.5.2010 at 12:30 ET. Brought to you by AMP Energy http://www.ampenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/ampenergy http://www.twitter.com/ampenergy
Some fireworks flare up between Jeff and crew chief Alan Gustafson while discussing pit strategy late in the Axalta 400 at Pocono. I can't ever recall such a heated exchange between Jeff and crew over the radio before. Thoughts?
Full pre-race press conference with crew chief's Chad Knaus and Alan Gustafson at Martinsville Speedway Friday March 27, 2015
Gordon's Crew Chief and talking about what happened between his crew and clint bowyer's crew and the video of the replay of what happened
Relive Jeff Gordon's win at Michigan International Speedway and hear from crew chief Alan Gustafson about the team's momentum as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup nears.
Jeff Gordon's crew chief talks about working with Mark Martin, the inconsistent performance in 2011, and winning a championship. Co-hosted by Thomas van der Voort
Full post race press conference with Alan Gustafson at Martinsville Speedway, Sunday Nov. 1, 2015
Jeff Gordon's crew chief talks about Mark Martin, last season's inconsistency, and winning a championship.
Jeff Gordon drove the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet to Victory Lane on Sunday, Aug. 5 at Pocono Raceway. After the win is announced, MRN interviews Gordon and crew chief Alan Gustafson about their first victory of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
No. 24 driver Chase Elliott and crew chief Alan Gustafson talk team goals and the biggest improvement that has been made this season in this week's #AskTeamHendrick.
No. 24 team crew chief Alan Gustafson and driver Jeff Gordon discuss this weekend's Contender Round-closing race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jeff Gordon and crew chief Alan Gustafson of the No. 24 3M Chevrolet SS team express their confidence heading into Sunday's Contender Round race at Kansas Speedway.
Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, crew chief Alan Gustafson -- who worked with Terry Labonte as an engineer in 2009 when he won five races and seven poles -- and Labonte's former crew chief Jim Long congratulate the newest NASCAR Hall of Famer on the honor.
"Greatest stock car driver, you are the best!" - Alan Gustafson
Jeff Gordon snaps a 66 race winless streak dating back to Texas in 2009; say what you want about Alan Gustafson, but I think all of us need to be grateful he brought him out of that slump so early in the season.
Woody Cain and Joey Meier recap the Bank of America 500 weekend at Charlotte and talk with Alan Gustafson, Crew Chief for Chase Elliott, and NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Justin Allgaier on Motorsports Monday
"I don't think 85 wins is even a good representation of his talent and ability." - Alan Gustafson
Full NASCAR Sprint Cup series post race press conference with winning team owner Rick Hendrick, crew chief Alan Gustafson and driver Jeff Gordon, at Michigan International Speedway, Sunday Aug. 17,2014
Full NASCAR Sprint Cup post race press conference with winning team Alan Gustafson and Jeff Gordon from Martinsville Speedway, Sunday Oct. 27, 2013
Full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series post race press conference with winner Jeff Gordon and crew chief Alan Gustafson from Kansas Speedway, Saturday may 10, 2014
Full NASCAR Sprint cup series post race press conference with winning team Alan Gustafson, Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sun. July 27, 2014