Regan Smith will have a new crew chief as well as a new teammate for 2014 at JR Motorsports, as Chase Elliott joins the NASCAR Nationwide Series organization and Ryan Pemberton moves over to call the shots for Smith's No. 7 Chevrolet team. "Having a teammate is going to be great, and that's not to say I didn't have one last year," Smith said during Saturday's lunch break here during Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway. Elliott, son of 1988 NASCAR Cup champion Bill Elliott, will be making his Nationwide Series debut this season, the car number has been changed to No. 9 (a nod to his father) and sponsorship will come from NAPA.
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