Cingular Wireless Pit Crew Wins Pit
Championship fueled by POWERade
Robby Gordon’s No. 31 Cingular Wireless
pit crew was the Round Seven winner of the Pit Championship fueled
by POWERade during Sunday’s (March 30) Samsung/RadioShack 500 at
Texas Motor Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing’s (RCR) No. 31 team
was declared the winner and the recipient of the $20,000 first prize
money for spending the least amount of time (202 seconds) on pit
road. Jeff Green’s No. 30 America Online pit crew crew finished
second. Green’s car had a total time of 234 seconds on pit road.
The win lifted Gordon’s team into third place
in the season point standings for the Pit Championship fueled by
POWERade.
Gordon’s over-the-wall crew consists of: Josh
Yost (jackman), Shane Westerberg (front-tire changer), Mike Barry
(front-tire carrier), Ron Otto (rear-tire changer), Phil Gould (rear-tire
carrier, who was filling in for the injured Jason Fowler), Larry
Hartle (gasman) and Rich Burgess (catch can). The team’s crew chief
is Kevin Hamlin.
During each 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup points event,
the participating team whose car spends the least amount of aggregate
time off the race track will be named the weekly winner provided
the team’s driver takes the green flag at the beginning of the event
and the checkered flag at the conclusion of the event. A timing
line at the entrance and exit of pit road triggers the car’s transponder
and records the total time spent off the race track.
The team that records the most standing points
during the season will receive a $200,000 bonus at the end of the
year. The point distribution per race is: 43 points for first place,
descending in increments of one. In order to obtain points at each
race, a team must take the opening green flag and the closing checkered
flag.
The Pit Championship fueled by POWERade is the
largest monetary contingency program in NASCAR history and the first
to reward pit crews for performance at each race.
Top 10 Pit Crews
For Participating Teams In
Sunday’s (March 30) Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
1. Robby Gordon, 202 seconds
2. Jeff Green, 234
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 238
4. John Andretti, 251
5. Jamie McMurray, 262
6. Jerry Nadeau, 270
7. Michael Waltrip, 309
8. Todd Bodine, 342
9. Jack Sprague, 372
10. Kurt Busch, 379
2003 Winners of The Pit Championship
fueled by POWERade:
Michael Waltrip team — Daytona (Feb. 16)
Dave Blaney team — Rockingham (Feb. 23)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. team — Las Vegas (March 2)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. team — Atlanta (March 9)
Jeff Green team – Darlington (March 16)
Bill Elliott team – Bristol (March 23)
Robby Gordon team – Texas (March 30)
Top 10 Point Leaders
Pit Championship fueled by POWERade:
(following Texas race – 3/30/03)
1. Michael Waltrip team, 254 points
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. team, 244
3. Robby Gordon team, 237
4. Jeff Green team, 226
5. Casey Mears team, 212
6. Greg Biffle team, 204
7. Steve Park team, 199
8. Ricky Rudd team, 195
9. Kurt Busch team, 193
10. Dale Jarrett team, 190
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