NASCAR s first female pit crew member

Christmas Abbott may be 5foot3, but don t let her size fool you. She is the first female to muscle her way into NASCAR s top races as a pit crew petite, but I have this Napoleon complex where I think I am larger than I am, Abbott says. I m not doing anything different than thousands of guys have done before. It just so happens that I am a Abbott s position is front tire changer. Within seconds, she removes five lug nuts, changes a tire and replaces the lug nuts. Then s