Pit-road stats: Brad Keselowski’s crew makes jump following Dover race

Pit-road stats: Brad Keselowskis crew makes jump following Dover race RFK Racing co-owner and driver Brad Keselowski has been in the headlines in recent weeks due to a publicized pit-crew swap between the RFK No. 17 team and the No. 47 group of JTG Daugherty Racing.

There‘s more to talk about with Keselowski and his crew post-Dover, but this time it‘s simply about performance — and it‘s a good story for the No. 6 squad.

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Keselowski‘s crew was on point last weekend at Dover Motor Speedway, putting in its best outing of the season as the veteran driver sprinted to an eighth-place finish.

The No. 6 crew consisting of tire changers Johnny Roberts and Steve Price, tire carrier Telvin McClurkin, fueler Brad Robison and jackman Dustin Lineback turned the 10th-fastest four-tire pit stop of the entire season on Lap 124, according to Racing Insights. The 9.776-second stop is tied with an Alex Bowman stop at Las Vegas from earlier this year in the season-long top 10 rankings (the full top 10 is below).

Additionally, the No. 6 crew was the fastest at Dover with both the best single-best pit stop and also the best average four-tire stop time at 10.099 seconds. That time of 10.099 is the second-quickest average time of a race this season, behind only Kyle Larson‘s 10.051-second average from the No. 5 team at Martinsville.

Keselowski‘s crew also jumped from fifth place to second place on the list of best average four-tire pit stops this year (see more below). No one else jumped that high. William Byron‘s No. 24 crew, though, supplanted Chase Briscoe‘s squad at the top of the rankings following Dover.

See below to analyze additional pit-road statistics from Racing Insights.

10 FASTEST FOUR-TIRE PIT STOPS IN 2023 RankTrackDriverTime 1RichmondCorey LaJoie9.309 seconds 2RichmondCorey LaJoie9.615 seconds 3PhoenixTy Gibbs9.643 seconds 4RichmondChase Briscoe9.647 seconds 5PhoenixChase Briscoe9.676 seconds 6MartinsvilleKyle Larson9.677 seconds 7COTAMartin Truex Jr.9.684 seconds 8PhoenixKyle Busch9.688 seconds 9RichmondTyler Reddick9.749 seconds t-10DoverBrad Keselowski9.776 seconds t-10Las VegasAlex Bowman9.776 secondsBEST AVERAGE FOUR-TIRE PIT STOPS TIMES OF 2023 RankNumberDriverAverage stop 124William Byron11.293 seconds 26Brad Keselowski11.326 seconds 314Chase Briscoe11.371 seconds 41Ross Chastain11.399 seconds 55Kyle Larson11.462 seconds 623Bubba Wallace11.485 seconds 799Daniel Suárez11.487 seconds 84Kevin Harvick11.508 seconds 954Ty Gibbs11.513 seconds 108Kyle Busch11.547 secondsBEST PIT CREW BY RACE IN 2023 TrackDriverBest four-tire stopDriverAverage four-tire stop DaytonaWilliam Byron11.278 secondsKyle Larson12.763 seconds Auto ClubDaniel Suárez9.777 secondsRoss Chastain10.896 seconds Las VegasAlex Bowman9.776 secondsChase Briscoe10.259 seconds PhoenixTy Gibbs9.643 secondsCorey LaJoie10.404 seconds AtlantaKyle Busch10.243 secondsKyle Busch11.094 seconds COTAMartin Truex Jr.9.684 secondsAustin Dillon10.668 seconds RichmondCorey LaJoie9.309 secondsAlex Bowman10.388 seconds Bristol DirtNA MartinsvilleKyle Larson9.677 secondsKyle Larson10.051 seconds TalladegaDaniel Suárez11.011 secondsRoss Chastain11.577 seconds DoverBrad Keselowski9.776 secondsBrad Keselowski10.099 seconds ]]>