CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mike Metcalf just missed out on the start of Appalachian State's run of three consecutive national championships in football.
He was just the kind of hungry athlete Red Bull Racing wanted.
Metcalf, a former fullback for the Mountaineers, was the catch-can man for driver Brian Vickers' athletic team that won Thursday's Sprint Pit Crew Challenge by edging Denny Hamlin's team in an all-Toyota final round.
Metcalf, and former hockey players Brian Haaland (front-tire changer) and Shaun Peet (jackman) were part of the seven-man team that changed four tires, filled the car with fuel and pushed it 40 yards in 22.902 seconds to collect the $70,000 first prize.
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