Crewman Backus reflects on Gateway pit crash: 'A lot closer than it needed to be'

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bryan Backus had no reason to suspect this pit stop was going to be any different than usual.That was until he was struck by a crashing stock car while trying to service the No. 19 car during last weekend’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.Backus was completing routine duties as rear changer on Brent Crews’ No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota when the field came to pit road for the first time on Lap 49. Just as