Donnie Wingo (born February 13, 1960) is a crew chief in

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who last worked on the No. 34 team of

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for

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. Wingo has seven career Sprint Cup victories as a crew chief.

Biography

Wingo began as a crew member and mechanic for

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in 1978. Wingo first served as a crew chief with

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's #15

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in 1990. He first worked with driver

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, earning a victory at the season-ending race at

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. Over the next five seasons, he worked with

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, and

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, amassing three more wins (all with Bodine). In 1996, he moved to

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(later Haas-Carter Motorsports), working with driver

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until the end of the 2001 season, then primarily with

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in 2002. From 2003 to 2008, he served as crew chief on

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's 42 car, working with

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for three seasons,

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for two seasons, and

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for his rookie season including Montoya's first win at

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. After eight races in 2008, Wingo was moved to the 41 team of

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. In 2009, Wingo joined

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, reuniting with McMurray on the team's 26 car including a win at

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in November. He was moved to

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's 6 team for 2010, replacing

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. Wingo moved to the No. 21

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car near the end of the year to serve as crew chief for Roush development driver

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.Trevor Bayne , Wood Brothers
With Bayne moving to Roush's 6 car for 2015, Wingo was replaced by

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crew chief Jeremy Bullins for driver

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References

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