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Mike Neff

Date of birth:
September 13, 1966
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.
Sponsor/Car:
Castrol GTX Mustang
Crew Chief:
Mike Neff/Bernie Fedderly

Career Wins: 10
FC: 10
Career Final Rounds: 22
FC: 22
Career Best E.T.:
4.017
Career Best Speed:
318.84

2011: Returned to driving and served as driver and crew chief for the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang; Finished a career-high fifth in the points standings; Raced to wins at Gainesville,
Englishtown, Norwalk, Chicago, and the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
2010: Stepped out of the driver's seat and took over tuning duties for the Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang driven by John Force; Guided Force to his 15th NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car world championship
2009: Raced to his first career win at the final race of the season, the Auto Club NHRA Finals; Earned two runner-up finishes (Phoenix, Reading)
2008: Became the third John Force Racing driver in four years to win the Auto Club Road to the Future Award for top rookie performance (Ashley Force, Robert Hight); Earned three runner-up finishes (St. Louis, Bristol, Englishtown)
2007: Retired as Gary Scelzi’s crew chief and joined John Force Racing as the team’s fourth driver; Made career debut at Las Vegas 2 and qualified seventh; lost first round to Jeff Arend; Qualified 10th at Pomona 2 and lost first round to Mike Ashley
1993-2007: The longtime tuner reached the top of his crew chief profession in 2005 when he tuned the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger driven by Gary Scelzi to the POWERade Series Funny Car world championship; He first joined forces with Scelzi in 2003 and they had a breakout year in 2004, winning three times, earning a third-place finish in the final points standings and recording the first 330-mph run in Series history; Before joining Don Schumacher Racing, Neff had tuned cars for Larry Minor Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing

Daughter: Chloe (6/15/03)
Son: Chase (11/5/98)
Height/weight: 5-foot-10, 175 pounds
Hobbies: Golfing, riding dirt bikes
In 2011, handled driving and primary crew chief duties; He had performed the dual role in five 2009 races, including the final three races of the Countdown to the Championship

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