First..I got a call from NASCAR's Director of Communications shortly after my last post to Wolfstar. This person was very nice but made it clear that they aren't happy campers about this so-called "reporter". [His words, not mine]. He wanted to make sure he had the correct website address, the correct spelling of the author's name and if I had any connection whatsoever with this Rob Faillo and/or his website. I made it perfectly clear that I did NOT! He said that while the press has the right to report whatever they want (this was mentioned earlier by someone else on this thread), when someone starts making accusations like Rob Faillo did about NASCAR officials overlooking any kind of cheating by a team ---and it didn't matter what team it was, then they take it very seriously. He also said that they had called DEI to inquire about this story and were satisfied with the information given to them by DEI. He said that the car had been confiscated after the race and if there was any tampering done, they would have taken away the win and he would have been fined...regardless of who did it. The fact that nothing was found makes it obvious to him that no tampering had been done with the car and that people do things with their fenders and hoods all the time. Then he told me that he had put a call into Rob Faiella. oops. Sorry bout your luck, Rob. You predicted your own future, as you will no longer be allowed to be in the pits. Ha. Ha. Ha.
2. About 15 minutes ago, I got a call from DEI's website editor, whose name I choose to keep anonymous at this time, although you can probably look it up on the website....and if any of you who don't believe me, his initials are TP. This guy was so cool and very funny and shed some interesting light on this Rob Faiella person. He told me that he has had problems in the past with this guy, including physical threats, which he reported to Rob's boss. He then went on to say that this guy, after threatening him, was stupid enough to send in his resume to the person I spoke with---looking for a job. Obviously, he didn't get one. [ROFLMAO] I talked to him about the picture of the crew member who was the one he said "cheated" and TP interrupted me and said, "He couldn't even identify the right person that did it." I said, "You mean it really happened?" He said, "Yes, it really happened, but what he did was not "tampering". After we made the adjustments, the hood wouldn't fit right, and he so he pulled the bumper up, but it in no way, shape or form altered the car nor did it deviate from NASCAR's rules. It was exactly the same as it was after as it was before the inspection. If the crew had done what this moron said we did, it would have effected the downforce of the car and it would not have handled as well as it did. Let's go a little bit further here and remember that the person who wins any NASCAR race---Cup Teams, Busch Teams, Truck teams--has their car confiscated by the officials after the race who then pore over that car for hours. If something illegal had been done, we would have been fined. If Buckshot Jones had done it, he would have been fined, too....and he can't afford it. It goes for all the drivers. How many times have you seen one team get fined for doing something and another team doesn't get fined for doing the same thing? It happens all the time. The Earnhardt's have been in racing for a long, long time and they--especially Dale Earnhardt---have been fined a number of times for messing around with the cars, but this is not one of those times. There would just be too many people around for a crew member to "fix" a car to handle better, not to mention the fact that Jr. would have been seriously ticked off if that was the case, because he's very well aware that people are scrutinizing him every time he races. His car is inspected 3x as much as any other team, just because he's "JR". Plus, he had won the pole anyway so why would there be a need to "fiddle faddle" with the car when it was a good car to begin with? The guy's an idiot, and he's ticked off at DEI because we wouldn't give him a job...which is kinda stretching it when you expect to get a job after threatening the very person you want to work for in the first place." I asked him about Rob's claim that the officials were all "joking and laughing" afterwards and he said, "Sheesh....these guys are funnier than hell..until they find something illegal. They aren't laughing then." He mentioned that at the Monday morning meeting yesterday with the team, everyone was all upset and wanted to slam this guy (into a wall maybe?) but this man said, "It's exactly what he wants, guys. The more we rebutt it, the more power we give him. Just ignore it."
So, then after that, we talked for a little while and I found out that he's from the same town I live in now!!!!! He went to college here...ROFLMAO....talk about a small world. Oh yeah....about the "NASCAR Credentials" this guy was boasting about? He said every single person in the pits gets their credentials from NASCAR. Even I have to get my credentials from them!" We started talking about racing and other stuff and then he asked me if I go to a lot of races. I said the next one would be Bristol. So guess what? He asked me for my address and said, "Great! You live in my hometown, you love racing and you aren't afraid to ask questions. I'm sending you 2 pit/garage passes from DEI for the Bristol race. I'll notify NASCAR that you are to be picked up from the credential trailer and brought directly to our garage area and you can hang out with us in the hauler, get to meet Jr. and have some fun with us. Are you married?" I said, "Yes, I am. So I'm out of the running." He said, "I wouldn't say that... Jr. likes people who aren't afraid to speak up. His Dad was like that, ya know. He doesn't like bimbos....so let me know if something ever happens to your marriage." Hahaha and then he went on.."I'll take you up to the suite, and you can watch the race from there. How's that sound? In the meantime, I'll get Jr. to sign a couple of things for you and tell him the whole story. I can't believe you called, but I'm glad you did. I hate it when people believe everything they read. That's boring."
I nearly fainted.
That was fun!!!! :-)