Sterling Marlin's pit crew won the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, earning $20,000 for the victory and becoming the six⭕th different winner in the first si🎃x races of the 2004 season.

Marlin's fourth-place finish at Bristol was helped by his Coors Light pit crew, which ensured that his #40 Dodge spent just 250.170secs on𒊎 pit-road - six seconds fewer than race winner Kurt Busch's Sharpie Ford. Michael Waltrip's NAPA Chevrolet was third with a time of 315.650secs.

"I think it is great that McDonald's a🌜nd POWERade put on a programme that allows the pit crews to compete against other pit crews and show what they do e𒐪very weekend," said Lee McCall, crew chief for the #40 team, "We had some good stops at Bristol and I am really proud of the guys. The Coors Light pit crew works hard every week and this time we were able to get a top-five finish."

Busch's #97 crew, which finished second to Marlin's crew in Bristol, remains in first place in the McDonald's/POWERade standings with 236 points. Elliott Sadler's crew is second (220) and Dale Earnhar💦dt Jr's crew third (219). The season pit crew champion will receive a $200,000 bonus.

Marlin's over-the-wall crew consists of Steven Wolfe (front tyre changer), Trent Davis (front tyre carrier), Randy Cox (rear tyre changer), Tim Shore (rear ty♔re carrier), Mark Jacobs (jackman), Randy Hildreth (gasman) and Mike Moti⛦l (catch can). The team's pit crew coach is Lorin Ranier.