Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 pit crew earned its first Checkers®/Rally’s® Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season by spending the least amount of time on pit road during Sunday’s (March 18) Nextel Cup® race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, helping lift its driver to a victory in the Kobalt™ Tools 500.
Johnson’s over-the-wall crew is the reigning Checkers/Rally’s Double-Drive Thru Challenge champion, having earned five pit crew wins in 2006.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our guys, ” said Johnson, whose team spent 323.450 seconds on pit road. “They worked hard all weekend and it showed on Sunday when their strong, consistent pit stops helped us win the race. ”
Checkers/Rally’s awards the winning Nextel Cup pit crew each week with a cash prize of $11,000. An additional $111,150 will be presented to the pit crew with the most wins at the completion of the 36-race Nextel Cup schedule.
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