Robbie Reiser

Robert Reiser (born June 27, 1963) is an American former crew chief and a general manager for RFK Racing. Reiser is the son of Alice and John Reiser, who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops.

Career

Reiser started racing on the short tracks of Wisconsin. In 1984, he began driving late models. He won fourteen different track, area and regional championships from 1990 to 1992. From 1993 to 1997, his racing career culminated as a driver/owner in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Crew chief In 1997, Reiser decided to stop his racing career in the Busch Grand National Series, he put snowmobile racer Tim Bender in his car. Bender got hurt after the eighth race at Texas, so he put his former Wisconsin competitor Matt Kenseth in the drivers seat until Bender recovered. Reiser lost the 1994 late model track championship at Madison International Speedway to Kenseth. Kenseth was quickly successful. Then Reiser and Kenseth combined for a second-place finish in 1998 and a third-place finish in 1999. In 2000, Jack Roush hired Kenseth, Reiser, and their entire Busch team to run full-time in Winston Cup. The combination was again successful. They rapidly moved up the final points each year. In 2003, Kenseth and Reiser dominated to win the final Winston Cup championship as driver/crew chief. With Reiser from 2000 to 2007, Kenseth won 16 races. In 2008, Reiser served as interim crew chief for Carl Edwards, helping Edwards win at Texas Motor Speedway.

General manager Near the end of the 2007 season, Reiser was named the general manager for all five of Roush Fenway Racing's Nextel/Sprint Cup teams. His last race as crew chief was the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida, which became the second victory of the season for driver Matt Kenseth.

Reiser was relieved of his duties as RFR GM on November 22, 2016.

Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Busch Grand National Series NASCAR Busch Grand National Series 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 30 Pts Ref 1993 Reiser Enterprises 71 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW21 TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 92nd 100 1994 17 DAY CAR RCHDNQ ATLDNQ MARDNQ HCY24 BRI ROUDNQ NHA NZH CLTDNQ DOV MYB21 GLN SBO26 TAL HCY23 MCH25 BRI31 DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 48th 735 Pontiac DAR35 MLW30 IRP29 1995 Chevy DAY29 CAR38 RCHDNQ ATL NSV9 DAR42 BRI13 HCY28 NHADNQ NZH30 CLTDNQ DOV17 MYB16 GLN MLW36 TAL18 SBO IRP MCH BRI27 DAR24 RCH37 DOV23 CLT33 CARDNQ HOM23 30th 1444 1996 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOVDNQ SBO MYB GLN MLW18 NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 81st 109 Stricklin Racing 28 CLTDNQ CARDNQ HOM 1997 Reiser Enterprises 17 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI41 NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 116th 40

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 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 Pts Ref 1996 Mueller Brothers Racing 4 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW26 LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV 65th 288 42 RCH22 NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO19 LVS