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A lot of news in NASCAR this week-Jr gets new crew chief next season and more
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:38 pm
Greg Ives named Junior's 2015 crew chief
He is currently working as the crew chief for Chase Elliot and will replace Letarte at the start of next season.Hopefully Jr can keep his momentum going into next season that Letarte helped build. Ives is already working for Jr at JR Motorsports and worked for Hendrick and Chad Knaus in the past.
Mark Martin 'going home' to Roush Fenway
Mark Martin is going back to work for The Cat in The Hat as a driver development coach. Good to see Mark getting back into it racing. One of my all time favorites.
Major penalties to 11 car and JGR
Hamlin lost 75 points and Grubb was suspended for six races. Huge blow to Hamlin. Grubb is going to start serving his penalty even though JGR is going to appeal.
Seems like JGR has been hit with more penalties in the last few years than any other team. I guess everyone else is better at cheating than them.
He is currently working as the crew chief for Chase Elliot and will replace Letarte at the start of next season.Hopefully Jr can keep his momentum going into next season that Letarte helped build. Ives is already working for Jr at JR Motorsports and worked for Hendrick and Chad Knaus in the past.
Mark Martin 'going home' to Roush Fenway
Mark Martin is going back to work for The Cat in The Hat as a driver development coach. Good to see Mark getting back into it racing. One of my all time favorites.
Major penalties to 11 car and JGR
Hamlin lost 75 points and Grubb was suspended for six races. Huge blow to Hamlin. Grubb is going to start serving his penalty even though JGR is going to appeal.
Seems like JGR has been hit with more penalties in the last few years than any other team. I guess everyone else is better at cheating than them.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:45 pm to TigerFred
"Yeah, let's fine JGR/Hamlin a frickload for something that probably accidentally happened during the race". frick the NASCAR officials.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:48 pm to Sellecks Moustache
This is the first year that NASCAR has laid out levels of penalties. It is the right call.
There is no way to define intent. If it probably fell off during the race then it probably should have been attached better.
There is no way to define intent. If it probably fell off during the race then it probably should have been attached better.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:35 pm to TigerFred
I can't disagree with that. But I love that little chart they put out there for "transparency" has no examples of what types of infractions would qualify for each tier of punishment. Obama's administration still looks damn near translucent compared to NASCAR.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:50 pm to TigerFred
Isn't Letarte going to Hendricks Enginering office? I knew they announced early he was not going to be back next year.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 4:53 pm to sms151t
I think he's going to NBCSP to be a broadcaster.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:14 pm to sms151t
he was hired during the off season by NBC to be on the nascar broadcast. Letarte had always said he didnt want to wear himself out being a crew chief and wanted to retire from it by age 40.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:51 pm to TigerFred
I'm afraid the crew chief change for Jr. is going to stall some of that momentum he finally built up. As for as Hamlin goes, I really don't understand what the infraction was or the advantage it was supposed to give him. I'm not a fan of his so I really don't care.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:13 pm to TigerFred
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Seems like JGR has been hit with more penalties in the last few years than any other team. I guess everyone else is better at cheating than them.
Jimmy Johnson & Chad Knanus say hi.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:18 pm to Reubaltaich
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Jimmy Johnson & Chad Knanus
I'm a 24 fan, so yeah, screw these 2 guys
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:14 pm to Reubaltaich
Go compare penalties between Hendrick and JGR for the the last three years and get back to me.
Basically Hamlin's car was considered to get a better aero advantage on the rear end, which would have given him more rear grip.
Basically Hamlin's car was considered to get a better aero advantage on the rear end, which would have given him more rear grip.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 10:15 pm
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