• Member Bio
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  Birthplace: Birmingham AL
  
  Birthdate: 1/10/59
  
  Full name: Lawrence Joseph MacReynolds III
  
  Current Residence: Mooresville, NC
  
  High School and college: Ensley High School, Birmingham
  
  Wife/children: Linda married 23 years
  3 kids: brooke – 17; Brandon – 15; kendall - 9
  
  What do you do for SPEED: Broadcast analyst – practice qualifying on track Nextel Cup; The Duals; All Star races; Co host of trackside; analyst on SPEED Report periodically; host NASCAR Performance
  
  Past jobs: Nextel Cup as a mechanic since 1980; crew chief for 18 years, some for Robert Yates Racing; moved onto Richard Childress racing as crew chief most notably with Earnhardt and won the Daytona 500 twice with Davey Allison and Dale Earnhardt. Worked at an auto salvage yard part time a long time ago final two years of high school and did it full time b/w high school and moving to Carolinas. Graduated highs chool in 1977 and came to Carolinas in 1980
  
  Worst moment in your career: probably working at the shop in july 12 1993 and getting the phone call that your driver is injured and on life support and he passed away on the July 13
  
  Favorite movie: love comedies: any Jim Carrey movie
  
  Favorite song: like a variety of songs; Shania twain – Looks like we made it (when he looks at his wife this song fits him to a T b/c when he asked her to marry him no one thought it would last and it is still going strong)
  
  Favorite sport: anything racing; aside from racing he loves college football; roots for both Auburn and Alabama; loves the BCS championship week
  
  Favorite driver/rider: the guy who made the biggest impact on his career, davey Allison; he and Robert Yates racing put larry macreynolds on the map; davey was his best friend and his families were very close; they both came from Alabama but he didn’t know that; both their sons Robbie and Brandon were baptized together; theyre god parents for each others kids
  
  If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be: warm weather; love the islands; spent a week in st. lucia for Christmas. Would like to go to Australia and new zealand
  
  What do you love the most about your job: being able to make a living and a good living at talking about something tha ti love and talkinga bout something that its all hes ever done his entire life; he feels like hes a part of a very small group of people that their hobby that they enjoy doing, theyre able to go to work and enjoy making their living
  
  Describe a typical day in your life: if 7 DAYS followed him around, it would probably quit after day 2; he gets up b/w 4 and 5am every morning; answer emails and look at mail until everyone gets up; be a part of my kids in the morning before school; no two days in a row are the same and from that point in the morning its always different; he spends b/w 12-15 hours b/w conf. calls and as much leg work as he can do (emails; internet) preparing for the upcoming weekend; go to bed between 11 and midnight; do a radio show wed nights during the season; work till 9 or 10 pm at the shop; after everyone goes to bed he goes back in his office to do more work for upcoming weekend. Brandon races the Allison legacy series and he has a shop in Mooresville; works on his sons car; sometimes misses being a crew chief, but his sons racing fills his void of the competitive spirit. NO TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS ARE THE SAME
  
  Hobbies: my family my sons racing and my religion; watching football and Atlanta braves; spend free time with his family; brandon, if youre going to race, then your gonna make good grades and you’re gonna give me 100%; you don’t have to do it, but if you want to, I’m glad youre doing it and im proud; its too much hard work to dabble in and watch your grades fall by the waistside
  
  What was your first car: never been a hot rodder; first car was 1971 Ford 4-cyclinder two door Pinto; first car for a few years; his dad bought it for him; no car payments
  
  Have you ever competed in a race, amateur or professionally: never had a desire to race; cant drive for a nail; had a summer shootout race with Jeff Hammond and won
  
  Your dream car: not a big car buff; drives SUV’s sitting in his Ford Expedition with 127000 miles; he would love to have a Cadillac; a car is the worst investment you can make; you pay for it and it depreciates 30% when you drive it off the lot; big on having the cars paid off
  
  One thing most people don’t know about you: he has a pretty short fuse when it comes to some things; doesn’t have a high tolerance with crew chief, family etc.; big on even the very little things; a bit of a hot head and short tempered
  
  How much stuff he does: how much more hectic his life is; he can dictate his schedule but hes just got a million things going on: commercials, speed news, radio shows, luncheons, Daytona testing, speaking engagements, etc. His life was much simpler as a crew chief
  
  Do you have a favorite saying or philosophy:
  Theres nothing that can come my way today that God and I can’t handle together
  Goes back to philosophy as a crew chief
  If something happens to you once, good chance its not your fault; if it happens to you twice, its nobodys fault but yours
  
  Heather Locklear or Pamela Anderson? Heather Locklear
  
  Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino? Deniro
  
  Coke or Pepsi? Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke
  
  Ford or Chevy? Toyota ; his wife drives a Sequoia; he’s had both and he drives a Ford, so between the two he likes the Ford
  
  CAREER HISTORY
  
  23 NASCAR Winston Cup Series wins as a crew chief … 20 Winston Cup pole positions as a crew chief … two Daytona 500 wins as a crew chief (1992, 1998) … founding member of the Crew Chief Club … 1998 UAW-GM Teamwork Award of Excellence winner … co-authored autobiograhy entitled The Big Picture