Robert Yates Racing told its organization on Monday that its two Nextel Cup crew chiefs, Tommy Baldwin and Slugger Labbe, would no longer be with the team. Baldwin and Labbe were brought to RYR amid great fanfare by team manager Eddie D’Hondt, but D’Hondt was fired on May 23.
With Baldwin and Labbe gone, RYR has experienced a complete turnover of its top personnel. Driver Dale Jarrett announced in May that he was leaving the organization after 10 years, and the team’s other driver, Elliott Sadler, asked for and was granted his release earlier this month. Veteran crew chief Butch Hylton, who began working at RYR in June, will be Jarrett’s crew chief for this week’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. The team said that Hylton would be Jarrett’s crew chief on an interim basis.
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wow what a dumb thing to do.. both of those guys r great.. and will be a hugh lost to RYR.