ATC History

Mike ( Tiny ) Houston, Coach Horton and Dion (Rocko) Williams ham it up before the 2008 Daytona 500, Mike and Dion

represent

the old and the new

of pit - crewmen who have come through the ATC TM program over the last 11 years.

Major Contributors to the

ATC

Philosophy

Mike (Tiny) Houston - #24

Hendricks Motorsports

Front Tire Carrie

Perfected the m

ost widely used method to index a tire

Clay Robinson - #24

, Hendricks Motorsports,

Front Tire Changer

Perfected the m

ost widely used method to hit ‘lug nuts’ (the Pause)

Aaron Pi

rrat - #83

, Red Bull Racing,

Gas Man, former Carrier

Instrumental in the develpment of the

Pause Shield

Rick Reiling - #40

, Chip Ganassi Racing,

Former Jackman

Invented the Net – Prevents the lugs from getting into the jack

Mark Jacobs - #42

, Chip Ganassi Racing,

Jackman

Perfected the most widely used method for jacking the car on the ‘left side’

Rick Colson –

# 88

Robert Yates Racing

Former Catch Can

and Gas

Man

Developed the wedge and track bar techniques for the Catch Can Man

Jeff Knight - #24

, Hendricks Motorsports,

Rear Tire Carrier

Instrumental

n the development of

techniques to improve

mental

aspects

involved with

pitting the car

Todd Parrott - #38 Crew Chief

, Yates Racing

Developed strategies

or appropriate positioning of

the car on pit road

Invented the pit crew ‘friendly car’ in association with Dale Jarrett and

Elliott Sadler at Robert Yates Racing

Rick Crawford - #14

Circle

Bar Racing,

Driver,

Team Manager

Allowed testing of new techniques and

oncepts

during practices and races

Doug Bawell – Owner #77 Cup Team

, Penske Jasper

Racing

Allowed Phil Horton to

select

pit cre

wmen

for two seasons with

little constraints

while at Penske

Jasper

Racing

Andy Ward

Yates / Roush Fenway

Racing,

Tony Tolley

, Hall of Fame

Racing

Current pit crew coach

and

former

crewman who

ave provided

invaluable insight

from

the

player/coach perspective

Phil Horton – Founder of ATC

Introduced the

biomechanics and

ergonomics of human movement to pit crewmen

n NASCAR;

oaching and training techniques

leader

the Think Tank that made

happen.

NASCAR Pit Crew Coach, Athletic Trainer & Motivational Speaker