Three ex-players at Penn State and Slippery Rock have found a home in motorsports. Many staples of the the gridiron — speed, strength, teamwork, and more — apply in the pits.
Brandon Johnson, a jack man for Kyle Larson, runs in front of the car during a pit stop in a NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.A few months before Andrew Bridgeforth began a career path with NASCAR, he was working in construction during the early stages of 2018. Describing the work as “soul sucking,” the former Slippery Rock wide receiver also waited tables as a second job while living with his aunt in Baltimore.
“Hendrick offers us the ability to make pretty darn good money and still continue to have that competitive outlet.” “I didn’t even know that this was an option, but I’m glad that I took the opportunity to continue to compete and be part of an athletic and competitive environment,” Lehman said. “My first contract was five years and I’ve signed a couple two-year contracts since then, and actually just signed another two-year contract to be with Hendrick over the next two years. I’m looking forward to continuing to do this for as long as I can.
“ is a lot like football, a lot of it all goes into preparation,” said Lehman, now 33. “Race days are kind of like game days in college football. You’re seeing the result of many practices and meetings and just doing all the little things to get better at your craft. Race day, when we’re about to pit, the car is just the combination of all that coming together. I don’t get too nervous anymore or anything like that. We’re prepared and ready to pit the car.
“I’m blessed to have been at Hendrick, because maybe if I was at some other teams and I didn’t have the coaches and support that I had, they would have just been like, ‘Nah, you don’t got it’ after the first or second year,” Bridgeforth explained. “We have unlimited resources to make a habit to develop somebody and I don’t know a lot of other teams that have the amount of resources that we do.”NASCAR pit stops are as fast as eight seconds.
“It’s definitely one of those things that you cannot think about. I think you need enough practice reps toward it becoming second nature,” said Johnson, 31. “Whenever that car comes and stops in the pit stall, you do not have time to think, you just have to react. And if you are thinking, nine times out of 10, you are probably going to mess up the stop.”
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