#18 JGR team makes pit crew change: The #18 Joe Gibbs Racing team and longtime front tire changer Nick O'dell have parted ways. O'dell was changing this past weekend in the Chase opener at Chicagoland in a race in which Kyle Busch finished ninth. This is an unusual development considering the timing and that the #18 pit crew has been intact for eight years and is a tightly knit group. This has been regarded as one of the best pit crews for years, and O'dell is a great talent. John Leslie will replace O'dell as the front changer this weekend in the second race of the Challenger Round at New Hampshire (
NASCAR.com/
PitTalks)(9-22-2015)
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8 years with the same crew of guys is pretty amazing I think.
Well nothing lasts forever, and hopefully the Obama presidency is in that category also.