The Frontstretch Newsletter: BREAKING RCR Changes

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
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November 23rd, 2011
Volume V, Edition CCLXIX

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Happy Thanksgiving!  We would like to extend a special thank you to each and every one of our readers for your unrelenting dedication throughout this season. Without your support, we wouldn't be writing each and every week, and we couldn't be more appreciative of all your feedback (even when it's bad!).  Have a safe holiday with your friends and family, and we hope you don't suffer too badly from racing withdrawal!

Editor's Note: This Newsletter will be the last daily edition until the Sprint Cup Media Tour in January. From this point on, Frontstretch enters into "offseason mode" where our Newsletters scale back to one jam-packed, weekly edition sent out every Monday morning. Enjoy!

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Top News
by Tom Bowles

Breaking News: RCR Makes Personnel Changes

Kevin Harvick has two straight third-place finishes in the Sprint Cup standings. With four victories this season, only Tony Stewart won more on the NASCAR circuit.

But the team's goal is a championship, and Wednesday we learned coming close simply wasn't good enough. Richard Childress Racing announced wholesale changes to Harvick's No. 29 team Wednesday, moving former crew chief Gil Martin into a Director of Team Operations role within the organization. Martin, who had been paired with the team since May, 2009 will be replaced by former Clint Bowyer crew chief Shane Wilson.

"Kevin (Harvick) came to me after the Phoenix race a couple weeks ago and asked for a change in the leadership of his team for the 2012 season," said team owner Richard Childress in a press release. "The expectations at RCR are to win championships, so the decision was made to move Shane Wilson to the No. 29 Budweiser/Rheem/Jimmy John's program. Shane did a great job for RCR in the Nationwide Series when he first got here, and built on that success the past three seasons with our No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper team, so we feel he will continue to do a great job with the No. 29 team."

Wilson and Harvick, during their 2006 Nationwide Series season together were nearly an unstoppable force. With ten wins, 24 top-5 finishes, and 31 top-10 results their margin of victory in the season standings was 824 points, a series record. This season, Wilson and Bowyer struggled at the Cup level but still pulled out a victory, 16 top-10 finishes and a 13th-place result in the final point standings.

"Shane is a good friend of mine," said Harvick. "He has a lot of experience now in the Sprint Cup Series (three years with Bowyer) and I look forward to working with him again."

No other personnel changes were announced, but several more are expected in the coming weeks. Harvick's pit crew was rumored to be released and/or reassigned following Homestead, while Jeff Burton's crew chief position, currently held by Luke Lambert, is yet to be filled for 2012.

NASCAR Ratings For Chase Finale Up Sharply

The Tony Stewart – Carl Edwards drama for the championship struck a chord with NASCAR viewers across the nation. An ESPN record 6.799 million viewers turned in for their final act at Homestead; that's not only the highest number for the season finale in four years but set a record for NASCAR viewership with the Worldwide Leader In Sports since returning to the fold in '07. In the Nielsens, the race pulled a 4.6 cable rating, easily the highest of the ten-race playoff while pulling in more NASCAR fans than any race since Charlotte on Memorial Day Weekend.

Year-to-year, the finale jumped up 21 percent from the Jimmie Johnson-Denny Hamlin-Kevin Harvick battle in 2010. Overall, the ten-race postseason generated an increase in viewership over last year even with a rain-postponed event, Chicagoland, intertwined in the final numbers.

Truck Series Driver Suspended Over Drug Policy

Truck Series driver Jack Smith has been suspended a second time over NASCAR's drug policy. The driver of Mike Mittler's No. 63 was found in violation of Section 12-1, actions detrimental to stock car racing and Section 12-19 (substance abuse) after failing a random test. It's the second time Mittler has faced the wrath of NASCAR officials; he was suspended on September 7th, 2010 for actions detrimental to stock car racing and remained on probation for that incident. Smith was not reinstated until July 6th, 2011; he ran six races for the No. 63 this season, earning a top finish of 11th at Atlanta with sponsorship from SealWrap.

Smith's suspension is indefinite, with no mention of what drug he tested positive for.

NASCAR Rookie Winner Changes Race Series For 2012

Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Andy Lally won't be returning for a sophomore season. After competing on the Sprint Cup circuit with TRG Motorsports, running nearly the full season in the No. 71 Lally announced Tuesday he was moving back to his former home: sports car racing. Lally will move to the Grand-Am Series, driving for Magnus Racing in the Rolex Sports Car GT Class. The Long Island native, who has won three Rolex 24 titles and has 24 wins overall in the series, will still look to run at least the two road course races on the Sprint Cup schedule in 2012.

On the Cup side, Lally had a best finish of 19th in 30 races with TRG; he parted ways with the organization prior to the Homestead season finale.

News Bites

- Don't expect Darian Grubb to return to a crew chief position at Stewart-Haas Racing. When questioned about the opening Tuesday, Stewart indicated his former head wrench would not return to that role in 2012, championship notwithstanding. However, despite rumors Steve Addington is signed to take his place, Stewart claimed the position remains unfilled until further notice.

"We're looking at all of our options right now," he told reporters. "We'll sit down as a group [this week] and try to come up with a decision. We already know some options that are available, and we'll try to sit down and see what we think is the best option and decision for the company."

