Emil David Reutimann (born March 2, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing crew chief and former driver.

[1] While his father was competing on dirt tracks in the Northeast, Reutimann was a summer resident on a farm in the Asbury section of Franklin Township, Warren County, New Jersey.

[2] Before he was a full-time race car driver, Reutimann worked briefly for the United Parcel Service, which in 2008 became his primary sponsor for the rest of that season.

Reutimann, a third-generation racer, began his racing career in dirt-track modifieds and late models before moving up to the Slim Jim All Pro Series in 1997.

87 GEICO Chevrolet Monte Carlo for NEMCO Motorsports, Reutimann started thirty-fourth but finished sixteenth.

He finished fifth at Nashville Speedway USA and The Milwaukee Mile, as well as qualifying Greg Biffle's car on the pole at Memphis.

Winning the pole in his second race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Reutimann had four top-fives and finished 14th in points, garnering Rookie of the Year honors.

Reutimann won his first career race in 2005 at Nashville Superspeedway, and ended the season thirteenth in points.

Reutimann moved up to the Nextel Cup Series in 2007 with Michael Waltrip Racing, and was a Raybestos Rookie of the Year Candidate.

However, despite qualifying 14th, he was started from the rear of the field because before the Duels, NASCAR penalized Waltrip's team including Reutimann's for illegal fuel additives in all MWR cars.

Reutimann ran in the top twenty of the Daytona 500 until he was collected in an accident on lap 173; he eventually finished 40th.

With 4 laps left in the race, Greg Biffle tapped his bumper, sending his car head-on into the wall.

Paramedics came to the wreck, extinguished the flames, and helped a sore, dazed Reutimann out of his racecar.

Reutimann suffered a minor concussion, a cracked rib and a few bruises; despite the injuries he returned to the track the next weekend in Mexico City for the Busch series.

The next few weeks after were not very good for Reutimann and the 00 team, failing to qualify at Las Vegas, Bristol, and Texas.

Despite this, Reutimann was replaced for the races at Sonoma and Watkins Glen by road course ringer P. J. Jones in an attempt to get the #00 to the top 35 positions in owner points.

Reutimann scored his first career top 10 at Lowe's Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600 with a 10th-place finish.

The next day on lap 222 his crew chief Rodney Childers made a call to conserve fuel which put Reutimann in the lead.

With this emotional victory, Reutimann became the 20th driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR's top series (Cup, Nationwide, and Truck).

A week after his victory, Reutimann would win his second pole of the season at Dover, finishing the race in 18th on the lead lap.

The next week at Pocono, Reutimann would end up finishing 3rd, and would get another top 5 at Loudon a couple races after.

[6] Reutimann ran in the top-five all night and with under seventy laps remaining, chased down Jeff Gordon and passed him for the lead.

He would pull away and lead the rest of the race, holding off a late charge by Carl Edwards.

At Watkins Glen on the final lap, Boris Said accidentally turned David Ragan entering the esses.

On January 3, 2012, Reutimann signed a one-year contract to drive for Tommy Baldwin Racing.

[7] As part of an alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing that TBR agreed to on January 31, Reutimann shared the SHR No.

93 Toyota Camry for BK Racing in the event with Todd Anderson serving as crew chief.

He was accused of intentionally causing the caution after limping around the track for a few laps at speeds well below the rest of the field.

[14] Reutimann began the 2014 season without a ride in any of NASCAR's top three divisions, however in March it was announced that he would drive the Sprint Cup No.

[18] In 2019, he joined Lee Faulk Racing as the crew chief for late model driver Ryan Rackley.