Scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at Charlotte’s Time-Warner Cable Arena, the event determines seven individual position winners as well as the winning team. It begins with a seeding round, and progresses through five additional rounds. Round Five is the final round.
The reigning Daytona 500 champions – Ryan Newman’s No. 12 Alltel Dodge pit crew – also are the defending champions of Thursday’s competition. They’re one of 24 teams eligible to compete in the Challenge.
Thursday’s roster also includes last year’s runner-up – the pit crew for Bobby Labonte’s No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge – plus two other former Pit Crew Challenge champions – the pit crews for Kasey Kahne’s No. 9 Budweiser Dodge (2005) and Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet (2006).
The seven individual pit-crew positions are front-tire changer, front-tire carrier, rear-tire changer, rear-tire carrier, gas man, catch-can man and jack man.
Eligible pit crews are those whose teams are eligible for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and/or the 2007 NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge champions — plus three “wild-card” teams, meaning the top three teams from the current series point standings who aren’t otherwise qualified.
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