The NASCAR brigade began arriving in full force on Tuesday, when NASCAR chairman Jim France, Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi all made the journey from the United States. The car is a version of the second-year Next Gen raced in the Cup Series, and the project is between NASCAR, Chevrolet, Hendrick and Goodyear - marrying the winningest team, manufacturer and tire in NASCAR's 75-year history. Garage 56 is a special project approved to participate in the centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans.

It was a special moment and we were able to capitalize.” “That’s what’s special about sports - we all come from athletic backgrounds and were able to lean on that when you talk about canceling out the crowd, locking in and being in the moment. I think we all just went out there and performed and didn’t think too much. “We just relied on our training and it came into place instinctively. “This is a special moment to be able to represent Hendrick Motorsports, represent our families, America and NASCAR as a whole,” said Donovan Williams, the only jackman competing in the competition. The Hendrick crew all compete for Hendrick cars in NASCAR's Cup Series. You could see the smiles on their faces, we put on a great show for the fans.” 'You can tell the fans were very impressed with the fact that we were using a jack to jack the car up. “It was actually our fastest stop of the day, so I would say I was surprised, but also very pleased,” said Hendrick pit crew coach Evan Kureczka. The Hendrick crew pulled off a final four-tire change in 10.364 seconds to beat Northwest AMR by 0.12 seconds to win the class. HMS was the only team to compete with a manual jack. 24 Chevrolet is competing in a specialized category.īut the five-person Hendrick team was eligible to win the pit crew competition and it topped 16 teams to capture the GTE class. NASCAR's “Garage 56” is entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but not eligible to win the twice-round-the-clock race because the No.

LE MANS, France (AP) - NASCAR scored a victory at Le Mans on Tuesday when the Hendrick Motorsports crew won its class in the pit crew competition.

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