Chad Bryant

Chad Bryant (born August 15, 1990) is the crew chief for No. 22 Chevrolet of Jack Wood for GMS Racing in the ARCA Menards Series,

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Chad Bryant will lead GMS’ program in the ARCA Menards Series as crew chief for driver Jack Wood.

Bryant, who purchased the assets of the team he had been working for in the series, Cunningham Motorsports, which was being sold by its retiring owner Briggs Cunningham, who was age 85 at the time. His co-owner, 68-year-old Kerry Scherer, also decided to step away from team ownership and did not continue with the team after it was sold to Bryant.

“Same team, new name,” said Bryant. “We’re open for business as Chad Bryant Racing (CBR)…still the 77 and the 22.”

Not much is expected to change according to Bryant as reported on ARCA’s website.

“I’m excited and blessed to keep this group of guys together. It’s the same nucleus all-star group from Cunningham that held this thing together for years…making Cunningham the highly successful organization it is today.”

“I’ve never missed a day’s work since this deal went down,” Bryant continued. “We’re working out of the same shop with basically the same guys. I’ll be working side by side with Paul (Andrews) like we always have…I just have to pay more attention to the ownership side. Bob Melvin, the car chief on the 77 for the last five years, will continue to be the car chief on the 77.

Bryant, a three-time ARCA Racing Series Cometic Crew Chief of the Year, had been a key part of Cunningham’s recent success. He was the crew chief for Chase Briscoe when he captured the ARCA Racing Series championship in 2016.

Bryant purchased the team's assets to form Chad Bryant Racing. Bryant kept the same numbers and personnel from the old Cunningham team and hired Bo LeMastus and Joe Graf Jr. as his first drivers.

“We are also happy to welcome Chad Bryant to our ARCA program. Bryant brings a wealth of knowledge and also has a passion to develop young talent that will make our Drivers Edge Program thrive. I have great faith in each one of these individuals and I can’t wait to see what the 2021 season has in store.”