Pit Stop Challenge

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Pit Stop Challenge
Pit crews participating in the 2019 Pit Stop Challenge
Action during the 2019 Pit Stop Challenge
SportAmerican open-wheel car racing
CompetitionPit stop contest
DisciplineIndyCar Series
Awarded forOutstanding performance by a pit crew
History
First award1977
First winnerJim McElreath (Carillo Racing)
Most winsTeam Penske (18)
Most recentScott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The Pit Stop Challenge is a single elimination, pit stop competition held two days before the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana and after the final practice session on Carb Day.[a][1][2][3] First held in 1977, the contest has pit crews compete head-to-head in single-round eliminations for three rounds. In each round they conduct a standard pit stop—switching all four tires on a racing vehicle and simulating refuelling via a fuel hose connection to the fuel tank—in the shortest possible time in a drag race-style event that happens in a specially constructed dual pit lane.[b][3][5][6] Each round commences with the green lights being illuminated to signal to both drivers who are lined up side-by-side to begin from a standing start.[3][7] They enter the pit box and stop there before crossing the finish line, which is 200 ft (61 m) away, as fast as possible.[3][4] During the competition, no fuel is used,[8] and all pit stops must last for a minimum of three seconds.[9] The time a team's car spends in its pit box determines the winner, and the fastest team in each pairing advances to the next round.[5][6] Squads may be assessed time penalties if they exit their pit box with an incorrectly fitted tire, if pit crews or equipment leave their designated area, or if a driver runs over pit equipment such as an air hose.[5][10]

Since 2017, the top two teams have competed in a three-round final. The team with the fastest time in the semi-finals gets to select their preferred lane for the final, and the team with the fastest time in the final gets to choose their favored lane for the third and deciding round.[11] The tournament bracket is decided by a blind draw, and the top four teams receive a bye from the first round to the quarter-finals, with the remaining squads beginning in the first round.[6][12] Contest participants are selected from IndyCar Series-registered teams and Indianapolis 500 entrants. Qualification for the contest is based on pit stop performance after the last Indianapolis 500, current season IndyCar entrant standings positions, and one-off Indianapolis 500 entries.[c][13] The winning team and driver share the winners' prize of $50,000 from $150,000 total prize money.[d][22] Each crew member receives pit lane equipment from prize donors at a Gasoline Alley giveaway as well as Jostens custom-designed rings.[23][24]

The competition allows pit crews for the Indianapolis 500 to adjust their routines, practice to reduce errors, and become acquainted with their pit lane box.[25][26] Past sponsors of the competition include Miller,[27] Coors,[28] Checkers/Rally's,[29] McDonald's,[30] Izod,[31] TAG Heuer,[11] and Ruoff Mortgage.[13] It was canceled in 2008 due to rain,[32] and all advertized prize monies were donated to charity;[30] it was also canceled in both 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana.[33] As of May 2023, the record for the most victories is held by Team Penske with 18 wins since their first win in the 1981 final.[34] Galles Racing are in second place with six wins, and Chip Ganassi Racing are third with four victories. Hélio Castroneves has the most victories among drivers, with eight, followed by Scott Dixon and Danny Sullivan with four wins each.[22][35] Rick Rinaman has four wins, more than any other chief mechanic. Travis Law, Matt Jonsson, Owen Snyder, and Travis Law follow in second place with three victories each. The inaugural winner was Carrillo (Jim McElreath) in the 1977 final, while the most recent winner was Chip Ganassi Racing (Dixon) in the 2023 final.[22][35]

Winners and runner-ups[edit]

