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.jpg) Eury Jr. in 2012 | |
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| Born | Anthony Eury Jr. (1973-01-03)January 3, 1973 (age 52) |
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| Country | United States |
| Sport | NASCAR Cup Series |
| Team | 50.Team AmeriVet |
Anthony Eury Jr. (born January 3, 1973) is an American professionalstock car racing crew chief who works forTeam AmeriVet as the crew chief of their No. 50Chevrolet ZL1 in theNASCAR Cup Series driven byBurt Myers. He is also the co-owner ofFury Race Cars, a prominent chassis builder inlate model racing.
Eury was born into a racing family inKannapolis, North Carolina. His family lived near the Earnhardts north ofCharlotte and the heads of both families,Ralph Earnhardt and Ralph Eury, were close friends. Tony Eury Jr. is the son ofTony Eury Sr. and Sandra Gee, daughter of famed engine builder Robert Gee.Dale Earnhardt Sr. married Sandra's sister Brenda, mother ofDale Earnhardt Jr. Despite both marriages ending in divorce, the cousins grew up together.
Eury worked with Dale Earnhardt, Inc., from 1991 to 2007. In 1993, he became thecar chief (and one of the tire changers) forDale Earnhardt's NASCARBusch Series team, working under his father, crew chief Tony Eury Sr. In the 2004, 2006, and 2008 seasons, Eury helped Dale Earnhardt Jr. get into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and challenge for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. The 2004 season began with a win at theDaytona 500, the first of 6 wins that season.
In 2008, he began his crew chief career with Hendrick Motorsports, as Dale Earnhardt Jr. began racing forRick Hendrick. After a poor showing in the2009 Coca-Cola 600, some began to talk of Eury's possible firing and that he would be replaced by Ron Malec, who was the car chief for Hendrick teammateJimmie Johnson's No. 48 car.[1] On May 28, 2009,Hendrick Motorsports announced that Eury Jr. would be demoted to crew chief the team's part-time R&D car, the No. 25, driven byBrad Keselowski, replacingLance McGrew, who switched jobs with Eury Jr. and became Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief.[2] In2010, Eury Jr. became a crew chief for Earnhardt Jr.'sJR Motorsports team in theNationwide Series, crew chiefing the team's No. 7 car, driven byIndyCar driverDanica Patrick as well as other drivers that year and in2011. In2012, Patrick left IndyCar to drive the car full-time with Eury Jr. as her crew chief for most of the season until he was released from the team before the race atKentucky in September. Eury Jr. was replaced by Ryan Pemberton, who was hired to be the team's new competition director, replacing his father Tony Eury Sr. who was also released from JRM, as well as the interim crew chief for Patrick's No. 7 car.[3] On December 10, 2012, Eury Jr. was hired bySwan Racing (previously Inception Motorsports) as the crew chief forDavid Stremme's No. 30 car in the Sprint Cup Series, replacingSteven Lane.[4]
In 2018, Eury Jr. was hired byPremium Motorsports to serve as the crew chief for their No. 7 car in theDaytona 500 when it was driven by Danica Patrick in her final NASCAR race. He only crew chiefed the car in that race in order to reunite with Patrick, as he was her crew chief at JR Motorsports from 2010 to 2012 in what was then known as the Nationwide Series.
In 2020, Eury Jr. was the crew chief forNatalie Decker and theKen Schrader Racing No. 52 car in theARCA Menards Seriesseason-opener at Daytona, fielded in a collaboration with Fury Race Cars.[5]
In 2022, Eury Jr. returned to NASCAR again and became the crew chief for the newMoney Team's No. 50 car driven byKaz Grala,[6] the son ofDarius Grala, one of the other co-owners of Fury Race Cars. On February 23, 2022, Eury was suspended for four races after the No. 50 lost a wheel during the2022 Daytona 500.[7]
On January 17, 2025, it was announced that Eury Jr. would return as crew chief of the No. 50 car for the renamed Team AmeriVet in 2025 withBurt Myers making his Cup Series debut in the season-openingCook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.[8]