Nascar Nextel Cup - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway - Sunday 02-25-07 - Fox 3pm ET ^

Nascar.com ^ | 2/21/07

[WestCoastGal]

MWR: Hyder says he's in the dark over illegal additiveBy Marty Smith
ESPN.ccom


Intake-gate gets more complex by the day.

Michael Waltrip Racing vice president Ty Norris told ESPN.com Thursday that the company offered crew chief David Hyder an opportunity to come clean about the illegal additive found in the fuel system of Waltrip's Toyota following qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Hyder didn't do it.

In fact, he claims he can't.

Norris said Hyder maintained his innocence -- even with the company promise of no termination in exchange for information.

Norris said Hyder continues to say he has neither information nor answers as to what the substance is, how it was introduced into the fuel system or, ultimately, what it does.

The crew chief could not be immediately reached for comment Thursday.

Hyder had been given an indefinite leave of absence with pay from Michael Waltrip Racing on top of his suspension by NASCAR.

Norris said earlier this week that Hyder will not be allowed at the shop until it is determined if he had anything to do with the foreign substance that was found in Waltrip's engine during pre-qualifying inspection for last Sunday's 500.

NASCAR suspended Hyder and competition director Bobby Kennedy indefinitely. Hyder also was fined $100,000 and Waltrip was penalized 100 championship points.

A source close to the situation told ESPN.com last week that Hyder eventually will be fired.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=2&id=2775106&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

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BTW, I read elsewhere that Nascar has also said when they announce their findings they will NOT name the substance they found.

[LasVegasMac]

I read that. Wonder why the change? Hmmmm.....

[WestCoastGal]

I'm guessing they don't want other teams to try the same thing.

As for MWR, I'm not sure what's going on there. Did they throw the CC under the bus?

[WestCoastGal]

Madame Tussauds Las Vegas will unveil wax figures of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Richard Petty at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9.
Earnhardt Jr. and Petty will be there to present their life-size wax likenesses in the Neon Garage at 2 p.m.


http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/02/19/scene_daily569.html

[Pete-R-Bilt]

Hey dude.

came home the south route through Vegas and I15 from Barstow was WAY colorful watching the haulers going south!

have fun this weekend.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

did you see this?

if we had Sun oil out here I'd quit using them.

how petty...

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/16754047.htm

[tubebender]

I read it on another thread. Nascar has become very greedy...

[SouthTexas]

Maybe the foreign substance was Vicks-Vapo-Rub to help the engine "breath" easier and not an "illegal" substance after all.....

[al_c]

Wow. That is petty.

[WestCoastGal]

Auto Club 500 - Qualifying Order 5:30pm ET

Pos	Car	Driver	Team
1	5	Kyle Busch	Carquest/Kellogg's Chevrolet
2	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
3	6	David Ragan #	AAA Insurance So. Cal. Ford
4	38	David Gilliland	M & M's Ford
5	66	Jeff Green	Yellow Transportation Chevrolet
6	14	* Sterling Marlin	Panasonic Chevrolet
7	78	* Kenny Wallace	Furniture Row Chevrolet
8	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Cromax Pro Chevrolet
9	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge
10	43	Bobby Labonte	Cheerios Dodge
11	12	Ryan Newman	Mobil 1 Dodge
12	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal Ford
13	45	Kyle Petty	Wells Fargo Dodge
14	72	* Brandon Whitt #	Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet
15	36	* Jeremy Mayfield	360 OTC Toyota
16	17	Matt Kenseth	Carhartt/DeWalt Ford
17	96	Tony Raines	DLP HD TV Chevrolet
18	13	* Joe Nemechek	CertainTeed/Ginn Resorts Chevrolet
19	44	* Dale Jarrett	UPS Toyota
20	42	Juan Pablo Montoya #	Texaco/Havoline Dodge
21	37	* John Andretti	Camping World Dodge
22	01	Mark Martin	U.S. Army Chevrolet
23	55	* Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
24	15	* Paul Menard #	Menards/Quaker State Chevrolet
25	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
26	34	* Kevin Lepage	Dodge
27	49	* Mike Bliss	ZoneLoans.com Dodge
28	70	* Johnny Sauter	Best Buy/Yellow Transportation Chevrolet
29	31	Jeff Burton	Cingular Wireless Chevrolet
30	25	Casey Mears	National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet
31	16	Greg Biffle	Ameriquest Ford
32	4	* Ward Burton	State Water Heaters Chevrolet
33	07	Clint Bowyer	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet
34	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet
35	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight Chevrolet
36	99	Carl Edwards	Office Depot/SBON Ford
37	22	Dave Blaney	Caterpillar Toyota
38	18	J.J. Yeley	Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
39	41	Reed Sorenson	Target/Energizer Dodge
40	10	Scott Riggs	Stanley Tools/Valvoline Dodge
41	40	David Stremme	Coors Light Dodge
42	84	* AJ Allmendinger #	Red Bull Toyota
43	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
44	83	* Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota
45	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Budweiser Chevrolet
46	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot Chevrolet
47	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
48	00	* David Reutimann #	Domino's Toyota
49	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam Ford
50	88	Ricky Rudd	Snickers Ford
51	21	Ken Schrader	Little Debbie Snack Cakes Ford

# - Rookie
* - Required to qualify on time

[NYTexan]

[WestCoastGal]

Is there a driver in there?:)

[WestCoastGal]

Oh and I forgot to add........U G L Y even if she is painted red. I wonder how those cars will run when they break off that front splitter or lose the "wing". Testing at Bristol should be interesting.

[NYTexan]

Ya had to see the commercial! Some hip-hop guy gets out & Jr. pulls up in an Impala, they swap cars.

[WestCoastGal]

39.101 for Shrubster

[SouthTexas]

The commercial is on the Nascar site under Daytona commercials, first page, "switcheroo".

[WestCoastGal]

Old Candyman 39.64 2nd

I sent him a note over on IP asking for a new nickname but no answer yet.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks ST. I wonder why they used the COT? Expandable? Forgetable? LOL

Ragan.... 39.66 I almost wrote MM. Ugh it's gonna take a bit getting used to all these changes.

[WestCoastGal]

Gilligan and his one "M" car up.

[NYTexan]

I know, we need cheat sheets! LOL