New Pit Crew Competion Rules UPDATE: NASCAR officials announced during Sunday’s driver and crew chief meeting that the entry rules will be changed for this season’s pit crew competition scheduled for Nov. 3 at North Carolina Speedway at Rockingham. Previously, any team that wished to participate could enter. Beginning this season, only those teams in the top 25 of car owner points will be eligible. The points used will be those from the previous race weekend, in this case following the Oct. 28 race at Phoenix(That’s Racin’)(10-1-2001) UPDATE: The National Association of Pit Crew Members (NAPCM) disagrees with NASCAR’s decision to change the rules governing November 3rd’s Pit Crew Challenge in Rockingham, N.C. The Pit Crew Challenge is about the NASCAR Winston Cup Pit Crews getting to compete against each other to decide who is the best. Owner points have no bearing on this. As anyone knows, owner points depend on many variables. What NASCAR is doing is penalizing half of the crews by not allowing them to participate in the event that they look forward to all season.(NAPCM PR/site)(10-2-2001)
