Bobby Hutchens

Robert Hutchens Jr. (born April 15, 1960) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, team owner, chew chief, and race engineer. He is the father of Trey Hutchens, who has previously competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and whom he served as a crew chief for.

Hutchens is best known for his involvement in the development of the Hutchens device, which was named after him, that was in use in NASCAR from 2001 to 2004. The device was banned by NASCAR in January 2005, due to it failing SFI Foundation safety tests. He was also the general manager for Richard Childress Racing during the time, a position he held since 1989. He was also the senior vice president of competition for Dale Earnhardt Inc. until the end of 2008, where he joined the newly formed Stewart–Haas Racing, where he served as the competition director for the team until his release midway through the 2011 season. He then became the general manager for JTG Daugherty Racing the following year.

During his driving career, Hutchens competed in series such as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the now defunct NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, and the SMART Modified Tour.

Motorsports results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Featherlite Modified Tour NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Pts Ref 1985 N/A 15 N/A TMP MAR STA MAR NEG WFD NEG SPE RIV CLA STA TMP NEG HOL HOL RIV CAT EPP TMP WFD RIV STA TMP POC TIO OXF STA TMP MAR N/A 0 1986 Hutchens Racing 1 Chevy ROU MAR STA TMP MAR NEG MND EPP NEG WFD SPE RIV NEG TMP RIV TMP RIV STA TMP POC TIO OXF STA TMP MAR N/A 0 1987 N/A 16 Chevy ROU MAR TMP STA CNB STA MND WFD JEN SPE RIV TMP RPS EPP RIV STA TMP RIV SEE STA POC TIO TMP OXF TMP ROU MAR STA N/A 0 1988 N/A 15 N/A ROU MAR TMP MAR JEN IRP MND OSW OSW RIV JEN RPS TMP RIV OSW TMP OXF OSW TMP POC TIO TMP ROU 50th 312 5 Chevy MAR 1989 35 Chevy MAR TMP N/A 0 18 MAR JEN STA MAR TMP 5 IRP OSW WFD MND RIV OSW JEN STA RPS RIV OSW TMP TMP RPS OSW TMP POC STA TIO 1990 N/A 16 Chevy MAR TMP RCH STA 49th 207 5 MAR STA TMP MND HOL STA RIV JEN EPP RPS RIV TMP RPS NHA TMP POC STA TMP MAR 1991 Kenneth Hutchens 14 Chevy MAR RCH TMP NHA MAR NZH STA TMP FLE OXF RIV JEN STA RPS RIV RCH TMP 37th 524 Joe Norton 33 Chevy NHA TMP POC STA TMP MAR 1992 Robert Hutchens 14 Chevy MAR TMP RCH STA MAR NHA NZH STA TMP FLE RIV NHA STA RPS RIV TMP TMP NHA STA MAR TMP 45th 342 1999 N/A 17 Chevy TMP RPS STA RCH STA RIV JEN NHA NZH HOL TMP NHA RIV GLN STA RPS TMP NHA STA MAR TMP N/A 0

Whelen Southern Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2005 Sharon Hutchens 14 Chevy CRW CRW CRW CRW BGS MAR ACE ACE CRW CRW DUB ACE 10th 1579 2006 CRW GRE CRW DUB CRW BGS MAR CRW ACE CRW HCY DUB SNM 8th 1760 2007 CRW FAI GRE CRW CRW BGS MAR ACE CRW SNM CRW CRW 19th 782 2008 CRW ACE CRW BGS CRW LAN CRW SNM MAR CRW CRW 12th 1232 2009 CON SBO CRW LAN CRW BGS BRI CRW MBS CRW CRW MAR ACE CRW 21st 413