Andretti Technical Director Returning To Schmidt

SPEED.com reports that Allen McDonald, technical director for the championship-winning Andretti Autosport team, is leaving the team to re-join Sam Schmidt.

McDonald earned a win at the 2007 Indy 500 and the 2007 IndyCar Series championship with Dario Franchitti.

He will leave Andretti to become Alex Tagliani's race engineer at the FAZZT Race Team, which was purchased by Schmidt just weeks before the start of the 2011 season.