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Post by jenny on Oct 30, 2013 11:12:54 GMT -5
Wow lots of points of views.
Thanks
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Post by Fast Eddie on Oct 30, 2013 15:45:14 GMT -5
Harvick had years of being the star driver at RCR till fear of the Dillons ran him off. It will be interesting to see how he does at SHR where there are a bunch of divas.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 1, 2013 8:14:52 GMT -5
Jeff Owens Sporting News 10/31/13
Richard Childress Racing crew chief Paul Marcus Richmond has been fined $10,000 and a crew member suspended indefinitely as a result of the team’s confrontation with driver Kevin Harvick during the truck series race at Martinsville last week.
Harvick, who was driving for NTS Motorsports, was involved in a late wreck with RCR’s Ty Dillon. After the incident, Harvick hit Dillon’s truck under caution. When he returned to pit road, a member of Dillon’s crew allegedly threw a hammer at Harvick’s truck.
RCR crewman Adam Brown was suspended indefinitely Thursday for actions detrimental to stock-car racing for “throwing an object at a competitor’s race truck.”
Richmond was fined because the crew chief is responsible for his crew.
The incident escalated when Harvick called Austin and Ty Dillon, team owner Richard Childress’ grandsons, “punk-ass kids” and “rich kids.”
“I don’t care what they throw at me,” Harvick said. “That’s exactly the reason I’m leaving RCR is because you’ve got those punk-ass kids coming up.”
Harvick blamed Ty Dillon for the incident.
“Exactly the reason why I’m leaving RCR because you’ve got those kids coming up and they’ve got no respect for what they do in this sport and they’ve had everything fed to them with a spoon,” Harvick said.
“So I cut him slack all day and, you know, he just dive-bombs me in there, dumps me. … It’s a shame you’ve got to get taken out by some rich kid like that.”
Harvick apologized for his comments the next day and Childress defended his grandsons.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 1, 2013 8:48:54 GMT -5
Jeff Hammond FOX Sports 10/31/13
Saturday at Martinsville we had a dust-up between Kevin Harvick and Ty Dillon in the Camping World Series Truck Series race.
For those of you who didn’t see the truck race, Kevin was driving a truck for another owner. He and Ty Dillon, who is the grandson of Kevin’s NASCAR Sprint Cup owner, Richard Childress, got together and both were knocked out of the race.
After the race, Kevin gave Ty both barrels – slamming him for getting to where he has in his career because of who his grandfather is. Kevin also said Ty was part of the reason he is leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of the year.
Fans have been asking me since Saturday if I think this will linger or if the media and the fans are making too much out of it. Well, first off, I can tell you that it won’t linger. The reason is simple. In three weeks, Kevin will no longer be employed at Richard Childress Racing, as he is joining Stewart-Haas Racing next year.
Kevin has a history of having a hot temper. He’s known to say things in the heat of the moment, only to regret saying it later. The same thing happened here. Kevin came out and apologized to the media for his comments. While that was nice, Grandpa Childress still is not very happy with Kevin.
Richard made it clear to the media that what happened on the track was one thing – it was a racing deal – but Kevin’s comments afterward were totally uncalled for.
Obviously, if Kevin said it, despite his apologies later, there is something there that really does make him feel that way. If Kevin wasn’t where he is in the Chase, if there weren’t only three races left in the season and if there weren’t sponsor commitments to honor, I honestly don’t know if Richard might have gone ahead and shown Kevin the door earlier than planned.
Kevin said what he was feeling at the moment. Like I said earlier, that happens all the time in the heat of battle with drivers. I am glad that Kevin calmed down. I am glad he came back and apologized. This is what our sport brings out.
We’ve seen it in the past with owners and drivers, but also drivers and drivers have these moments that, after it’s out there, you wish you could pull it all back in. The bottom line to me is that now that it’s out there, what do you do? Despite the apologies, I doubt Ty and Richard are going to be able to get Kevin’s comments out of their mind.
Sometimes those reactions create situations that never really go away. I lived it actually. I saw it go on for years between Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip. Even now, they are very polite and friendly with one another, but there is still some animosity below the surface that has never and may never go away.
Trust me when I tell you they aren’t the only ones, either.
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Post by DHOB on Nov 1, 2013 9:16:28 GMT -5
Here's another opportunity for a Poll Dayton. "Who was more right in the Allison vs. Waltrip feud?"
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Post by mojo on Nov 1, 2013 14:16:49 GMT -5
Lots of interesting opinions about this situation, & about Harvick. IMO (which is like a-holes, we all have one), Kevin probably only apologized to keep the peace till the end of the season. And I totally support Kevin with this situation.
I have lost a lot of respect for Richard after hearing his comments to Ty during the incident.
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