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Stewart-Haas Racing crew chief is a graduate of the new NCAA Cinderella, UMBC

Food City 500

BRISTOL, TN - APRIL 19: John Klausmeier, the substitute crew chief for Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, sits in his pit box during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 19, 2015 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/NASCAR via Getty Images)

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The initials UMBC probably didn’t mean anything to a lot of people until last night.

That’s when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County did the unthinkable.

A member of the America East Conference, the school became the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

The UMBC Retrievers trounced the Virginia Cavaliers 74-54 in a game at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

It turns out someone in the NASCAR world had a stake in the game.

John Klausmeier, crew chief on Aric Almirola’s No. 10 Ford at Stewart-Haas Racing, graduated from the school.

Klausmeier, 36, has a degree in mechanical engineering from the university. He is in his first season as a full-time CUp crew chief.

SHR’s Twitter account informed every one of Klausmeier’s alumni status soon after the historic game ended.

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