New crew chief for Hall of Fame Racing

Steve Boyer has been named the crew chief for J.J. Yeley's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team starting with the next race at Martinsville Speedway on March 29-30.
Boyer takes over for Brandon Thomas, who was crew chief of the No. 96 car for Hall of Fame Racing since October 2006.
Hall of Fame Racing is owned in part by Troy Aikman, who played college football at UCLA and won three Super Bowls as quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.
“Steve has earned the respect and trust of J.J. and the team in his short tenure here," said Tom Garfinkel, who co-owns of Hall of Fame Racing with Arizona Diamondbacks CEO Jeff Moorad. "Jeff and I are looking forward to having him in a more significant leadership role. He has a tremendous amount of experience that will be valuable to J.J., Hall of Fame Racing and the No. 96 DLP HDTV Toyota.”
Boyer has worked in the engineering department of Hall of Fame Racing since December 2007 and was Sterling Marlin's crew chief for the last six Cup races of 2004 and all of 2005.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to work with J.J. and the No. 96 DLP HDTV Toyota,” Boyer said. “We’ve got a great group of people at Hall of Fame Racing and we plan on making the DLP car a contender every week.”
Yeley is 31st in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings after five races.