industrial manufacturing founded 1991 headquarters valencia california united states number of locations 1 area served united states canada europe key people james hale president products rubber plastic footwear fabric gloves number of employees 72 subsidiaries ethel gloves slogan the tool that fits like a glove website http www.mechanix.com a pair of mechanix wear original gloves mechanix wear inc. is an american manufacturing company headquartered in valencia california that produces high performance work gloves specialized footwear and related items for use in the automobile construction and emergency services segments among others . contents 1 motorsports involvement 1.1 nascar 1.1.1 pit crew of the year award 1.1.2 mechanix wear most valuable pit crew quarterly winners 2 references 3 external links motorsports involvement edit nascar edit mechanix wear original gloves were first used in nascar during the 1991 daytona 500 by the richard childress racing number 3 gm goodwrench team . the company later became a team product supplier contingency sponsor nascar officials product supplier nascar aftermarket licensee and year end award sponsor . pit crew of the year award edit in 2002 mechanix wear began sponsoring the mechanix wear pit crew of the year award . the nascar year end award is determined by a vote of all nascar nextel cup crew chiefs . past winners include 2002 40 team chip ganassi racing 2003 17 team roush racing 2004 48 team hendrick motorsports 2005 20 team joe gibbs racing 2006 31 team richard childress racing 2007 48 team hendrick motorsports 2008 48 team hendrick motorsports 2009 42 team earnhardt ganassi racing 2010 11 team joe gibbs racing 1 mechanix wear most valuable pit crew quarterly winners edit 2007 first quarter no. 29 rcr shell pennzoil team second quarter no. 24 hendrick motorsports dupont team third quarter no. 99 roush fenway racing office depot team fourth quarter no. 48 hendrick motorsports lowe s team references edit mechanix wear inc business data . manta.com . august 22 2007 http www.manta.com coms2 dnbcompany ggzhvx . http www.mechanix.com most valuable pit crew external links edit official website official netherlands belgium and luxemburg website dutch retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mechanix wear & oldid 700065823 categories clothing companies of the united statesclothing manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in californiacompanies based in los angeles county californiasanta clarita californiadesign companies established in 1984manufacturing companies established in 19841984 establishments in californiahidden categories articles with dutch language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 january 2016 at 05 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view