Timothy Ivan “Tim” Brewer (born February 4, 1955) is an American former stock car racing crew chief and television analyst for NASCAR on ESPN. He was part of NASCAR Countdown, the pre-race show, with host Brent Musburger and fellow analyst Brad Daugherty . He was also a contributor to NASCAR Now, the daily NASCAR information program on ESPN2. During each race, Brewer returns to the coverage to analyze race stories by using a “cut-away” car, which was a show car provided by Chevrolet. Worked for Junior Johnson and guided two of his drivers to a NASCAR Cup Championships.
Occupation(s) NASCAR Crew Chief ESPN TV Analyst Years active 1973 – 2005 Achievements NASCAR Cup Champion Crew Chief (1978 & ’81)
NASCAR Cup Series Crew Chief Statistics
Year Driver Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Laps Led Avg Start Avg Finish 1973 Richard Childress 25 0 1 2 0 6918 1 21.4 19.8 1974 Richard Childress 29 0 0 3 0 5138 0 17.5 21.5 1975 Richard Childress 30 0 2 15 0 9433 3 16.9 12.6 1976 Richard Childress 30 0 0 11 0 8147 0 17.9 16.5 1977 Richard Childress 30 0 0 11 0 7973 27 16.8 16.4 1978 Cale Yarborough 30 10 23 24 8 9758 3587 3.6 6 1979 Cale Yarborough 31 4 19 22 1 9677 1320 5.3 8.6 1980 Cale Yarborough 31 6 19 22 14 9440 2810 3.1 9 1981 Darrell Waltrip 31 12 21 25 11 9575 2517 5.3 7.2 1982 Cale Yarborough 16 3 8 8 2 3439 379 8.8 15.8 1983 Tim Richmond 30 1 10 15 4 7176 588 9.6 16.6 1984 Tim Richmond 30 1 6 11 0 8225 58 15.3 16.7 1985 Neil Bonnett 28 2 11 18 1 8675 618 10.5 10.6 1986 Davey Allison 1 0 0 1 0 188 13 7 7 1986 Neil Bonnett 28 1 6 12 0 7691 323 12.3 16.1 1987 Terry Labonte 17 1 8 13 3 4496 562 5.3 10.9 1988 Terry Labonte 29 1 11 18 1 9206 237 12.8 10.8 1989 Terry Labonte 29 2 9 11 0 8306 105 13.2 15.1 1990 Geoffrey Bodine 29 3 11 19 2 8852 976 8.1 11.4 1991 Geoffrey Bodine 27 1 6 12 2 7997 152 10.4 15.7 1992 Bill Elliott 29 5 14 17 2 9115 1273 9.7 10.9 1993 Bobby Labonte 30 0 0 6 1 9295 33 20.8 19.1 1994 Geoff Brabham 1 0 0 0 0 127 0 18 38 1994 Robby Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 69 0 38 38 1995 John Andretti 31 0 1 5 1 8412 77 21.5 21.3 1996 John Andretti 17 0 0 1 0 3701 31 21.4 27.3 1997 Geoffrey Bodine 10 0 1 3 2 3256 16 17 18.7 1997 Sterling Marlin 14 0 1 3 0 4193 28 18.7 21.1 1998 David Green 4 0 0 0 0 864 0 21 36.8 1998 Geoffrey Bodine 8 0 1 1 0 2389 27 20.4 27.3 1998 Steve Grissom 5 0 0 0 0 1344 0 31.8 26.6 1999 Mike Wallace 1 0 0 0 0 397 0 29 24 2001 Mike Wallace 7 0 0 1 0 2027 1 34.1 30.1 2003 Johnny Sauter 3 0 0 0 0 1047 0 29 31.7 2003 Kevin Lepage 8 0 0 0 0 2605 11 29.5 24.4 2004 Jimmy Spencer 8 0 0 0 0 1711 7 36.5 27.9 Totals: 708 53 189 310 55 200862 15780 13.7 15.5
Xfinity Series Crew Chief Statistics
Year Driver Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Laps Led Avg Start Avg Finish 2005 Carlos Contreras 1 0 0 0 0 148 0 30 33 2005 Paul Wolfe 2 0 0 0 0 205 0 24.5 27.5 Totals: 3 0 0 0 0 353 0 26.3 29.3
Truck Series Crew Chief Statistics
Year Driver Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Laps Led Avg Start Avg Finish 2000 Eric Norris 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 35 Totals: 1 0 0 0 0 353 0 27 35
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