CREW PROFILE: Rollie Lachance
A big part of any NASCAR driver and team are the crewmembers, who toil behind the scenes in preparing and maintaining the race cars. Throughout the season, we will profile many of these hard working men and women on the NASCAR Home Tracks website to let you see the job they do in the sport.
Today’s profile features Rollie Lachance, crew chief for driver Eddie MacDonald in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Lachance and MacDonald have teamed for three wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – site of this week’s race – in the last three years.
NAME: Rollie Lachance
AGE: 43
BIRTHDATE: 3/13/67
HOMETOWN: Auburn, Maine
SPOUSE’S NAME: Laura
NAMES & AGES OF CHILDREN: Rachael (12), Ryan (9)
TEAM: Rob Grimm Racing
DRIVER: Eddie MacDonald
SHOP JOB/AT-TRACK JOB: Crew Chief, Team Manager
FULL-TIME OCCUPATION: Rob Grimm Racing
RACING BACKGROUND: Got started as a crew member in 1990 at Oxford Plains in weekly racing … Was a crew member and crew chief in old ACT Tour … Started in the Busch North with Tracy Gordon in 1997
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN RACING: First win in Busch North with Tracy Gordon at Thunder Road in 1998 … First win at New Hampshire with Eddie MacDonald in 2008 … Winning the first Oxford 250 with Eddie in 2009
OTHER INTERESTS OR HOBBIES: Snowmobiling in the winter and traveling with the family in the summer
ONE THING YOU WANT OTHERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU: I’m grateful for my wife’s support and understanding of my time commits to racing
FAVORITE KIND OF MUSIC: Classic Rock
FAVORITE MOVIE: The Hunt for Red October
FAVORITE FOOD: Fried clams
PERSON YOU MOST ADMIRE: My Dad
PERSONAL VEHICLE: 1999 Ford Escort
Sources: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East PR