Gil Martin makes tough calls for Kevin Harvick Video

Gil Martin, the crew chief for Kevin Harvick's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, had to make some tough choices at the end of the race at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.
He admitted his team took a fifth-place car and wound up in 10th place. Harvick battled tire air pressure and aerodynamic problems after the second round of pit stops. He had a great car on long runs, but got killed on restarts.
That's just one of the factors of these new cars, Harvick said. We have great power under the hood, but getting the air pressure up faster seems to be a problem. I tried swerving, spinning and just about all the tricks to get the air heated up in the tires."
An eight-car pile-up with five laps to go in the race brought out a red flag and stopped the field. Gil Martin, Harvicks crew chief, called him into the pits to change four tires and get fuel. Harvick returned to the race in 15th place and made up only five spots on the final three laps.
When asked if he was happy with a 10th-place finish, Harvick said, Not really.
We ran better than that all day, Harvick said.