The crews of #18-Bobby Labonte and #38-Elliott Sadler tied for the top honors in the Virginia 500 among participating teams in the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by Powerade, but Labonte’s squad took the $20,000 prize by virtue of a tiebreaker.. Each car spent 292 seconds on pit road, but Labonte’s Joe Gibbs Racing crew was named the winner by virtue of having a higher finishing position in the race. Labonte finished second, while Sadler was fifth in Robert Yates Racing’s No. 38 Ford. In the race for the year’s $200,000 top prize, Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s #15 team for Michael Waltrip’s Chevrolet leads the #8 squad of teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. by a margin of 325 points to 317.(PR), see full press release and standings on my Pit Crew page .(4-15-2003)
