Casey Mears’ No. 25 over-the-wall crew earned the Checkers®/Rally’s® Double Drive-Thru Challenge win in Sunday’s Nextel Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
By spending 315.217 seconds on pit road, the National Guard/GMAC crew took top honors in the weekly competition for the second time this season.
“Everyone on our No. 25 National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet team did a great job at Dover, and the pit crew deserves this award because their efforts kept us in the hunt all day, ” said crew chief Darian Grubb. “Casey got into the tight Dover pit boxes the best he possibly could each time we came in, which helped the crew maintain their timing and allowed them to show the skills they’ve been honing all season. ”
The crew, out of the Hendrick Motorsports stable, will be presented with an $11,000 check by Checkers/Rally’s for winning the weekly challenge. An additional $111,150 prize will be presented to the over-the-wall crew with the most wins at the completion of the 36-race Nextel Cup schedule.
Mears’ No. 25 crew includes: Jason Hunt (jackman), Ben Fischbeck (front-tire carrier), Tony Hamm (front-tire changer), Matt Myers (rear-tire carrier), Chuck Efaw (rear-tire changer), Chris Fasulka (gasman), Chris Hamilton (catch can) and Jim Jenkins (eighth-man). The team’s pit crew coach is Mark Mauldin.
Mark Martin’s No. 01 crew and Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 crew are currently tied for the lead in the season-long Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge standings, with four wins each.
To win, teams are required to finish on the lead lap while spending the least amount of time on pit road. Checkers/Rally’s is in its third season as title sponsor for the Pit Crew Challenge.
2007 Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Winners – Nextel Cup Series
Pos Car No. Pit Crew Wins Prize Money
T1 01 Mark Martin 4 44,000
T1 24 Jeff Gordon 4 44,000
T3 11 Denny Hamlin 3 33,000
T4 2 Kurt Busch 2 22,000
T4 29 Kevin Harvick 2 22,000
T4 12 Ryan Newman 2 22,000
T4 48 Jimmie Johnson 2 22,000
T4 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 22,000
T4 5 Kyle Busch 2 22,000
T4 25 Casey Mears 2 22,000
T11 41 Reed Sorenson 1 11,000
T11 1 Martin Truex 1 11,000
T11 07 Clint Bowyer 1 11,000
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