JR Motorsports to appeal suspension of crew chief
Quote selected text Published February 23rd, 2008 in NASCAR News
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday his Nationwide Series team won’t appeal the points or money penalty handed down by NASCAR for an infraction discovered at Daytona International Speedway.
But JR Motorsports will appeal the six-week suspension of Chad Walter, crew chief of the team’s No. 5 Chevrolet. The team was docked 50 points and fined $25,000 for an illegal decklid found before qualifying.
“The suspension is the toughest part for us, financially,” Earnhardt Jr. said at Auto Club Speedway. “To have to bring in a guy of crew chief caliber for a short period of time is pretty expensive. We’re going to see if we can get that part of it, at least, worked on a little bit.
“I feel like the penalty itself is fair. The points and all that is hard to swallow, but it’s fair. It is what it is. We got caught cheating, and that’s punishment we deserve.”
But Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t want to lose his crew chief, so he will appeal.
“It’s likely not to make any difference, but that’s what the appeal process is for,” Earnhardt Jr. said.
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What happened to them saying “the company could take action against Walter on top of what NASCAR does” ??? Typical Hendrick PR ploy to make it look like they were sorry and it was an honest mistake.
And how hard is it to have your Cup Crew chief who is already at the track, come work 6 Nationwide races…? I’m sure Jr (the crew chief) wouldn’t mind, and HMS probaly wouldn’t mind either.
Fisha695 Registered User
Feb 23rd, 2008 at 7:26 am Quote
“What happened to them saying “the company could take action against Walter on top of what NASCAR does” ??? Typical Hendrick PR ploy to make it look like they were sorry and it was an honest mistake.”
Thank you i was saying this earlier this week, HMS is a trip, they done fun full time in the nationwide series, so who cares about the points. That’s not going to hurt them. The $25,000 that’s chump change for both owners and driver, Jr nation said the JR had nothing to do with this and it was all the crew chief. So when the harshest part of the punishment comes down the part that actually makes an example they appeal the decision. HMS and Jr motorsports go from we are shocked and outraged and we are going to take further action on top of NASCAR, to appealing the suspension, because “The suspension is the toughest part for us, financially,” that’s why you don’t get caught cheating. Now if you really do feel the suspensions is fair, why appeal it, and if you do win the appeal suspended Walters for six races. If in fact you really do believe the suspension is fair.
Maybe NASCAR should start removing the driver for 6 races
instead of the crew chief. I think this procedure would
put a halt on the cheating.
Dale Dodge Jr
Part of a story in the local newspaper after the Daytona 500.
“Then there was Dale Earnhardt Jr. Driving for the first time on the same team as Johnson and Gordon, Earnhardt seemed poised to make a big run at Victory Lane.
For years, the NASCAR world has prayed for “Little E” to break through and become a big winner to match his big reputation.
The son of the fallen NASCAR legend, “Junior” has been nothing short of a disappointment as a premier driver.
Sunday, he added to that unwanted legacy by failing on more than one occasion to change tires when he should have – meaning he needlessly fell back and had to pilot a car through slower traffic until time ran out. It’s those kinds of mistakes that have made Earnhardt an odd combination of marketing might and missed opportunities.
His popularity is not proportional with his talent.”
Mas wrote:
I believe you left something out there he was talking to his spotter so couldnt hear his crew chief tell him to pit and btw you couldnt be more wrong about him. Overcourse we expect such things from haters such as yourself. BTW what place did you finish in the 500?
Overcourse?
Kyle Busch(who was replaced by JR) and the Bud car both beat the JR.
He was talking to his spotter? How professional. Talk about the amateur hour. Just goes to show you, you can’t dress up a pretender in a champions clothes. The best team out there and we hear…he was talking to his spotter. Maybe he should pull his head out of his &*%.
Drivers that know what they are doing are talking to their crew chiefs. You see, you talk to a spotter when the race is green…….any questions?
Fisha FOR PRESIDENT! He Knows All! LMAO