Key
† Indicates driver won the contest and the Indianapolis 500 in the same year
2–1 Denotes an entrant's winning score from 2017–present
s Time in seconds
Winners and runners-up of the Pit Stop Challenge[35][36]
Year Winner Score Runner-up Ref
Team Driver Chief Mechanic Time (s) Team Driver Chief Mechanic Time (s)
1977 Carrillo Jim McElreath Dave Klym 15.09 N/A Patrick Racing Wally Dallenbach Sr. George Bignotti 15.82 [37]
1978 Team McLaren Johnny Rutherford Steve Roby 13.80 N/A Polak Racing Larry Dickson Chuck Looper 17.27 [14]
Phil Sharp
1979 Team McLaren Johnny Rutherford Steve Roby 13.51 N/A Jerry O’Connell Tom Sneva Jud Phillips 13.94 [38]
1980 AMI Racing Division Tom Bigelow Paul Leffler 14.04 N/A AMI Racing Division Greg Leffler Paul Leffler 14.50 [15]
1981 Team Penske Bobby Unser† Laurie Gerrish 13.00 N/A Kraco Racing Larry Cannon Phil Trasher 23.20 [39]
1982 Team Penske Rick Mears Peter Parrott 13.930 N/A A. J. Foyt Enterprises A. J. Foyt Jack Starne 18.050 [16]
1983 Team Penske Rick Mears Peter Parrott 13.860 N/A Alex Morales Pancho Carter Johnny Caples 15.528 [40]
1984 Kraco Racing Michael Andretti Brian Stewart 18.520 N/A Mayer Motor Racing Howdy Holmes Steve Roby 18.948 [41]
1985 Team Penske Danny Sullivan† Chuck Sprague 11.742 N/A Forsythe Racing Howdy Holmes Barry Green 11.734 [42]
1986 Team Penske Danny Sullivan Chuck Sprague 20.288 N/A Truesports Bobby Rahal Steve Horne 22.734 [17]
1987 Newman/Haas Racing Mario Andretti Colin Duff 18.050 N/A Truesports Bobby Rahal Steve Horne 23.270 [43]
1988[e] Team Penske Danny Sullivan Chuck Sprague 14.782 N/A Newman/Haas Racing Mario Andretti Colin Duff 15.006 [45]
1989 Galles Racing Al Unser Jr. Owen Snyder 14.716 N/A Newman/Haas Racing Mario Andretti Colin Duff 26.582[f] [46]
1990 Galles-Kraco Racing Al Unser Jr. Owen Snyder 14.094 N/A Galles-Kraco Racing Bobby Rahal Jim Prescott No Time[g] [48]
1991 Patrick Racing Danny Sullivan Mike Hull 13.114 N/A Galles-Kraco Racing Bobby Rahal Jim Prescott 13.382 [49]
1992 Rahal-Hogan Racing Bobby Rahal Jim Prescott 13.324 N/A Chip Ganassi Racing Eddie Cheever Chris Griffis No Time[h] [50]
1993 Galles-Kraco Racing Al Unser Jr. Owen Snyder 13.118 N/A Newman/Haas Racing Mario Andretti John Simmonds 16.104 [51]
1994 Forsythe Green Racing Jacques Villeneuve Kyle Moyer 12.867 N/A Team LOSI John Paul Jr. Randy Bain 13.590 [52]
1995 Team Green Jacques Villeneuve† Kyle Moyer 14.556 N/A Newman/Haas Racing Michael Andretti Tim Bumps 14.660 [27]
1996 Galles Racing Davy Jones Mitch Davis 14.176 N/A Pagan Racing Roberto Guerrero Doug Barnes 16.368 [18]
1997 Galles Racing Kenny Bräck Gary Armentrout 14.284 N/A Team Cheever Eddie Cheever Mitch Davis 15.133 [28]
1998 Panther Racing Scott Goodyear Kevin Blanch 17.307[i] N/A Team Menard Robbie Buhl John O'Gara No Time[i] [20]
1999 Galles Racing Davey Hamilton Darren Russell 12.680 N/A A. J. Foyt Enterprises Kenny Bräck Bill Spencer 14.560 [19]
2000 Panther Racing Scott Goodyear Kevin Blanch 11.190 N/A Treadway Racing Robby McGehee Rick Hurford 12.720[j] [54]
2001 Kelley Racing Scott Sharp Robert Perez 9.20 N/A Galles Racing Al Unser Jr. Russ Marr 12.67 [21]
2002 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves† Rick Rinaman 8.555 N/A Chip Ganassi Racing Jeff Ward Barry Wasner 10.3433 [55]
2003 Cheever Racing Buddy Rice David Meehan 8.8401 N/A Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Rick Rinaman 9.1341 [56]
2004 Rahal Letterman Racing Buddy Rice† Ricardo Nault 12.3365 N/A Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Rick Rinaman 24.4430[k] [29]
2005 Team Penske Sam Hornish Jr. Matt Jonsson 8.9704 N/A Andretti Green Racing Bryan Herta Jeff Grahn 9.9170 [57]
2006 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Rick Rinaman 8.0852 N/A Andretti Green Racing Dario Franchitti Dave Popielarz 8.4428 [58]
2007 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Rick Rinaman 8.335 N/A Team Penske Sam Hornish Jr. Matt Jonsson 8.888 [59]
2008 Canceled due to rain [32]
2009 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves† Rick Rinaman 7.962 N/A Andretti Green Racing Marco Andretti Jeff Grahn 9.456 [60]
2010 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Sean Hanrahan 8.001 N/A Newman/Haas Racing Hideki Mutoh Todd Phillips 9.548 [61]
2011 Team Penske Ryan Briscoe Matt Jonsson 7.882 N/A Chip Ganassi Racing Dario Franchitti Kevin O'Donnell 8.481 [62]
2012 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Kevin O'Donnell 13.769 N/A Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Oriol Servià Chris Hogue 17.194 [31]
2013 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Sean Hanrahan 14.475 N/A Chip Ganassi Racing Dario Franchitti Kevin O'Donnell 14.854 [63]
2014 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Blair Julian 11.658 N/A Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Sage Karam Mark Weida 12.163 [64]
2015 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Travis Law 12.561 N/A Chip Ganassi Racing Charlie Kimball Mark Sampson 13.017 [65]
2016 Team Penske Hélio Castroneves Travis Law 12.235 N/A Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Mikhail Aleshin Taylor Kiel 19.381 [66]
2017 Team Penske Will Power Matt Jonsson 11.614 2–1 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports James Hinchcliffe N/A 13.223 [67]
2018 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Blair Julian 11.614 2–1 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports James Hinchcliffe N/A 12.495 [68]
2019 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Marcus Ericsson Bob Jansen 11.794 2–1 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Blair Julian 13.132 [69]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana [33]
2021
2022 Team Penske Josef Newgarden Travis Law 10.949 2–0 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Blair Julian 11.911 [70]
2023 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Tyler Rees 11.012 2–1 Team Penske Will Power David Faustino 12.552 [22]

