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Austin Dillon paired back with Alexander in RCR crew chief change
This week, the team announced multiple personnel changes, with Justin Alexander taking over as Dillon’s crew chief and replacing Keith Rodden, who will assume a larger role within the organization. Alexander has previously worked with Dillon, leading him to all four of his NASCAR Cup Series victories, including the 2018 Daytona 500. After serving as the team’s competition director, Alexander will now step back into the crew chief role. Rodden started working with Dillon at the beginning of the 2023 season, in which Dillon finished 29th in the championship standings, his worst season yet, marked by a 21.8 average finish. Currently, Dillon holds the 28th position in the standings without a top-ten finish in the first seven races of the year. The team also named Joel Keller as the lead engineer for the No. 3 team in an effort to strengthen Richard Childress Racing’s NASCAR Cup Series program for the remainder of the season. The changes are effective immediately, with Alexander returning as crew chief for this weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.
