Camping World Truck Series: Doug George Is the Happiest Man On Pit Road

Before the 2009 Camping World Truck Series season started, Billy Ballew swapped his crew chief's around on his truck teams.

Doug George moved to the No. 51 truck with Rowdy Busch and Richie Wauters moved to the No. 15 truck with Shane Sieg.

After three races, George has got to be the happiest crew chief on pit road right now, and you would be too if Rowdy was your driver.

Coming into the season, George has been win less as a crew chief, but that's all changed, and he now has back-to-back wins.

He has always been a well thought of crew chief, for his skills at molding young drivers, his leadership skills, and the knowledge he knows from his days as a champion driver.

George is known as a driver's crew chief, by this I'm referring to the fact that he has been behind the wheel, as much as he's been under the hood.

He's also one of the few crew chiefs on pit road, that's won a championship as a driver.

George, as a driver, was the 1990 Southwest Tour Champion, he is also a former NASCAR Camping World West Series Rookie of the Year, and in 1995 he was the champion in the series.

He's made two starts in Sprint Cup, then from 1996 to 2000, he competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

George made 56 starts, compiled one top-five, has 10 top-10 finishes, and a best finish of 12th in the points standing in 1996.

He took his first crew chief job in 1999, with Impact Racing. Then in 2000, he moved onto Joe Gibbs Racing, to be Coy Gibbs' crew chief.

He lead the team for three seasons, and saw Gibbs compile six top-fives, 21 top-10s, and back-to-back 10th place finishes in the points in 2001 and 2002.

Since 2002, George has been with various teams, either in management or crew chief until 2008.

Last year, he joined Billy Ballew Motorsports to crew chief Marc Mitchell in the No. 15.

It's nice to see George celebrate in Victory Lane as a winning crew chief. He's paid his dues both as driver and as a crew chief, and is now reaping the reward for years of hard work.

George is the go to crew chief for a young driver, as well as one that can mold them into decent drivers because of his veteran experience racing.

Could George be the reason for the change in Rowdy?

Could he be smoothing out all the rough edges and making him more fan friendly?