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Jeff
Grahn
#26 Car Crew Chief
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
After
a successful 2007 season as chief mechanic for Dario Franchitti,
which included an Indianapolis 500 win and IndyCar Series
championship, Jeff Grahn will hold the same position for
the 2008 season except he’ll move to the #26 car
piloted by Marco Andretti. Grahn, who chose a career in the motorsports industry
after high school, joined Team Green in 2001 where he spent two seasons as fueler
for Paul Tracy and, in 2003, he worked as a lead mechanic on the #11 Team 7-Eleven
car driven by Tony Kanaan.
For the 2004 campaign, Grahn was promoted to chief
mechanic working on the #7 XM Satellite Radio entry piloted by Bryan Herta. Grahn
began his career working with Kevin Cogan at Machinist Union Racing, then joined
Hayhoe Racing and driver Jimmy Vasser in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he worked for
Forsythe Racing.
Don
Skinner
#26 Car Lead Mechanic/ Right Rear
Hometown: Hartland, Michigan
Don Skinner enters
his third season as a lead mechanic on the #26 entry driven
by Marco Andretti. Now in his fi fth season with Andretti
Green Racing, Skinner has been a part of teams that have
won at least one race every year since he began in motorsports,
a tenure that spans over a decade. During a portion 2007
season, in addition to his duties on the #26 car, he was
the outside-rear tire changer on the #27 car driven by
the IndyCar Series champion, Dario Franchitti. He was a
lead mechanic and right rear tire changer for the #26 Klein
Tools/Jim Beam team that captured the 2005 IndyCar Series
championship and has been a part of two IndyCar Series
championships. He was a member of the Kelley Racing team
that saw Al Unser Jr. pick up his last win at the Texas
Motor Speedway. He also spent time at Ganassi Racing when
Juan Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 and was with
Team Menard and driver Tony Stewart for their IndyCar Series
championship in 1997.
Scott Marks
#26 Car Mechanic / Left Rear
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Scott Marks
joined Andretti Green Racing for the start of the 2006
IndyCar Series season as a lead mechanic on the #26 NYSE
car and will continue in that role in 2008 for his third
season. Marks came to AGR from Ganassi Racing where he
was a crewman on the winning car at the 2006 Rolex 24 Hours
of Daytona. Marks spent the fi ve previous years at Kelley
Racing, where he was a lead mechanic and tire changer on
the car driven by Scott Sharp that sat on the pole for
the 2001 Indianapolis 500. Before working at Kelley Racing,
Marks spent fi ve years at Team Menard where he helped
the team earn the 1997 IndyCar Series championship with
driver Tony Stewart.
Jason
Richardson
#26 Car Air Jack
Hometown: Pittsboro, Indiana
In his second season with Andretti
Green Racing, Weatherford serves as a gearbox mechanic on
the #26 car driven by Marco Andretti. Weatherford has been
involved in racing since 1992 and spent nine years working
in the former CART series. From 2003 to 2006 he served as
a crew chief for Forsythe Racing for Patrick Carpentier,
Mario Dominquez and A.J. Allmendinger. Most recently, he
worked as a crew chief for Panther Racing before joining
AGR mid-season in 2007.
Tom Vigne
#26 Car Left Front End Mechanic
Hometown:
Prescott, Arizona
The 2008 season with be Vigne’s fi
rst with Andretti Green Racing. He will serve as a front-end
mechanic on the #26 car driven by Marco Andretti and will
change the left-front tire. Vigne worked for two seasons
in the Indy Pro Series before joining AGR. He spent the 2007
season as a mechanic on the AFS Racing entry that was victorious
at Watkins Glen. His fi rst job in racing came in 2006 when
he worked as a tire technician for Michael Crawford Motorsports.
Jason
Weatherford
#26 Car Gearbox Mechanic / Right Front
Hometown: Pittsboro, Indiana
In his second season with Andretti
Green Racing, Weatherford serves as a gearbox mechanic on the
#26 car driven by Marco Andretti. Weatherford has been involved
in racing since 1992 and spent nine years working in the former
CART series. From 2003 to 2006 he served as a crew chief for
Forsythe Racing for Patrick Carpentier, Mario Dominquez and A.J.
Allmendinger. Most recently, he worked as a crew chief for Panther
Racing before joining AGR mid-season in 2007.




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