11.   But when a fast car is backed up by a fast pit crew, winning is much easier.

12.   Do they have a dressing-room pit crew?

13.   Dressed in aerodynamic, close-fitting black suits, they looked like the pit crew for a spaceship race.

14.   Do the pit crews change two tires on each pit stop, or four every other time?

15.   During races Hanauer is in constant radio contact with his pit crew, but mostly he just listens to their instructions.

16.   Fittipaldi dejectedly asked a member of his pit crew after climbing out of his Team Penske racer.

17.   Get a scanner and listen to the drivers talk to the pit crews.

18.   Gordon has been dedicating most of the off-season to structuring a new pit crew from outside candidates and those in the Hendrick organization.

19.   Gordon won by having the fastest car, by being the best driver and by having the best pit crew.

20.   He coasted back around to pit road, and needed a push from the pit crew to get to victory lane.