#19 moves to Pit Road
Elliott Sadler's 19 car moves out to Pit Road prior to the race
The 88 rolls out
Dale Jr's 88 car moves out to Pit Road
Red is Ready
Kyle Busch's pit box
Home Depot ready to go to work!
Tony Stewart's pitbox prior to the race
Tires ready to go!
The Pitbox for Tony Stewart with all of the race-ready tires. The small wooden box at the bottom left of the pitbox contained race-used lugnuts that the team was selling for a $1 donation to charity! I bought one!
Reporting
Marty Smith from ESPN getting ready for some reporting duties.
Elliott Sadler
Driver Intros
Tony Stewart
Michael Waltrip
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Gordon
Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
Dale Jr
Driver Intros. Dale Jr was awarded the "Fastest Lap" award from the previous race.
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Calm before the storm
Before the start of the race. Cars line up on the racetrack rather than in the pits.
Jimmie in a hurry
Right before the start of the race, Jimmie Johnson had to walk back to his pits and almost ran over me!! He was very focused so I didn't pester him.
Kevin and Delana Harvick
Back when she wore the firesuit in the family. Ironically the same one Joey wore when he accused her of it! ;-)
Crew Stretches
This is Ryan Newman's crew getting race-ready with some stretching before the race start.
1 lap to go!
Racers lined up for the last lap prior to green
On the way to the green
Dale Jr leads the pack to the start of the race.
Watching the race
Because everyone was standing on the start and restarts, it was hard to actually see the start from my seat. Lesson learned!!
Kevin Harvick Pitstop
In the pits with Kevin Harvick and his team
The 24 team pits
Jeff Gordon's Rainbow Warriors handle the pitstop.
84/42=2
Juan Montoya in the 42 car, and Brian Vickers in the 84 car, handle the pitstops with Jimmie Johnson's pit on the big screen.
Jr's team jumps out of the way
Dale Jr's car peals out of the pit box as the front tire man jumps out of the way!
Go go go
Carl Edwards finishes up his pitstop on the way to the race lead.
Pole position pays off
Dale Jr was on the pole for this race, and having the first pit stall certainly helped his stops.
Fast Pitstops
Elliott Sadler's car smokes out of the pitstop
Green means go!
Kevin Harvick leads Juan Montoya back to the green flag after pitstops.
Back to green!
A restart after a yellow flag
Running with tires!
Tony Stewart's team makes a quick 4 tire change, running around the car with 60 lbs of tire!!
More Pitstops
I was sitting at the top of the stands right past the start finish line, looking up Pit Road. Great shots of the boxes and the pitstops.
Uh oh, 4 wide doesn't work
Kyle Busch gets pushed to the grass by Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin while Kasey Kahne and Dale Jr finish up their pit stops.
Back to the green flag
Tony Stewart in Turn 1
Tony Stewart takes turn one on his own
At the line
Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart cross the line (not the end of the race)
Denny Hamlin
The 11 car for Denny Hamlin handles another pit stop
Go go go!
Go Dale go!
Kyle Busch last Pitstop
Kyle Busch makes his last pitstop for the day
Green Flag stops
Kasey Kahne makes his pitstop under green
Denny's Green Flag stop
Denny Hamlin's team handles their last pitstop of the day
There goes Kasey!
Kasey Kahne speeds through Dale Jr's pitstall as he exits his pitstop