Veteran Arrow McLaren race engineer Robert Gue is departing the workforce. His determination to simply accept an engineering function at one other workforce comes one month shy of his fifteenth anniversary with this system he joined when it was often known as Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
As Gue knowledgeable Arrow McLaren of his determination to step away from engineering the No. 6 Chevy pushed by rookie Nolan Siegel on the finish of the season, the timing of the notification — with 5 races left to run — led Arrow McLaren management to speed up the change; Gue shouldn’t be with the workforce for this weekend’s NTT IndyCar Collection race at World Vast Expertise Raceway.
On the timing stand for Siegel at WWTR is a chief acquisition for Arrow McLaren with 2015 Indianapolis 500-winning race engineer Brian Campe. After constructing his status in Crew Penske’s NASCAR applications, Campe joined its IndyCar effort as race engineer for Juan Montoya, and collectively they gained Indy and ended 2015 tied for the championship with Scott Dixon; the Chip Ganassi Racing driver gained the title primarily based on higher decrease finishes.
Campe would shift to the automobile of Penske newcomer Josef Newgarden in 2017, the place they gained the IndyCar championship on their first attempt. Whereas there, he bought to know Gavin Ward, who would take over the engineering reins for Newgarden and win a title collectively in 2019. After 12 years with Penske, heading again to NASCAR with Hendrick in 2022 was subsequent on Campe’s checklist.
He made a quick return to IndyCar this yr as a part of Hendrick Motorsports’ partnership with Arrow McLaren to subject an entry for NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in Might, and whereas Campe was not tasked with engineering the automobile, his affect on the trouble — as a bridge between the organizations and as Larson’s race strategist — gave Arrow McLaren a deep take a look at his array of skills. It additionally introduced Campe again along with Ward, who left Penske and was named as Arrow McLaren workforce principal in 2023.
Campe’s determination to go away Hendrick and assist Arrow McLaren stabilize its No. 6 engineering squad ought to profit Siegel within the quick time period, however Campe’s long-term function within the group has but to be outlined. RACER understands the workforce will wait to nominate a everlasting race engineer for Siegel’s automobile as its present assistant and efficiency engineers all through its three-car program may even get a shot on the job for 2025.
