Osborne returns atop pit box for Roush Fenway Racing

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Roush Fenway Racing has brought back Bob Osborne as the crew chief for former Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne in the No. 6 Ford.

Osborne was a crew chief for Roush Fenway from 2004 until 2012, leading teams to 18 wins, 86 top-five finishes and 142 top-10 finishes before moving over to assist the team's engineering efforts. Osborne was paired for years with driver Carl Edwards and the duo finished second in the Sprint Cup standings in 2011. Osborne stepped down the next season, citing health issues.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will have a new crew chief in the No. 17 for the second straight season. Nick Sandler, who spent the last four seasons working as the head engineer for the No. 99 team under Jimmy Fennig, will call the shots in 2015. Mike Kelley has been bounced down to car chief after failing to match the expectations set when he won a pair of second-tier Nationwide Series championships with Stenhouse.

Greg Biffle has retained crew chief Matt Puccia in the No. 16 Ford.

"We are excited about our 2015 crew chief lineup," said team co-owner Jack Roush. "Much like our driver lineup, our crew chief assembly features a quality mix of veteran leadership and youthful insight. We feel this lineup ... is a big step forward in the direction of placing our teams up front and contending week in and week out."

Roush Fenway also named Fennig as research and development coordinator. Fennig most recently served as crew chief on Edwards' No. 99 Sprint Cup team.

NASCAR signed a deal with Xfinity to replace Nationwide as entitlement sponsor of the second-tier series.

Phil Gould was named crew chief for Elliott Sadler in the Xfinity Series for 2015. Both Seth Barbour and Scott Graves will return atop the boxes of the No. 16 and No. 60 NXS teams. Chad Norris, who served as crew chief for No. 6 NXS team last season, will sit atop the pit box for Bubba Wallace.