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Kevin Harvick's Richard Childress Racing crew wins Tissot Pit Road Precision Award for Texas
By SceneDaily Staff
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Kevin Harvick’s Richard Childress Racing crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
It is the first Tissot win of the season for Harvick’s crew, which became the 18th different winner of the 2009 pit-road competition.
Harvick’s Chevrolet spent the least amount of time on pit road (221.751 seconds) during the race. The winning effort by the No. 29 crew helped Harvick post a fifth-place finish in Texas.
"The No. 29 crew did an unbelievable job on pit road this past weekend,” said Matt Clark, human performance director at RCR. “The Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet crew epitomizes the essence of teamwork and performance. It is awesome to see a group of individuals come together and work hard in the gym as well as on pit road, too.
“To do what they did in Texas this past weekend showed up in the results as Kevin Harvick was able to gain positions on pit road and on the race track. Thanks to Tissot for sponsoring this award and rewarding pit crews for their hard work."
Harvick’s over-the-wall crew, which earned $5,000 for the win, consists of front-tire changer D.J. Richardson, front-tire carrier Erik Pringle, rear-tire changer Jonathon Billy, rear-tire carrier Mike Hodges, jackman Corey Wimbish, gasman Mike Morrison and catch can man Cruz Gonzales. The crew chief is Gil Martin.
With two races remaining in the 2009 season, three teams are in contention to capture the award's season championship, which carries a $100,000 bonus plus Tissot watches for the crew and driver.
Greg Biffle’s Roush Fenway Racing crew leads the competition with six wins, followed by five wins for Jeff Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports crew and four wins for Jimmie Johnson’s Hendrick crew.
If there’s a tie in the Tissot competition after the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the team which finishes the highest in the Sprint Cup driver point standings will be awarded the Tissot season title.
Mentioned Drivers: Kevin Harvick
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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