Showing posts with label Christmas Abbott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Abbott. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2013

NASCAR Crewman Christmas Abbott Featured on HBO Real Sports


Christmas Abbott will never forget the first time someone asked her if she wanted to try changing a tire on a NASCAR stock car.

“(They said), ‘Hey Christmas, do you want to come play with NASCAR(s) for a day,’” the Michael Waltrip Racing crewman says. “Being in the spirit of kind of intense things, I said yes.”

Abbott, who is hoping to become NASCAR’s first female crewman to go over the wall on a weekly basis, told HBO she was hooked the first time she used an air gun to change tires.

“As soon as they put the air gun in my hand ... I knew that that was something I wanted to play with. I want that toy,” she said. (SportingNews)

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

MWR Hires Christmas Abbott as Full-time Crew Member

Danica Patrick isn’t the only female athlete ready to make a splash in Sunday’s 55th running of the Daytona 500.

Michael Waltrip Racing announced today it has hired professional CrossFit competitor Christmas Abbott as a full-time pit crewmember for its NASCAR Sprint Cup operation.

Abbott, 31, will be a “weekend warrior” with MWR, traveling to all NASCAR Sprint Cup events in a pit support role. Her long-term goal is to go over the wall as a tire changer.