CORNELIUS, N.C. – No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota crew chief Brian Pattie heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with a 63-point cushion over 11th place with three races remaining before the field is set for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Michael Waltrip Racing has never placed a driver in the Chase field during its previous five years at the Sprint Cup Series level. David Reutimann’s 16th-place finish in 2009 still stands as the team’s high water mark. The lack of Chase experience has most experts overlooking MWR’s two potential contenders as serious threats for the Championship – and that is just fine with the veteran crew chief.
WHAT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT AT MWR IN 2012? “Attitude has really been the biggest thing. The MWR Toyotas were fast at the end of last year, but when you bring in Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer, plus Martin Truex Jr. was already here, when you put all three of those guys in a post-race meeting, they feed off each other and co...
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