Timothy Ivan "Tim" Brewer (born February 4, 1955) is an American former

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crew chief and television analyst for ''

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''. He was part of ''

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'', the pre-race show, with host

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and fellow analyst

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. He was also a contributor to ''

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'', the daily NASCAR information program on

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. During each race, Brewer returns to the coverage to analyze race stories by using a "cut-away" car, which was a

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provided by

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. Brewer won two championships as a crew chief working for owner

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. His first was with driver

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in 1978 and his second was with

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in 1981, though he was later replaced by Jeff Hammond. Incidentally, both worked for competing networks (Hammond at ''

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'') in similar roles. Brewer eventually moved to Morgan-McClure Motorsports. In 1997, he joined

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as team manager, but became

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's crew chief during the August race at

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; when Bodine fell two laps down, Brewer attempted to intervene in radio communications when crew chief Pat Tryson abruptly quit. Brewer's drivers won 53 Cup points races and 55 Cup points pole positions. He is supported on the ESPN productions by Nelson Crozier, a premier innovator in the NASCAR environment for over 40 years. With Nelson Crozier, Brewer was a partner in T and N Products, an intellectual properties LLC that has a patent pending on a unique safety indicating lug nut. Their company also serves as an expert witness for the major Detroit auto manufacturers and nationally known law firms.

References

External links

Tim Brewer ESPN Bio
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