John Henry Klausmeier (born February 1, 1981) is an American

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...

crew chief who works for

Richard Childress Racing Richard Childress Racing (RCR) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is based in Welcome, North Carolina, and is owned and operated by Richard C ...

as their technical director. He previously was employed at Stewart-Haas Racing, serving as an engineer, crew chief and Technical Director.

Racing career

He made his crew chiefing debut in an interim role in the summer Pocono race in 2016 for

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...

, which he won. He also served as Kurt Busch's interim crew chief in 2017. He also served as

Aric Almirola Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola previously compete ...

's crew chief from 2018 to 2020 where he won one race with Almirola. Klausmeier became Busch's interim crew chief in 2016 following the suspension of his original crew chief, Tony Gibson. Klausmeier also works as a race engineer for the team. On December 16, 2020, it was revealed that Klausmeier would the crew chief for

Chase Briscoe Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also ...

for the latter's rookie year in the

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in 2021 and beyond. On May 31, 2023, following the 2023 Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR issued an L3 penalty on the No. 14 after a post-race inspection revealed a counterfeit engine panel NACA duct; as a result, the team was docked 125 owner and driver points and 25 playoff points, and Klausmeier was suspended for six races and fined 250,000. On June 20, 2023, it was announced that

Richard Boswell Richard Warner Boswell II (born April 14, 1984) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who works for Richard Childress Racing as the crew chief of their No. 3 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Austin ...

would be taking over for

for the rest of the reason, while Klausmeier would be moved over to the part of the company's vehicle performance group after his suspension was over. In his three year tenure as Briscoe's crew chief, he led him to 1 win, 9 top 5's, and 17 top 10's, including a 2022 playoff berth where they made it all the way to the Round of 8. When SHR closed down after the 2024 season, Klausmeier was hired by

to serve in the same role of Technical Director with their team. Boswell would also follow Klausmeier to RCR and serve as the new crew chief for

Austin Dillon Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet ZL1 and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet ...

's No. 3 car.

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