This post is from two years ago but I like to re-post it every Bristol race…Enjoy It’s a game that is rarely talked about, but it did happen. The year was 1961 and the game was between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles. It took place in the infield of Bristol Motor Speedway. The … Read more
November 20, 2014 You never know what a team or pit crew will do with a few months to think, but we have an idea of who might be pitting the 4th JGR car for Carl Edwards next year. This is not official by any means and strictly rumors, but we think it’s pretty dang … Read more
August 31, 2014 Coach Gary Smith got a call Saturday night around 8:30 from his front carrier Anwar Parrish who told him he was not coming to Atlanta Sunday because his wife went into labor. The #83 car found a replacement for the race in Devon Armstrong. Devon is usually on the #95 of Mike … Read more
April 6, 2015 So far this year there have been 45 penalties called on pit crews that are directly a result of bad pitting. Basically, we took out all the penalties that didn’t involve the pit crews but are still issued…we don’t really care about that. What we wanted to see was how the … Read more
October 24, 2015 As the pit crews evolves so do the athletes that pit. That being said, the influx of college athletes to pit road has been a huge topic of conversation over the last few years. Getting the exact names and numbers of the guys on pit road is an extremely hard stat … Read more
January 6, 2014 Swan Racing has made a major step in improving their team with the newly revamped pit crew for 2014. Finding quality pit crew members is a premium now a days and Swan Racing has done a great job in collecting some very skilled members. The team includes Front Changer Mark “Hollywood” … Read more
June 4, 2015 Just a few weeks ago we reported that the #14 crew was getting a new tire changer in the front. Tire Changer Bryan Jacobson was undergoing shoulder surgery and would be out for a while. Ex EGR changer Chris McMullen was taking over in the front. Well…that didn’t last long. Last week … Read more
November 18, 2015 The good people at Mechanix Wear have named their pit crew of the year. This year the award goes to the #41 of Stewart Haas Racing. Each quarter the crew chiefs voted on their pick of the best pit crew. At the end of the year the four pit crews that … Read more
November 15, 2015 The #11 pit crew of Denny Hamlin will be without rear changer Mike Hicks for the remaining two races. Early in the week, Hicks broke a bone in his right foot. From the sounds of it, the injury was kind of a freak accident but doesn’t seem to pose any problems for … Read more
March 31, 2014 Rear Tire Carrier Jon Moore of Roush Fenway Racing is going into surgery today to replace a torn labrum. Jon currently pits for the #99 of Carl Edwards and is expected to miss around 12 weeks over the wall. We caught up with Jon to see how things were going. Did … Read more