# Robbie Reiser > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robbie_Reiser > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robbie_Reiser.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Reiser > Source revision: 1356262066 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Robert Reiser** (born June 27, 1963) is an American former crew chief and a general manager for [RFK Racing](/source/RFK_Racing). Reiser is the son of Alice and [John Reiser](/source/John_Reiser), who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops. ## Career Reiser started racing on the short tracks of [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin). In 1984, he began driving [late models](/source/Late_model). He won fourteen different track, area and regional championships from 1990 to 1992. From 1993 to 1997, his racing career culminated as a driver/owner in the NASCAR [Busch Series](/source/Busch_Series). ### Crew chief In 1997, Reiser decided to stop his racing career in the Busch Grand National Series, he put snowmobile racer [Tim Bender](/source/Tim_Bender) in his car. Bender got hurt after the eighth race at Texas, so he put his former Wisconsin competitor [Matt Kenseth](/source/Matt_Kenseth) in the drivers seat until Bender recovered. Reiser lost the 1994 late model track championship at [Madison International Speedway](/source/Madison_International_Speedway) to Kenseth. Kenseth was quickly successful. Then Reiser and Kenseth combined for a second-place finish in 1998 and a third-place finish in 1999. In 2000, Jack Roush hired Kenseth, Reiser, and their entire Busch team to run full-time in [Winston Cup](/source/Winston_Cup). The combination was again successful. They rapidly moved up the final points each year. In 2003 Kenseth and Reiser dominated to win the final [Winston Cup](/source/Winston_Cup) championship as driver/crew chief. With Reiser from 2000 to 2007, Kenseth won 16 races. In 2008, Reiser served as interim crew chief for [Carl Edwards](/source/Carl_Edwards), helping Edwards win at [Texas Motor Speedway](/source/Texas_Motor_Speedway).[2] ### General manager Near the end of the [2007](/source/2007_NASCAR_Nextel_Cup_Series) season, Reiser was named the general manager for all five of Roush Fenway Racing's Nextel/Sprint Cup teams. His last race as crew chief was the [Ford 400](/source/2007_Ford_400) at [Homestead-Miami Speedway](/source/Homestead-Miami_Speedway) in Florida, which became the second victory of the season for driver [Matt Kenseth](/source/Matt_Kenseth). Reiser was relieved of his duties as RFR GM on November 22, 2016.[3] ## Motorsports career results ### NASCAR (key) (**Bold** – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. *Italics* – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) #### Busch Grand National Series NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NBGNSC Pts Ref 1993 Reiser Enterprises 71 Chevy DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW 21 TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 92nd 100 [4] 1994 17 DAY CAR RCH DNQ ATL DNQ MAR DNQ HCY 24 BRI ROU DNQ NHA NZH CLT DNQ DOV MYB 21 GLN SBO 26 TAL HCY 23 MCH 25 BRI 31 DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR 48th 735 [5] Pontiac DAR 35 MLW 30 IRP 29 1995 Chevy DAY 29 CAR 38 RCH DNQ ATL NSV 9 DAR 42 BRI 13 HCY 28 NHA DNQ NZH 30 CLT DNQ DOV 17 MYB 16 GLN MLW 36 TAL 18 SBO IRP MCH BRI 27 DAR 24 RCH 37 DOV 23 CLT 33 CAR DNQ HOM 23 30th 1444 [6] 1996 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV DNQ SBO MYB GLN MLW 18 NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 81st 109 [7] Stricklin Racing 28 CLT DNQ CAR DNQ HOM 1997 Reiser Enterprises 17 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI 41 NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 116th 40 [8] #### Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NCTC Pts Ref 1996 Mueller Brothers Racing 4 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW 26 LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV 65th 288 [9] 42 RCH 22 NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO 19 LVS ## References 1. ["Driver's Information"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Robbie_Reiser). Retrieved August 28, 2018. 1. Bruce, Kenny (January 18, 2014). ["EDWARDS POISED FOR RETURN TO FORM AFTER SWOON"](http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/19/carl-edwards-roush-fenway-racing-return-to-form-in-2014.html). [NASCAR](/source/NASCAR). Retrieved January 19, 2014. 1. Spencer, Lee (November 22, 2016). ["Robbie Reiser out as general manager of Roush Fenway Racing"](http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/robbie-reiser-out-as-general-manager-of-roush-fenway-racing-852859/). [Motorsport.com](/source/Motorsport.com). Retrieved November 23, 2016. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1993/B/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1994/B/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1995/B/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1996/B/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1997/B/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. 1. ["Robbie Reiser – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1996/C/). *Racing-Reference*. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2023. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robbie Reiser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Reiser) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Reiser?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.