Staff Penske is swapping the pit crews for Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric, as each drivers start the 2026 Chase for the championship.
Blaney, the 2023 NASCAR Cup champion, is the No. 2 seed within the reset standings, whereas Cindric is the No. 15 seed.
Blaney has had points on pit street all yr, even in his most up-to-date win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The No. 12 pit crew was ranked thirty second amongst 35 full-time groups, per info on NASCAR Insights.
In distinction to that, Cindric’s No. 2 crew that may now pit Blaney rank tenth amongst all groups.
The brand new No. 12 Staff Penske pit crew for Blaney: Jourdan Osinskie (jackman), Andrew Lackey (fuelman), Justin Armwood (entrance tire changer), Geoffrey Wall (rear tire changer), and Jesse Mills (tire provider).
The brand new No. 2 Staff Penske pit crew for Cindric: Graham Stoddard (jackman), Chris Conklin (fuelman), Keiston France (entrance tire changer), Justin Fox (rear tire changer), and Trevor Aspey (tire provider).
Penske has made a number of tweaks to the Blaney pit crew this yr, first in April after shedding almost 100 positions on pit street within the first two months of the yr. They swapped out the jackman. A little bit over a month later, they made one other change to the rear tire changer because the No. 12 crew tried to rectify their pit street points.
There have been no introduced modifications on the No. 22 Staff Penske Ford of Joey Logano, who enters the Chase because the No. 9 seed in pursuit of his fourth NASCAR Cup title.
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