Statistics[edit]

Two sets of racing mechanics fitting tires to two separate racing cars and simulating the insertion of fuel in the racing vehicles
Action from the 2015 Pit Stop Challenge
Crew members employed by Team Penske holding a large cheque for $50,000
Team Penske won the 2015 Pit Stop Challenge
Multiple wins by team[22][35]
Team Wins First win Last win
Team Penske 18 1981 2022
Galles Racing 6 1989 1999
Chip Ganassi Racing 4 2012 2023
Andretti Green Racing 2 1994 1995
Panther Racing 2 1998 2000
Rahal Letterman Racing 2 1992 2004
Team McLaren 2 1978 1979
Multiple wins by driver[22][35]
Driver Wins First win Last win
Hélio Castroneves 8 2002 2016
Scott Dixon 4 2012 2023
Danny Sullivan 4 1985 1991
Al Unser Jr. 3 1989 1993
Scott Goodyear 2 1998 2000
Rick Mears 2 1982 1983
Buddy Rice 2 2003 2004
Johnny Rutherford 2 1978 1979
Jacques Villeneuve 2 1994 1995
Multiple wins by chief mechanic[35]
Chief mechanic Wins First win Last win
Rick Rinaman 4 2002 2009
Matt Jonsson 3 2005 2017
Travis Law 3 2015 2022
Owen Snyder 3 1989 1993
Chuck Sprague 3 1985 1988
Kevin Blanch 2 1998 2000
Sean Hanrahan 2 2010 2013
Blair Julian 2 2014 2018
Kyle Moyer 2 1994 1995
Peter Parrott 2 1982 1983
Steve Roby 2 1978 1979

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ From 1977 to 2004, the event was held three days before the race on Thursday. Starting in 2005, Carb Day was moved to Friday and the event moved to Friday along with the Freedom 100, an Indy Lights race.[1]
  2. ^ Previously, tire fitting was restricted to a racing car's right-hand side.[4]
  3. ^ Previous criteria included pit stop time trials held during the race week and a selection made by the race's promoter.[6][8]
  4. ^ The prize money given to the winning team has been variously set at $8,250,[14] $10,000,[15] $20,000,[16] $25,000,[17] $35,000,[18] $37,500,[19] $40,000,[20] and $42,500.[21]
  5. ^ The 1988 Pit Stop Challenge final was re-run after both teams received penalties in the first final: Danny Sullivan because a tire fitter went over the barrier too soon and Mario Andretti for fitting the wrong tires.[44]
  6. ^ Mario Andretti was penalized five seconds for having a loose wheel fitted to his car.[46]
  7. ^ The pit crew of Bobby Rahal was unable to record a time due to a cross-threaded left rear lug nut.[47]
  8. ^ Eddie Cheever did not record a time because he did not leave his pit stall.[50]
  9. ^ a b A loose lugnut added five seconds to Panther Racing's original time of 12.307 seconds. Team Menard did not record a time because Robbie Buhl stalled and he was unable to leave his pit box.[20]
  10. ^ For allowing a tire to leave the pit box, Treadway Racing was imposed a three-second time penalty.[53]
  11. ^ Team Penske was penalized ten seconds for Hélio Castroneves driving over an air hose as he exited the pit box.[29]

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