At the start of the season, Chad Knaus held a pit crew combine to select several interchangeable squads for the #48 team. As the program has evolved, driver Jimmie Johnson said it’s not about having a first or second string of crewmen, but choosing the best performers through tryouts on a weekly basis. ÂYou earn your position during the week in practices and prove that you’re the fastest guy that week and can do the best job that week going over the wall, Johnson said. ÂI know every guy on the team; I train with them now and am in there on Tuesdays working out with them so that we can form a tighter bond together. I see a lot of good things happening, and I know that they’re working very hard for that coveted position to go over the wall and change or carry or jack the car.Â(Fox Sports)(6-18-2011)
