In Sunday’s (Nov. 22) season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Denny Hamlin’s #11 crew won the Tissot competition. The effort by the #11 FedEx crew played a key role in Hamlin’s fourth race victory of the season. Hamlin’s #11 Joe Gibbs Racing crew consists of: Jonathan Sherman (front-tire changer), Brandon Pegram (front-tire carrier), Mike Hicks (rear-tire changer), Heath Cherry (rear-tire carrier), Nate Bolling (jackman), Scott Wood (gasman), John Eicher (catch can) and Bobby “Spike” Christenson (windshield). The team’s crew chief is Mike Ford and the pit crew coach is Paul Alepa. The athletic director for Joe Gibbs Racing is Michael Lepp. The Tissot Pit Road Precision Award went to the team which spent the least amount of time on pit road and finished on the lead lap in each of the 36 Sprint Cup point races. The winning team earned $5,000 and a Tissot watch for each race.(Tissot), see past Tissot award winners and season standings on my 2009 Pit Crew News page.(11-27-2009)
