CONCORD, N.C. – The Southern 500 throwback weekend is almost here, and this year’s theme revolves around the 1990s.
With that in mind, HendrickMotorsports.com checked in with the organization’s four crew chiefs to get their take on the best of the ’90s – complete with one of their yearbook photos from that era.
NO. 9 TEAM CREW CHIEF ALAN GUSTAFSON
FAVORITE ’90s SONG:
“Summertime” by Sublime
FAVORITE ’90s ARTIST:
Jane’s Addiction
FAVORITE ’90s MOVIE:
“Happy Gilmore”
FAVORITE ’90s TV SHOW:
“Seinfeld”
BIGGEST ’90s CRUSH:
Elizabeth Hurley
FAVORITE ’90s HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MEMORY:
One-two-three finish in the 1997 Daytona 500
NO. 24 TEAM CREW CHIEF CHAD KNAUS
FAVORITE ’90s ARTIST:
Gorillaz
FAVORITE ’90s MOVIE:
“Days of Thunder”
FAVORITE ’90s TV SHOW:
I was working all the time, didn’t watch TV
BIGGEST ’90s CRUSH:
Jennifer Aniston
FAVORITE ’90s HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MEMORY:
First win with the No. 24 team at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1994
NO. 48 TEAM CREW CHIEF CLIFF DANIELS
FAVORITE ’90s SONG:
“All Star” by Smash Mouth
FAVORITE ’90s ARTIST:
Hootie and the Blowfish
FAVORITE ’90s MOVIE:
“Days of Thunder”
FAVORITE ’90s TV SHOW:
“Doug” (I was still a kid!) or “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
BIGGEST ’90s CRUSH:
My first go-kart
FAVORITE ’90s HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MEMORY:
1999 Daytona 500 win for the No. 24 team and the “doughnut” from Dale Earnhardt
NO. 88 TEAM CREW CHIEF GREG IVES
FAVORITE ’90s SONG:
“Six Days on the Road” by Sawyer Brown
FAVORITE ’90s ARTIST:
Garth Brooks and Sawyer Brown
FAVORITE ’90s MOVIE:
“Braveheart,” with “Days of Thunder” a close second
FAVORITE ’90s TV SHOW:
“Home Improvement” -- I was always working on cars and home projects, and we only had a few channels growing up
BIGGEST ’90s CRUSH:
Danielle Fishel, a.k.a. Topanga in “Boy Meets World”
FAVORITE ’90s HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MEMORY:
The August 1998 Michigan race, I was in the stands off Turn 4 and watched Jeff Gordon win for his fourth consecutive victory