Lead Lap's NASCAR News » Mike Houston http://lead-lap.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Furniture Row Racing To Develop Own Pit Crew http://lead-lap.com/2012/12/05/furniture-row-racing-to-develop-own-pit-crew/ http://lead-lap.com/2012/12/05/furniture-row-racing-to-develop-own-pit-crew/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:33:54 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.com/?p=9008 Kurt Busch during NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.Furniture Row Racing will hire, train, and manage its own pit crew for its No. 78 Sprint Cup Series team and driver Kurt Busch. Up to this point, FRR’s crew came from other teams — most recently Stewart Haas Racing.

Veteran Mike “Tiny” Houston has been hired as pit crew coach. He will oversee the development of the crew. Houston previous served as front tire carrier for Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevy and driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also served in the same role with the No. 24 team and Jeff Gordon and the No. 48 team and Jimmie Johnson.

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