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2nd straight Tissot win and fifth overall for No. 24 Crew

Jeff Gordon’s crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway near Charlotte.

Gordon’s No. 24 crew, which also won the pit road award the previous week in California, has five Tissot season victories and has moved within one win of the lead.

The Tissot leader with five races remaining in the 2009 campaign is Greg Biffle’s No. 16 crew with six pit road wins.

Along with the $5,000 prize money for each weekly Tissot win, the crew with the most wins following the 36-race Cup schedule will collect a $100,000 bonus plus Tissot watches for the crew and driver.

Gordon’s DuPont/Transformers Chevy Impala SS spent the least amount of time on pit road during the 334-lap, 500-mile race (271.888 seconds). The quick pit stops helped Gordon to a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR Banking 500.

“It was another total team effort that got us our third consecutive top-five finish,” said Steve Letarte, crew chief of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet. “Track position was important during Saturday night’s race, and it was a solid effort by the crew to help us get it — and keep it — during the event.”

Gordon’s pit crew consists of: Clay Robinson (front-tire changer), Mike Houston (front tire carrier), Tim Ladyga (rear-tire changer), Jeff Knight (rear-tire carrier), Jeff Cook (jackman), Caleb Hurd (gasman), Jamie Frady (catch can) and Andy Kruep (eighth man). The pit crew coach is Greg Morin.

Tissot has been the official watch and timekeeper of NASCAR since 2006. The company is also the official timekeeper for a number of other sports, including the MotoGP World Championship, the Ice Hockey World Championship and the Cycling World Championship.

2009 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award Standings
Pos Team No. Pit Crew For Wins Prize Money

1 16 Greg Biffle 6 30,000

2 24 Jeff Gordon 5 25,000

3 48 Jimmie Johnson 3 15,000

T4 14 Tony Stewart 2 10,000

T4 39 Ryan Newman 2 10,000

T4 33 Clint Bowyer 2 10,000

T7 43 Reed Sorenson 1 5,000

T7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 5,000

T7 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 5,000

T7 00 David Reutimann 1 5,000

T7 99 Carl Edwards 1 5,000

T7 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 5,000

T7 11 Denny Hamlin 1 5,000

T7 9 Kasey Kahne 1 5,000

T7 20 Joey Logano 1 5,000

T7 44 AJ Allmendinger 1 5,000

T7 26 Jamie McMurray 1 5,000

2009 Tissot Pit Road Precision Award Winners

Daytona, 2/15 Reed Sorenson Team

Fontana, 2/22 Tony Stewart Team

Las Vegas, 3/1 Greg Biffle Team

Atlanta 3/8 Clint Bowyer Team

Bristol, 3/22 Jimmie Johnson Team

Martinsville, 3/29 Jeff Gordon Team

Fort Worth, 4/5 Jeff Gordon Team

Phoenix, 4/18 Ryan Newman Team

Talladega, 4/26 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Team

Richmond, 5/2 Jeff Gordon Team

Darlington, 5/9 Martin Truex Jr. Team

Charlotte, 5/25 David Reutimann Team

Dover, 5/31 Greg Biffle Team

Pocono, 6/7 Carl Edwards Team

Michigan, 6/14 Greg Biffle Team

Sonoma, 6/21 Juan Pablo Montoya Team

New Hampshire, 6/28 Jimmie Johnson Team

Daytona, 7/4 Tony Stewart Team

Chicagoland, 7/11 Denny Hamlin Team

Indianapolis, 7/26 Greg Biffle Team

Pocono, 8/3 Kasey Kahne Team

Watkins Glen, 8/10 Jimmie Johnson Team

Michigan, 8/16 Joe Logano Team

Bristol, 8/22 Greg Biffle Team

Atlanta, 9/6 AJ Allmendinger Team

Richmond, 9/12 Jamie McMurray Team

New Hampshire, 9/20 Ryan Newman Team

Dover, 9/27 Clint Bowyer Team

Kansas, 10/4 Greg Biffle Team

Fontana, 10/11 Jeff Gordon Team

Charlotte, 10/17 Jeff Gordon Team

- DMF Communications for Tissot Pit Road Precision Award, Press Release