| Robert John Reiser | |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1963[1] |
| Birth Place: | Allenton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Best Busch Pos: | 30th (1995) |
| Busch Top Tens: | 1 |
| First Busch Race: | 1993 Havoline 250 (Milwaukee) |
| Last Busch Race: | 1997 Moore's Snacks 250 (Bristol) |
| Awards: | 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship crew chief |
| Years In Busch: | 5 |
| Total Busch Races: | 29 |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Poles: | 0 |
| Total Truck Races: | 3 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 65th (1996) |
| First Truck Race: | 1996 Sears Auto Center 200 (Milwaukee) |
| Last Truck Race: | 1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
Robert Reiser (born June 27, 1963) is a former crew chief and a general manager for RFK Racing. Reiser is the son of Alice and John Reiser, who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops.
Reiser started racing on the short tracks of Wisconsin. In 1984, he began driving late models. He won 14 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.
In 1997, Reiser decided to stop his racing career in the Busch Grand National Series, he put snowmobile racer Tim Bender in his car. Bender got hurt after the eighth race at Texas, so he put his former Wisconsin competitor Matt Kenseth in the drivers seat until Bender recovered. Reiser lost the 1994 late model track championship at 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. 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 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, helping Edwards win at Texas Motor Speedway.[2]
Near the end of the 2007 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 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida, which became the second victory of the season for driver Matt Kenseth.
Reiser was relieved of his duties as RFR GM on November 22, 2016.[3]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||
| 1993 | Reiser Enterprises | 71 | Chevrolet | 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 | Chevrolet | 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 | 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 | Chevrolet | 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] | |||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||