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A Legacy of Success

Headed by Joe Garone, former Director of NASCAR's Research and Development facilities and Head of Officiating.

Unique in the Racing Industry

The only NASCAR Sprint Cup team west of the Mississippi, located in the heart of beautiful Denver, CO.

More Under the Hood

Engines Supplied by Premier Engine Builders Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR).

Not Your Daddy's Garage

- 35,000 sq. foot facility

- State of the art Seven-Post Testing Machine

Furniture Row Racing Darlington 2011 Win Trophy

Kurt Busch Driver #78

Kurt Busch

Driver #78

Regan Smith

Kurt Busch

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August 4, 1978
Las Vegas, NV
Mooresville, NC
5'11"
Hunting, golfing, classic cars and live sporting events

Driven to Succeed...

Having extended his winning streak to ten consecutive seasons along the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tour, NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch is focused on a new challenge, more wins and bringing the “fun” back to his racing in 2012 with Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup Series and with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. 

  At age 33, Busch has 24 victories, 88 top-five and 169 top-10 finishes to go along with 15 career Cup Series poles and his Cup Series title. Busch, who also has an IROC championship on his impressive resume, certainly skyrocketed to the top of the stock car racing world early in his career and he's been able to maintain a high level of performance since he burst onto the scene. 

  Of course, it's been no secret that the Las Vegas native, who began racing Dwarf Cars at age 15 so he and his father could do something together, has always traveled in the sport's fast lane. He won the Nevada State Dwarf Car Rookie-of-the-Year title and captured the Las Vegas Speedway Park Dwarf Car Championship in 1994.  

 A year later, he walked off with the Nevada State Dwarf Car title and successfully defended his Dwarf Car Championship at Las Vegas Speedway Park. 

 By the end of the 1996 season, Busch had won the Legends Cars National Rookie-of-the-Year title and the Legends Cars Western States Championship. He also was crowned the champion in the Hobby Stock, Legends Car and Dwarf division at Las Vegas Speedway Park. 

  By 1997, Busch was concentrating on obtaining as much seat time as possible. He competed in a variety of divisions that season, including Late Models, American Race Trucks, Legends Cars and Dwarf Cars. Busch also started five races on the Southwest Tour. 

In 1998, Busch's Dwarf Car was merely a memory and with the exception of a few races in a Legends Car, he focused his attention on full-size race cars. During the season, he recorded 15 victories over 18 races in the Legends Cars and Grand American Modified Series. When the year ended, he was the Southwest Series Rookie of the Year with one victory, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes in only 17 races.

 It was Busch's success during the 1999 season that resulted in his move to the East Coast and a chance to compete in one of NASCAR's top three series. That year, Busch was crowned the Southwest Series champion, as he added six victories to his resume, including four straight wins. He also finished eighth in his first Winston West race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch's accomplishments earned him a spot in Jack Roush's “Gong Show,” which determined who Roush hired to drive an entry in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. Busch was the outstanding participant and it led to him signing a multi-year contract with Roush Racing. 

 In Busch's rookie campaign in the Truck Series, he turned heads with his season-long performance that netted him Rookie-of-the-Year honors and a secondplace finish in the point standings. His stellar season produced four victories and four pole positions. Busch also made his Cup Series debut that year, qualifying 10th and finishing 18th at Dover in September. 

  By 2001, Busch was a full-time competitor in NASCAR's top series and on his way to stock car racing stardom. In that first full Cup Series season, he won more than $2.1 million as he produced three top-five and six top-10 finishes and one pole.

 It was 2002, however, that proved to be Busch's breakthrough year. That season he totaled four victories with three of them coming in the season's final five weeks. In just two full seasons, Busch had pushed his winnings to more than $6.2 million. 

 Busch's pace didn't slow the next season. For the second straight year, he totaled four victories, nine top-five and 14 top-10 finishes, and it was that season that set the stage for his championship year in 2004. The title-winning season for Busch was a picture of consistency. He earned three victories and one pole to go along with 10 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes, but he got stronger as the season went along. He scored top-10 results in nine of the final 10 races to edge Jimmie Johnson in the closest championship finish in NASCAR history.

 Even though Busch didn't repeat as the series champion in 2005, he did contend for the title. With three victories, nine top-five and 18 top-10 finishes, Busch locked down 10th in the standings. 

 In 2006, Busch joined Penske Racing to drive the No. 2 Miller Lite car after Rusty Wallace's retirement from racing at the end of the 2005 season. 

  Busch concluded his first season with Penske Racing and the Miller Lite squad with a 16th-place finish in the 2006 point standings. Busch earned his fifth career victory at Bristol, moving him into a tie for third on the all-time victory list at the high-banked short track. He recorded six poles – a single-season career high – and produced the most top-10 starts with 24. Busch also made his debut in the Nationwide Series with two victories and a pole.  

  The 2007 season was a strong one for Busch and the team as they qualified for the Chase and earned wins at Pocono and Michigan. Adding a pole position at Fontana and six top-five and 14 top-10 results, Busch finished seventh in the final Cup Series standings.

