Crew chief Greg Erwin (L) talks to Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, during qualifying for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 28, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images

NASCAR Xfinity Series Crew Chief Greg Erwin Tops the Owner Point Standings for Team Penske

With five races in the books the teams that are the ones to beat have risen to the top, but they can’t get there without the leadership of a good crew chief. Take a look at the crew chief that has his team leading the Xfinity Series owner point standings:

Greg Erwin replaced Jeremy Bullins this season at the top of the pit box for Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford with drivers Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney. Erwin has worn many hats in the NASCAR world from engineer to competition director, but this season his talents are toward bringing Roger Penske his third consecutive owner title in the Xfinity Series. So far this season the No. 22 team is on the right track, as they lead the owner standings by eight points over JR Motorsport’s No. 88 team. Erwin has led his trio of drivers to one win, four top-fives and two poles in the first five races of the season.

Erwin, a Hatboro, Pennsylvania native, earned a degree in engineering from Clemson University in 1992. He started out in NASCAR as an engineer for several teams. He then transferred over to the research and development side of the sport for a few years before beginning his full-time crew chief career with Roush Fenway Racing in the Sprint Cup Series with driver Greg Biffle.  From there, Erwin moved to Team Penske as the competition director for their Xfinity Series program and now leads the No. 22 team.

On break since their last race at Auto Club Speedway, the Xfinity Series returns to action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 350, on Friday, April 10th. FOX Sports 1 will broadcast the race with a green flag at 8:30 pm ET.