With one to go 4 teams tied for Tissot season championship
Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday’s (Nov. 14) Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.
The No. 48 crew, out of the Hendrick Motorsports stable, picked up the top prize as a result of Johnson’s Lowe’s Chevrolet spending the least amount of time on pit road (170.246 seconds) and finishing on the lead lap during the Kobalt Tools 500. The team’s effort helped Johnson post a fifth-place result in the season’s penultimate race.
“The over-the-wall guys did a fantastic job Sunday keeping us up front and setting us up for a top-five finish,” said No. 48 crew chief Chad Knaus. “With one race to go everyone has to be on their A-game next week in Homestead and I’m confident these guys will give us another solid performance.”
The No. 48 over-the-wall crew consists of: Clay Robinson (front-tire changer), Mike Houston (front-tire carrier), Joe Slingerland (rear-tire changer), Matt Ver Meer (rear-tire carrier), Jeff Cook (jackman), Caleb Hurd (gasman), Jamie Frady (catch can). The team’s pit crew coach is Greg Morin.
Heading into Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, four teams are currently tied for first place in the Tissot season standings. The teams for Matt Kenseth (No. 17), Jeff Gordon (No. 24), Kyle Busch (No. 18) and Jamie McMurray (No. 1) lead with each scoring four pit road wins.
In the event there is a tie at the end of the season for the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award championship, the tiebreaker goes to the team whose driver finishes the highest in the Sprint Cup point standings.
The Tissot season championship crew will receive a $105,000 bonus plus Tissot watches for the over-the-wall crew members and driver. Tissot has already paid out $175,000 in prize money with $5,000 going to the weekly-winning team.
2010 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award Standings
Pos Team No. Pit Crew For Wins Prize Money
T1 17 Matt Kenseth 4 20,000
T1 24 Jeff Gordon 4 20,000
T1 18 Kyle Busch 4 20,000
T1 1 Jamie McMurray 4 20,000
T5 33 Clint Bowyer 3 15,000
T6 56 Martin Truex Jr. 2 10,000
T6 00 David Reutimann 2 10,000
T6 14 Tony Stewart 2 10,000
T9 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 5,000
T9 12 Brad Keselowski 1 5,000
T9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 5,000
T9 39 Ryan Newman 1 5,000
T9 2 Kurt Busch 1 5,000
T9 26 Boris Said 1 5,000
T9 16 Greg Biffle 1 5,000
T9 29 Kevin Harvick 1 5,000
T9 5 Mark Martin 1 5,000
T9 48 Jimmie Johnson 1 5,000
2010 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award Winners
Daytona, 2/14 Juan Pablo Montoya Team
Fontana, 2/21 Jeff Gordon Team
Las Vegas, 2/28 Martin Truex Jr. Team
Atlanta, 3/7 Martin Truex Jr. Team
Bristol, 3/21 Brad Keselowski Team
Martinsville, 3/29 Clint Bowyer Team
Phoenix, 4/10 Matt Kenseth Team
Texas, 4/19 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Team
Talladega 4/25 David Reutimann Team
Richmond, 5/1 Ryan Newman Team
Darlington, 5/8 Jamie McMurray Team
Dover, 5/16 Matt Kenseth Team
Charlotte, 5/30 Jeff Gordon Team
Pocono, 6/6 Kyle Busch Team
Michigan, 6/13 Kurt Busch Team
Sonoma, 6/20 Boris Said Team
Loudon, 6/27 Jeff Gordon Team
Daytona, 7/3 Jeff Gordon Team
Chicago, 7/10 Jamie McMurray Team
Indianapolis, 7/25 Jamie McMurray Team
Pocono, 8/1 Greg Biffle Team
Watkins Glen, 8/8 Kyle Busch Team
Michigan, 8/15 Tony Stewart Team
Bristol, 8/21 David Reutimann Team
Atlanta, 9/5 Tony Stewart Team
Richmond, 9/11 Matt Kenseth Team
Loudon, 9/19 Clint Bowyer Team
Dover, 9/26 Kyle Busch Team
Kansas, 10/3 Kevin Harvick Team
Fontana, 10/10 Clint Bowyer Team
Charlotte, 10/16 Jamie McMurray Team
Martinsville, 10/24 Kyle Busch Team
Talladega, 10/31 Matt Kenseth Team
Texas, 11/7 Mark Martin Team
Phoenix, 11/14 Jimmie Johnson Team
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don’t u mean GORDON’S team??? .. remember johnsons’ team got fired!!