CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team won the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge, avenging last year’s loss in the finals to Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 team.
Hamlin’s team was the two-time defending champions coming into the event and cruised into the finals, but lost to Johnson’s team by three-tenths of a second.
Johnson’s six-member team changed four tires, put in gas and pushed the car 40 yards in 22.3 seconds without a penalty to earn the $80,675 first-place prize and their choice of the top pit stall in Saturday night’s All-Star race.
Johnson’s team included gas man Brandon Harder; front tire changer Dave Collins and carrier R.J. Barnette; rear tire changer Calvin Teague and carrier Matt Tyrrell; and jack man T.J. Ford. Their crew chief was Chad Knaus.
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