Darian Grubb
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
October 9, 1975 Floyd, Virginia, United States |
| Residence | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series |
| Team | Hendrick Motorsports |
Darian Grubb (born October 9, 1975) is a NASCAR mechanic and engineer. He is currently the vehicle production director for Hendrick Motorsports. Previously Grubb worked as the crew chief for the Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 11 Toyota Camry driven by Denny Hamlin in the Sprint Cup Series. Grubb has collected 23 Cup wins as a crew chief.
Before being employed at JGR, Grubb worked for Stewart-Haas Racing as the crew chief for team co-owner Tony Stewart, winning the Sprint Cup championship in 2011. Before that he was at Hendrick Motorsports as an assistant and filled in as Jimmie Johnson's crew chief during the suspension of Chad Knaus at the 2006 Daytona 500. Johnson went on to win that race for his first Daytona 500 victory.
Grubb was born in Floyd, Virginia, a small town in Floyd County, which had only one stoplight and an estimated 14,000 residents. Grubb was the third out of four siblings. His love of racing began to develop during his time at Floyd County High School. He built Late Model stock cars that competed in races throughout Virginia and the Carolinas. Grubb made a lasting impression upon his graduation in 1993, ranking 6th in a 156-pupil class. As a senior at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (more commonly known as Virginia Tech) in 1998, Grubb was influential in the design of the school's "Tinker Bell" ATV used in competition. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree that year through a co-op program with Volvo Trucks and General Motors. Grubb quoted this about his association with the co-op program:
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