The 2015 Pitty Awards: PitTalks continues a tradition that was started two years and give out some awards to culminate a long season. Some of the awards are serious and some are not:
Pit Crew of the year (voted on by crewmen)-#11 car of JGR
Pit Crew of the year (voted on by crew chiefs)-#41 of SHR
Pit Crew Coach of the year (voted on by crewmen)-Trent Cherry of Team Penske
All Pro Team (voted on by crewmen):
Jackman: #11 Nate Bolling
Gasman: #22 Kellen Mills
Front Tire Changer #19 Clay Robinson
Front Tire Carrier: #22 Dylan Dowell
Rear Changer: #11 Mike Hicks
Rear Tire Carrier: #19 Matt Ver Meer
Coach: Trent Cherry.....Team Penske
See First Team, Second Team, Third Team and more at PitTalks.com.(12-22-2015)

Mechanix Wear names their pit crew of the year: Mechanix Wear has named their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pit crew of the year. This year the award goes to the #41 of Stewart Haas Racing for driver Kurt Busch. Each quarter the crew chiefs voted on their pick of the best pit crew. At the end of the year the four pit crews that won each quarters voting were eligible for the year end award. This marks the second year in a row that Coach's Joe Piette and Kevin Sharpe of SHR have won this award. Last year the #4 of SHR won it and now the #41. Congrats to SHR and everyone involved in their pit department.
1st quarter: #20 Joe Gibbs Racing / Matt Kenseth
2nd quarter: #41 Stewart Haas Racing / Kurt Busch
3rd quarter: #19 Joe Gibbs Racing / Carl Edwards
4th quarter: #22 Team Penske / Joey Logano
Each quarterly winner received $5,000. The end of the year winner receives $100.000.
The #41 Stewart Haas Racing pit crew:
Pit Coaches: Joe Piette and Kevin Sharpe
Jackman: Sean Cotten
Gasman: Rick Pigeon
Front Tire Changer: Shane Pipala
Front Tire Carrier: Jon Bernal
Rear Tire Changer: Coleman Dollarhide
Rear Tire Carrier: Dwayne Moore
(Pit Talks)(11-19-2015)