Tryson Named Crew Chief of the Race; Could Atlanta Loss 2nd Cup Date?

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Tryson named Crew Chief of the race: Pat Tryson, crew chief for the
No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge driven by Kurt Busch has been named the WYPALL
Wipers Crew Chief of the Race in Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta
Motor Speedway. After a dominant day, Tryson made the perfect call on
lap 323 of the scheduled 325-lap event when a caution came out,
setting up a two-lap dash for victory with a green-white-checkered
finish. Summoning his driver to pit road, Tryson instructed his crew
to replace all four tires. In addition to the $1,000 check, the
winning crew chief will receive signage to announce the win on their
pit box the following week. The crew chief with the most weekly wins
will be honored as the WYPALL Wipers Crew Chief of the Year and will
be presented a $20,000 check at the season finale in Homestead.(Wypall
PR)
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/kurt_busch.html

Bowyer's crew wins Tissot Pit Road Precision Award: The No. 33 crew
for Clint Bowyer won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday's
Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, becoming the fourth
different team in as many races to capture top honors for pit road
achievement. Bowyer's crew captured the Tissot pit road win as a
result of the team's No. 33 BB&T Chevrolet Impala SS spending the
least amount of time on pit road (364.400 seconds) during the Kobalt
Tools 500. The quick pit stops helped lift Bowyer to a sixth-place
finish as the Richard Childress Racing driver remained second in the
driver point standings. Bowyer's over-the-wall crew consists of: Clint
Pittman (front-tire changer), Shane Stevenson (front-tire carrier),
Daniel Rankin (rear-tire changer), Michael Hodges (rear-tire carrier),
Bill Ferguson Jr. (jackman), Bryan Smith (gasman), Chad Haney (catch
can) and Scott Brewer (eighth man). The team's crew chief is Shane
Wilson, pit crew coach is Matt Clark and the strength/conditioning
coach is Ray Wright. For winning the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award,
the #33 team will receive $5,000. The team with the most pit road wins
at the completion of the 36-race schedule will earn a $100,000 bonus
plus Tissot watches for the driver and over-the-wall crew members.
(DMF Communications/Tissot PR)
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/clint_bowyer.html

Could Atlanta loss 2nd Cup date?
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/atlanta.html

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