CSX 4027 Steve you forget the first thing to crosses the finish line first is the engine
You can take a great engine, a great handling car and an average driver and win a race. You can take the best driver with good handling car an a so-so engine and he comes in 20's place. The fab shop, the suspension builder, the shock builder and the engine builder are the great people of nascar and get little notice of there abilities. Your right about the driver, crew chief, and spotter getting most of the glory. If you are in the engine building for the glory, you need to find another sport of racing. This one is all about personal PRIDE. A rare thing in todays team concept. Rick Lake