Cliff Daniels
Cliff Daniels had a short racing career as a driver, racing model cars at short tracks in his home state of Virginia before pursuing a mechanical engineering degree at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Following the 2018 season, Daniels moved to Hendrick's competition systems group before rejoining the No.[2] On July 29, 2019, following a string of disappointing finishes during the 2019 season, Hendrick Motorsports announced that Daniels would replace Kevin Meendering as the crew chief of the No.[6] On March 15, 2023, NASCAR suspended all four Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs (Daniels, Alan Gustafson, Rudy Fugle and Blake Harris) as well as Kaulig Racing No.As a result, each team received an L2 penalty (a loss of 100 driver and owner points as well as the four-race crew chief suspension).