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Aaron Yates’ long-time Crew Chief, Vic Fasola, has left Team Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki. But while Fasola originally planned on moving to South Carolina to work with a long-time friend, he’s now considering staying in professional road racing.

“I was trying to get away from some of the stress,” Fasola said via phone from his home in Ontario, California. “Being a Crew Chief must be the most thankless job on earth.”

But Fasola admitted that he has received some very good offers from other professional teams and is giving those offers serious consideration.

“I have to decide if I want to jump right back into it,” said Fasola, adding that he is currently taking a vacation, including some golf.

Chris Weidl is likely to take over as Yates’ Crew Chief on the Yoshimura team.