Hamlin crew chief makes pit crew changes
Quote selected text Published May 15th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Denny Hamlin crew chief Mike Ford made several changes to his pit crew after Sunday’s pit road mistake at Darlington Raceway, the latest in a series of blunders dating to last season that have kept Hamlin out of Victory Lane.
Ford moved the rear changer to the front and brought on a new front tire carrier. He replaced the rear tire changer with an employee at Joe Gibbs Racing that has been training for the position and moved the gas man to jack man.
He made a temporary change to the gas man and will continue to look for a long-term fix.
“We’ll see where that goes,” Ford said. “The key is we’re trying to put a group of guys together that gel well. We did not have that chemistry on the pit crew that we needed.
“The more pressure situations we’ve been in the more obvious it was.”
Hamlin noted several instances this season where a bad pit stop cost him a chance to win. Ford said the issues have been escalating since the end of 2006.
“As you’re trying to build a championship team everyone handles pressure a little differently,” he said. “We’re making some short-term fixes with long-term possibilities.”
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Well, atleast Mike Ford has a good head on his shoulders and sees how to handle a public situation with his guys maturely.
Well I have to say im not a Hamlin fan but I sure as heck wish he’d start beating them dang hendrick cars I want to see him beat them he had a great car and ran well but pit road has cost him good job Mike Ford isnt that an odd name to be a crew chief for a Chevy hahaha.