Alex Yontz

Alexander Kenneth Yontz (born July 13, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing crew chief and former driver who works as a crew chief for the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro driven by various drivers in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He previously crew chiefed Kaulig's No. 11 car in the Xfinity Series, driven by Justin Haley and Daniel Hemric.

Alex Yontz
BornAlexander Kenneth Yontz
(1986-07-13) July 13, 1986
Walnut Cove, North Carolina, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 1 year
2005 position64th
Best finish64th (2005)
First race2005 UAW/GM Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Last race2005 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of February 25, 2023.

Racing career

Driving career

Crew chiefing career

Yontz began crew chiefing in the Xfinity Series midway through 2019 after the unexpected death of Nick Harrison, the crew chief of Kaulig Racing's No. 11 car driven by Justin Haley. He continued in that role in 2020 and 2021. When Haley moved up to Kaulig's new No. 31 car in the Cup Series in 2022, Yontz did not move up with him and he continued to crew chief the No. 11 car in the Xfinity Series, now driven by Daniel Hemric.

On September 9, 2022, it was announced that Yontz would be switching cars, moving from the No. 11 of Hemric to the No. 10 of Landon Cassill starting with the race at Kansas the next day. Both the No. 10 and No. 11 cars had struggled during the season compared to Kaulig's No. 16 car driven by A. J. Allmendinger and were close to the bottom of the playoff grid and in danger of falling out. (Even after the crew chief swap, Cassill's No. 10 car ended up missing the playoffs.) Jason Trinchere, who was the crew chief of Cassill's No. 10 car, switched cars with Yontz and became the crew chief for Hemric's No. 11 car.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2005 Alex Yontz Racing 61 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD
29		 CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW
36		 KAN KEN MEM
33		 IRP NSH
28		 BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 64th 198 [2]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARSC Pts Ref
2007 Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN
38		 TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
4		 POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI
36		 SLM TAL TOL 85th 300 [3]
2009 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY SLM CAR
9		 TAL KEN
10		 TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 71st 380 [4]

References
  1. "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Bob Pockrass. September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022. Crew chief swap at Kaulig — Jason Trinchere now crew chief for Daniel Hemric and Alex Yontz now crew chief for Landon Cassill.
  2. "Alex Yontz – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. "Alex Yontz – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. "Alex Yontz – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  • Alex Yontz driver statistics at Racing-Reference
  • Alex Yontz crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
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