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David "Dave" Rogers (born March 12, 1974) is an American crew chief for the No. 19 Toyota Camry driven by Daniel Suarez in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. He served as race engineer starting in 1998 for Tony Stewart's No. 20 under crew chief Greg Zipadelli. Success on that team earned him the crew chief position on the No. 11 Sprint Cup team with driver Jason Leffler.
Rogers started to crew chief for Kyle Busch in the No. 18 car late in the 2009 season after Busch missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup with former No. 18 team crew chief Steve Addington. In Rogers' first full season (2010) with Busch they finished 8th in points. Rogers is known to be a conservative crew chief, usually taking four tires late in races and not gambling on fuel mileage. Rogers has played a large role in the maturation of his former rowdy and controversial driver Busch. Rogers currently has 13 wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He won 5, races from 2015 to 2016 with Carl Edwards including a near Championship in 2016. After 2016, Edwards stepped down as the driver of the 19 car.
After Edwards retired, Rogers currently is the crew chief for Daniel Suarez in the No. 19 team.