 Although Busch and the Miller Lite team did not earn a spot in the 2008 Chase, the season did bring some strong performances. Busch posted five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, including a victory at New Hampshire, on his way to an 18th place finish in the championship rankings.

 Busch returned to championship contention in 2009, posting his most competitive record since winning the 2004 champion.

Joe Garone General Manager

Joe Garone

General Manager

Regan Smith

Joe Garone

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July 17, 1960
Denver, Colorado
Leann
Daughters - Ashlie, Jordan, Carey

A native of Denver, Colorado, Joe Garone turned his first wrench in his father's garage when he was only three-years old.

Garone grew up in a racing family where both his parents raced around the local Colorado circuits. His dad raced for years in the Modified Series, and his mom took home several Powder Puff Championships over the years. He, too, raced around the local Colorado circuits for several years while running his father's garage, before going full-time into professional motorsports in 1989.

In 1989, Garone took over as the crew chief for driver Rick Carelli in NASCAR's Southwest and Winston West Tours and the Craftsman Truck Series. After six years with Carelli and hundreds of victories, Garone joined Bill Elliott Racing in 1995 as a suspension specialist and moved up to crew chief for the 1998 season. During his four years with Elliott, the team had 35 top 10 finishes; in 1997, it won the Union 76 World Pit Crew Competition with a time of 20.870 seconds, beating out Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.

In 1999, he helped form a new team with PPI Motorsports, where he worked as a program manager and crew chief for the team's two-car Winston Cup effort, which included the No. 32 Tide Ford and the No. 96 McDonald's Ford.

From 2001 through 2003, Garone worked directly for NASCAR. He initially was responsible for building, staffing and running NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Hickory, North Carolina and then moved on to become NASCAR's director of officiating.

After spending a year as the director of competition for Michael Waltrip in 2004, Garone moved to Denver, Colorado where he accepted the position as crew chief for Furniture Row Racing. For two years Garone has been juggling the dual role as both crew chief and manager. In 2007, he was promoted to general manager for Furniture Row Racing and will focus his efforts on overseeing team operations in the various departments, acting as the liaison between Furniture Row Racing and its partners, and continue to support the growth and development of the entire program.

He currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife and their three children.

Todd Berrier Crew Cheif

Todd Berrier

Crew Chief

Todd Berrier

Todd Berrier

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May 29, 1970
Denver, CO.
Ginger
Cooper, Spencer

Todd Berrier joined Furniture Row Racing as the team’s crew chief for the final 17 Sprint Cup races of the 2012 season. His first race directing the No. 78 Chevrolet was in the Brickyard 400 (July 29) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

A NASCAR veteran of nearly 20 years, Berrier has worked with many of the sport’s top competitors, including Dale Earnhardt, Mike Skinner, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte and his current driver, Kurt Busch.

As a crew chief for the past 16 years in NASCAR’s three major series – Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck -- Berrier has had his share of success.

His impressive Sprint Cup resume, heading into the 2013 season, is highlighted with eight wins – including the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 – 60 top-fives and 133 top-10s.

Berrier’s crew chief accomplishments also include 13 Nationwide wins, four truck wins and a Nationwide season championship.

He also directed wins from his crew chief perch in each of NASCAR’s annual non-point races – Sprint All-Star Race (2007 with Harvick), Budweiser Shootout (2008 with Harvick) and the Daytona 500 qualifying race (2011 with Burton).

Growing up in North Carolina, the hotbed of stock car country, Berrier always had a passion for auto racing. Following his 1988 graduation from Robert B Glenn High School in Kernersville, N.C. he began working on late model cars that competed at local racetracks.

Berrier’s big break came in August 1993 when he was hired as a fabricator for the renowned NASCAR team of Richard Childress Racing (RCR). He also worked as a shock specialist at RCR and was a member of Skinner’s team which captured the inaugural NASCAR truck series championship in 1995.

In 1997 RCR promoted Berrier to the crew chief role for Jay Sauter’s entry in the truck series. He spent three years tuning Sauter’s truck, scoring four victories and top-10 point finishes in each season.

Berrier became Harvick’s crew chief in the Nationwide Series in 2000 and led the young RCR driver to the Nationwide season championship the following year. Harvick’s 2001 Nationwide championship record included five wins, 20 top-fives, 24 top-10s and four poles.

Berrier was elevated to a full time Sprint Cup crew chief position in 2002 for RCR driver Jeff Green. After one season with Green, Berrier was reunited with Harvick, who was competing in the Cup series.

With Berrier as crew chief, Harvick won eight times, including two prestigious wins -- the 2003 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and the 2007 Daytona 500. Berrier also directed Harvick to post-regular season Chase appearances in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

The team of Berrier and Harvick broke up following the ninth race of the 2009 season as Berrier became crew chief for RCR drivers Casey Mears and later in the year for Jeff Burton.

Berrier and RCR ended their 18-year association in July 2011. Berrier joined JTG Daugherty Racing as crew chief for driver Bobby Labonte at the start of the 2012 season. He worked at JTG before joining Furniture Row Racing.

Mark McArdle Director of Competition

Mark McArdle

Director of Competition