Steve Addington

Addington worked as Jason Keller's crew chief in the Busch Series, and the combination collected ten wins. Bliss also part-time in the Cup Series for JGR in a fourth car for the team, the No. 80, and Addington was also his crew chief in that series. In 2005, Addington became the crew chief for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 car in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Bobby Labonte, replacing Michael "Fatback" McSwain. JGR also switched from Chevrolet to Toyota that year. Busch lead the points with eight wins going into the Chase for the Cup. The team had numerous problems as soon as the Chase started, such as engine failures and wrecks, and Busch finished tenth in the twelve drivers in the Chase. Busch ended the season with 21 victories in NASCAR's big three divisions (Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Craftsman Truck Series), which was seven more wins that any driver had made since the Craftsman Truck Series began in 1995. which was driven by Austin Dillon as Stewart had been injured in a dirt racing crash before the race at Watkins Glen which sidelined him for the rest of the season. Addington was relieved of his duties as crew chief of the No. 14 on November 19, 2013. On November 21, 2013, it was announced that Addington would join HScott Motorsports in 2014 as the crew chief of their No. 51 car, driven by Justin Allgaier, as well as the team's competition director. In 2016, Allgaier went back to the Xfinity Series was replaced by Clint Bowyer and the car was renumbered to the No. 15. In 2016, HScott Motorsports closed down after the end of the season, leaving Addington a free agent. He remained without a crew chiefing job for five years. In 2022, Addington returned to NASCAR and became the crew chief for the No. 38 car for RSS Racing in the Xfinity Series driven by C. J. McLaughlin and Parker Retzlaff. In 2023, he returned to crew chief the RSS No. 38 car, primarily driven by Joe Graf Jr. For the season-opener at Daytona, Graf Jr. and Ryan Sieg switched rides with Sieg driving the No. 38 and Graf driving the No. 39, with Addington crew chiefing Sieg in that race. For the next two races at Fontana and Las Vegas, Graf drove the No. 19 car for Joe Gibbs Racing instead with Kyle Sieg, Ryan's brother, moving from RSS's No. 28 car to the No. 38 and Alex Labbé driving the No. 28. Addington and Brad Parrott, normally the crew chief of the No. 28 car, switched cars for these races with Addington crew chiefing the No. 28 driven by Labbé and Parrott crew chiefing the No. 38 driven by Kyle Sieg. ==Personal life==

Addington was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a kid, he was a fan of dirt track races. At age 14, Addington's mother remarried and then the family moved to Batesville, Arkansas where his stepfather began working for Mark Martin. Although his stepfather worked in racing, Addington preferred to play football as a child. He graduated from Central High School in Texas and moved back to Spartanburg. Addington's start in racing came as he helped friends compete in dirt cars. Addington has a daughter named Ashlyn. He left qualifying early for the June 2008 race at Dover to attend Ashlyn's graduation from Boiling Springs High School in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. He also has another child who was born in October 2013. Because the baby was about to be born around the time of the race at Talladega that month, Addington did not crew chief the No. 14 SHR car in that race. ==References==