Jeff Gordon’s #24 crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race of the season. The pit road win lifted Gordon’s crew into a three-way tie for first place with two victories. The other teams with two wins are the #56 crew for Martin Truex Jr. and the #17 crew for Matt Kenseth. Gordon’s #24 DuPont Stars & Stripes Chevrolet spent the least amount of time of pit road ‘Â 350.435 seconds ‘Â during the 400-lap, 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The effort helped Gordon to a sixth-place finish in the Memorial Day weekend classic. Finishing second was Ryan Newman’s U.S. Army crew (351.822) and third went to Mark Martin’s #5 CARQUEST Auto Parts crew (360.771). Gordon’s over-the-wall crew consists of: Clay Robinson (front-tire changer), Mike Houston (front-tire carrier), Joe Slingerland (rear-tire changer), Matt Ver Meer (rear-tire carrier), Jeff Cook (jackman), Caleb Hurd (gasman), Jamie Frady (catch can), Colin Fambrough (back-up tire changer) and Andy Kruep (eighth man). The team’s pit crew coach is Greg Morin. The winning pit crew in each Sprint Cup race will earn $5,000 and a Tissot V8 Quartz Chronograph watch. The team with the most Tissot Pit Road Precision Award wins at the completion of the 36-race schedule will receive a $105,000 bonus plus Tissot watches for the over-the-wall crew members and driver.(Tissot)(6-4-2010)
