Truex’s Pit Crew Wins Again; Captures Tissot Award in Atlanta:

  • The over-the-wall crew for Martin Truex Jr. claimed another victory, earning the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The #56 crew’s performance places the team in first place in the Tissot standings with back-to-back wins (Las Vegas, Atlanta) after four races in the 2010 season. Truex’s NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, out of the Michael Waltrip Racing stable, spent the least amount of time on pit road – 349.623 seconds – during the overtime race, which was extended from 325 laps to 341. Race winner Kurt Busch’s #2 Dodge was second (352.887) and Paul Menard’s #98 Ford was third (353.488).(Tissot/DMF Communications)(3-9-2010)