FORT WORTH, Texas, June 6 — Shawna Robinson was a lap down when she left pit row for the first time Friday night, but the problem wasn’t caused by NASCAR’s first all-female pit crew. It was a mistake by the driver.
ROBINSON JUMPED THE start in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and had to come in for a stop-and-go penalty. She lost the lap while on pit road.
“I was just so fired up for doing well that I messed up and started too soon,” Robinson said.
The seven-woman pit crew went over the wall three times, all during caution periods of the O’Reilly 400 to change two tires and add gas to the No. 49 Team Texas Chevrolet. While the stops weren’t fast, they never cost Robinson position on the track.
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ROBINSON JUMPED THE start in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and had to come in for a stop-and-go penalty. She lost the lap while on pit road.
“I was just so fired up for doing well that I messed up and started too soon,” Robinson said.
The seven-woman pit crew went over the wall three times, all during caution periods of the O’Reilly 400 to change two tires and add gas to the No. 49 Team Texas Chevrolet. While the stops weren’t fast, they never cost Robinson position on the track.
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