((HT: ESPN))
When NAPA pulled out of sponsoring the 55-car after the Did-Bowyer-Spin-On-Purpose situation, the writing on the wall was there for Michael Waltrip Racing...
The benefactor of the conspiracy, Martin Truex, Junior is now a free agent...
Truex, crew chief Chad Johnston and 15 percent of the workforce were told they can go and get other jobs outside Waltrip's shop. Team co-owner Rob Kauffman said the cuts were across the organization and not limited to Truex's team.
Truex's car goes into the shop for research and development. It will be trotted out for Waltrip to use his sponsor's exemptions to try and get a third car into select races- much like it was before he went after a third car in the shop in the first place.
This is what got MWR in hot water in the first place...
((HT: NASCAR))
Paired with this... Brian Vickers questioning... really questioning... coming to the pits...
NASCAR fined MWR $300,000 for the alleged stunt, suspended GM Ty Norris indefinitely and replaced Truex in the Chase field with Ryan Newman. And then they went ahead and added Jeff Gordon, too, since Bowyer wasn't punished...
Truex has been talking to Furniture Row about the soon-to-be vacant #78 ever since all these questions came up...
Here's MWR talking about MWR...
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
NASCAR at Richmond: Carl Edwards Wins But Conspiracy Theories Abound
((sports.yahoo.com))
For those of you not glued to College Football games Saturday night, there was a NASCAR Sprint Cup race that took place at the Richmond International Speedway.
And that race, the last before the Race for the Chase ends and the Top 12 drivers go after the Sprint Cup title, was won by Carl Edwards, but ended with what many believe could be a conspiracy.
That conspiracy appears to have been triggered by Clint Bowyer.
With 6 laps left, Ryan Newman was leading and appeared headed for the win. A victory would have gotten him into the Race for the Chase. The win would bump Bowyer's Michael Waltrip racing teammate Martin Truex Jr out of said Chase.
That's when things got crazy.
A radio conversation between Bowyer and his spotters was over-heard. The conversation apparently was apparently to let Bowyer know Newman was in the lead. He was then asked how his arm was feeling.
Shortly thereafter, Bowyer, unprompted, spun out causing a caution flag to be raised.
The ensuing pit stop was bumbled by Newman's pit crew, he didn't win and Truex held on to the final spot in the Chase.
Read the entire story by Yahoo Sports RIGHT HERE
If this is true, and it will be tough to prove, someone should be penalized. Heavily.
Sure, Bowyer may have been taking one for his team...which is great. But it's also really poor sportsmanship.
Yeah, you could argue Newman's pit crew cost him his chance at winning, and you may or may not have been wrong. But that situation would have been avoided if Bowyer and his team played honest and let the chips fall where they may.
We will see if NASCAR takes a closer look at this and actually finds anything (we be they will and won't find a thing)
Here's video of Bowyer's in car camera--with Radio Conversation and ESPN reporter Jamie Little cut straight to the question at hand:
For those of you not glued to College Football games Saturday night, there was a NASCAR Sprint Cup race that took place at the Richmond International Speedway.
And that race, the last before the Race for the Chase ends and the Top 12 drivers go after the Sprint Cup title, was won by Carl Edwards, but ended with what many believe could be a conspiracy.
That conspiracy appears to have been triggered by Clint Bowyer.
With 6 laps left, Ryan Newman was leading and appeared headed for the win. A victory would have gotten him into the Race for the Chase. The win would bump Bowyer's Michael Waltrip racing teammate Martin Truex Jr out of said Chase.
That's when things got crazy.
A radio conversation between Bowyer and his spotters was over-heard. The conversation apparently was apparently to let Bowyer know Newman was in the lead. He was then asked how his arm was feeling.
Shortly thereafter, Bowyer, unprompted, spun out causing a caution flag to be raised.
The ensuing pit stop was bumbled by Newman's pit crew, he didn't win and Truex held on to the final spot in the Chase.
Read the entire story by Yahoo Sports RIGHT HERE
If this is true, and it will be tough to prove, someone should be penalized. Heavily.
Sure, Bowyer may have been taking one for his team...which is great. But it's also really poor sportsmanship.
Yeah, you could argue Newman's pit crew cost him his chance at winning, and you may or may not have been wrong. But that situation would have been avoided if Bowyer and his team played honest and let the chips fall where they may.
We will see if NASCAR takes a closer look at this and actually finds anything (we be they will and won't find a thing)
Here's video of Bowyer's in car camera--with Radio Conversation and ESPN reporter Jamie Little cut straight to the question at hand:
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