March 5, 2015 Chip Ganassi Racing has made major changes to one of their top cars. 4 of the 6 crewmen on the #42 of Kyle Larson have been moved to another team that CGR supplies crews for (#7, #46). Tire Changer Chris McMullen, Carrier Doug Riepe, Jackman Mark Jannsen, and Changer Dennis Terry were … Read more
November 15, 2015 Eric Wilson has stepped down as head coach of RCR’s pit crews effective immediately. Wilson took over the coaching job 3 years ago when Matt Clark was released. Wilson’s plans are unclear to us at this time but what is clear is that Ray Wright will be taking over. Wright has been … Read more
July 7, 2014 This past week a pit crew coaching change was made at MWR. Long time coach Walt Smith has taken over after being out of the sport for a few months. Smith is a veteran to pit road and has spent over 20 years as a pit crew member and coach. For the … Read more
As we predicted last week, the Texas race weekend proved to have many crazy moments, unfortunately there was a very scary moment on pit road early in the cup race. Due to the newly repaved and re-configured track surface, there was a Competition Caution on lap 30 to allow the teams to change tires and … Read more
This past weekend there were seven penalties called on pit crews by seven different teams. It’s the second highest penalties since the first race of the year which had a total of twelve penalties. The main reason for this…Watkins Glen. The penalties laid out like this: (2) Crewmen over the wall too soon, (3) Tire … Read more
You can always tell the changes on pit road because all you have to do is look. In an effort to improve pit stops, it appears SHR has moved around more than a few guys between their teams. This weekend at Richmond there were different faces on different teams . So let’s start with the … Read more
We thought we would continue a tradition that was started two years and give out some awards to culminate a long season. Some of the awards are serious and some are not. Take a look and enjoy. Pit Crew of the year (voted on by crewmen)–#11 car of JGR Pit Crew of the year (voted on by … Read more
Pit coach Walt Smith has been hired by SHR to help out in the pit department for the upcoming 2016 season. We know that sounds vague but we haven’t heard his exact roll yet. We do know he’s been hired just not sure on weather he will take over as the Cup coach, adviser, recruiter, … Read more
In possibly the biggest fre-agent deals in pit road history, ex JGR tire changer Nick Odell is close to a deal with HMS and the #24 team. After the news last Monday that Odell had been released by JGR, almost every team on pit road had some level of interest in talking with him. After … Read more
2015 should be an interesting year for many reasons. One of the main reasons will be rule changes coming to pit road. The one rule that stands out as a game changer will be the fact that NASCAR is letting teams regulate lug nuts during their stops. Basically, NASCAR won’t penalize or monitor missed lug … Read more
