Daytona II: Pit Crew Challenge winner

Mears' Team Captures First Pit Crew Challenge Win

No. 25 crew earns Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge victory in Daytona

Casey Mears' over-the-wall crew captured its first Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season by taking top honors in Saturday night's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race atJDaytona International Speedway.

The No. 25 National Guard/GMAC team spent 132.049 seconds on pit lane. The crew will be awarded $11,000 by Checkers/Rally's for winning the weekly competition.

"Our No. 25 National Guard/GMAC pit crew gets the job done week in and week out, and it's great to see them recognized for their efforts as winners of the Checkers/Rally's Double Driver-Thru Challenge," said Mears. "They are very deserving of this award and hopefully we can win a few more this year, too."

Mears' crew is the 10th different team to win the pit crew competition this season.

The No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports team is made up of: Jason Hunt (jackman), Ben Fischbeck (front-tire carrier), Tony Hamm (front-tire changer), Matt Myers (rear-tire carrier), Chuck Efaw (rear-tire changer), Chris Fasulka (gasman), Chris Hamilton (catch can) and Jim Jenkins (eighth-man). The team's pit crew coach is Mark Mauldin.

At the halfway mark of the 2007 Nextel Cup season, Mark Martin's/Regan Smith's No. 01 crew leads the season-long Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge standings with four wins. Jeff Gordon's and Denny Hamlin's crews are second with three wins each. An $111,150 prize will be presented to the pit crew team with the most wins at the completion of the 36-race Nextel Cup schedule.

To win the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge, teams are required to finish on the lead lap while spending the least amount of time on pit road. Checkers/Rally's is in its third season as title sponsor for the Pit Crew Challenge.

2007 Winner as of 2007-07-10

* Daytona (2/18)        Mark Martin Team

* California (2/25)      Mark Martin Team

* Las Vegas (3/11)      Mark Martin Team

* Atlanta (3/18)       Jimmie Johnson Team

* Bristol (3/25)       Denny Hamlin Team

* Martinsville (4/1)     Dale Earnhardt Jr. Team

* Texas (4/15)        Mark Martin Team

* Phoenix (4/22)    Denny Hamlin Team

* Talladega (4/29)      Kurt Busch Team

* Richmond (5/6)    Jeff Gordon Team

* Darlington (5/13)      Jeff Gordon Team

* Charlotte (5/27)      Denny Hamlin Team

* Dover (6/4)         Ryan Newman Team

* Pocono (6/10)     Jeff Gordon Team

* Michigan (6/17)    Kyle Busch Team

* Infineon (6/24)       Kevin Harvick Team

* New Hampshire (7/1)  Jimmie Johnson Team

* Daytona (7/7)     Casey Mears Team

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Busch Series Result -- Daytona International Speedway
The No. 38 crew of Jason Leffler grabbed its second Busch Series Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win in Saturday's rain-delayed event at Daytona International Speedway. The team spent 112.818 seconds on pit road.

-credit: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.