NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXIV - Other Events

Other Events

  • The traditional skills challenge for the pit crews, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pit Crew Challenge presented by Craftsman, was held on Thursday night, May 15 at Time Warner Cable Arena. This annual skills challenge again awarded prizes to top teams and individuals for the best demonstration of pit stop skills, including the main competition, a single-elimination tournament. The Team Red Bull crew of Brian Vickers' #83 car won the event; however, since they had not won a race in the period prior to the All-Star main event, Joe Gibbs Racing's #11 Denny Hamlin team got the first pick of the pit box to use on pit road for the All-Star Race as they were the runner-up and had won a race. Vickers failed to even make the main event, finishing fourth in the Showdown.
  • A new skills challenge took place just before the green flag of the Sprint Showdown. In the Pennzoil Victory Challenge, five drivers simulated a burnout as if they had just won a race. The winner was determined by the fastest time traveling from the start-finish line to victory lane, deducting penalties. Drivers were in identically prepared cars supplied by the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Greg Biffle won $10,000, to be donated to his self-named foundation charity. The event lineup also included Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, and Kyle Busch.
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Tracks
  • Charlotte Motor Speedway
  • Atlanta Motor Speedway (1986)
Years
  • I 1985
  • II 1986
  • III 1987
  • IV 1988
  • V 1989
  • VI 1990
  • VII 1991
  • VIII 1992
  • IX 1993
  • X 1994
  • XI 1995
  • XII 1996
  • XII 1997
  • XIV 1998
  • XV 1999
  • XVI 2000
  • XVII 2001
  • XVIII 2002
  • XIX 2003
  • XX 2004
  • XXI 2005
  • XXII 2006
  • XXIII 2007
  • XXIV 2008
  • XXV 2009
  • XXVI 2010
  • XXVII 2011
  • XXVIII 2012
  • XXIX 2013
Other
  • All-Star Race Broadcasters
  • Drivers Competed in the All-Star Race
  • NASCAR Hall of Fame
  • Humpy Wheeler
  • Sprint Pit Crew Challenge

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