Owens started his career while still in high school, working for Petty Enterprises, owned by his uncle Richard.

His best finish of the year was a 14th at Pikes Peak (where he had his best career start of 12th), but he also had a pair of 15ths at Darlington and Dover.

[1] After being unable to find another ride, in 2003, Owens took his first crew chiefing job for Scott Traylor Motorsports's No.

5 car in the ARCA Re/Max Series, working with a young Clint Bowyer as he made his series debut at Nashville Superspeedway, helping him pull off an eye-opening 2nd-place finish with Richard Childress in attendance, which led to Childress signing Bowyer to become a development driver for his team.

[1] Starting in 2006, Owens worked for Braun Racing, later Turner Motorsports and then Turner Scott Motorsports as a crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, scoring wins with Mark Martin, Dave Blaney, Reed Sorenson, James Buescher, and Nelson Piquet Jr.

On December 2, 2013, it was announced that Owens would be moving up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2014, having been hired by Richard Petty Motorsports to crew chief the team's No.

[3] In 2020, Buescher left for Roush Fenway Racing and he was replaced by Ryan Preece (previously the driver of JTGD's No.

Prior to the 2020 Auto Club 400 at Fontana, Owens was suspended after the car was discovered to have an illegal modification during pre-race inspection.

37 car was closed down after the 2021 season, Owens lost his job with JTGD and moved to Kaulig Racing to crew chief their new No.

His father Randy Owens, the brother of Petty's late wife Lynda, was a member of Petty's pit crew at age 19 and killed during a pit road accident when a water tank caught on fire during the 1975 Winston 500.

[1] His father-in-law is fellow NASCAR crew chief Barry Dodson who won the 1989 Cup championship with driver Rusty Wallace.