As for Grubb, he has been rumored to either crew chief Danica Patrick in Sprint Cup or accept a role as Competition Director within Hendrick Motorsports. Either way, expect him to stay within the Chevy/Hendrick/SHR camp.

- In the world of Steve Addington, although his future remains in question at the moment he is officially unemployed. Penske Racing announced Addington's departure from the team Tuesday, ending a two-year run with Kurt Busch that resulted in four wins, 33 top-10 finishes and back-to-back Chase appearances. However, the postseason performances were not what either side had been hoping for, finishing 11th out of 12 in each of the two years driver and crew chief were paired together.

- Hendrick engineer Chris Heroy is getting his chance at a crew chief job. The man best known for helping Mark Martin to a second-place finish in 2009 accepted the position of Juan Pablo Montoya's head wrench Tuesday, a permanent replacement for Brian Pattie at a No. 42 outfit that struggled in 2010. Heroy, who has engineered cars at the Nos. 5 and 88 for seven years, worked with Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kyle Busch and Casey Mears, among others, with his tenure at HMS.

Montoya, in his fifth Cup season was a disappointing 21st in the series standings this season. He posted just two top-5 finishes and eight top-10s, struggling especially during the Chase. He had just one top-10 finish under interim crew chief Jim Pohlman, who had replaced Pattie at the helm in late July.

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Today's Featured Commentary
There Comes a Time When You Have to Be Responsible
Full Throttle
by Mike Neff

By now, if you're a NASCAR fan, you've seen or at least heard about the video that was shot by Jon Adams in the garage area at Homestead. Kurt Busch was standing next to Dr. Jerry Punch, waiting to be interviewed, but when Punch asked a question, Busch melted down. Over the nearly two-minute video, Busch dropped the F-bomb at least four times, although the audio is rather muddled at times so it may have been more. Everyone knows that Busch is famous for his radio tirades, but this one was out of the car and at least indirectly launched towards a pit reporter. More should be expected from a former Cup champion, to say the least.

Busch is no stranger to issues brought on by his mouth. He lost his job at Roush in 2005, while he was the reigning Cup champion, when he was pulled over for suspected drunken driving and verbally abused the arresting officer. Roush put him out of the car for the last two races of the season, after which he moved on to Penske Racing. At first, Busch's image got cleaner but this season has been a litany of diatribes for the senior driver at Penske. Busch famously ripped everyone from Roger Penske to his hauler driver and everyone in between at Richmond over his belief that the team was headed in the wrong direction. While that outburst did seem to invigorate the company, resulting in changes that led to both drivers under the Penske banner making the Chase, things have spiraled out of control since the Chase started.

Busch has been incredulous since his win at Dover in the third race of the Chase. Since that point in time, he's recorded three finishes in the thirties and has been extremely vocal about his team's shortfalls all along the way. With the obvious turmoil behind the scenes, controversy that has resulted in crew chief Steve Addington announcing his departure now that the season is over, Busch was certainly on edge heading into Homestead and his transmission failure certainly had to push him to the edge of the breaking point.

While Busch was obviously not in a good mood and his season had come to a less than satisfactory end, he was probably also looking ahead to the idea of returning to the track and logging time 30 or more laps behind the leaders. With that gloomy outlook, the last thing he probably wanted to do was an interview for television. With the producers taking so long to have Punch start the interview, Busch was no doubt fuming more and more as he had to stand in front of cameras waiting to answer questions about yet another bad result.

With all of that considered, Busch still should have handled the situation with a little more aplomb. It is no secret that Busch doesn't hold the media in the highest of regards after nearly coming to blows with a media member at Richmond and subsequently tearing up a transcript when it was presented to him to refute his denial of something he said. However, that still does not give him the right to hurl obscenities at one of the most respected members of the media who could not control the timing of the interview.

While Busch is responsible for his actions, there is blame to be placed on other parties besides the 2004 Cup champion. The producers of the race broadcast should be held partly accountable for the situation as well. One of the beauties of NASCAR racing is that the fans are allowed to hear from the participants seconds after something occurs during the event. When something negative has happened, it is up to the producers to make the call to the pit reporter as soon as possible once the driver has been secured for the interview.

The people putting on Sunday's broadcast were obviously hoping for a meltdown type of moment when they attempted to get an interview with Busch, knowing that he was prone to verbal explosions, he was not in contention for the title and had not been a pre-race favorite. The broadcast team was also scrambling to find footage of Busch's transmission, not caught on one of their 72 cameras as Tony Stewart ran over the mechanical part on the track. But that's not an excuse; once Busch was available for the interview, the call should have been made for Punch to begin so that Busch could get on with whatever tantrum he was headed into the hauler to throw. Instead, they left him standing around for an extended period of time and eventually lost the interview altogether.

There also needs to be some blame directed toward Punch. Working on pit road during a race can be extremely hectic. Storylines are incredibly dynamic and the three or four pit reporters have to cover 10-15 pits each so, when something happens, an all-out sprint will usually ensue to get to the story. There is also a constant din that makes hearing and even thinking difficult.

That said, the question that Punch asked to spark the outburst was patently stupid. Busch was barely into the race when his transmission detonated, spewing parts on the track, and possibly causing damage to the front grill of championship contender Tony Stewart. He was clearly upset with the fact that his race was already in the toilet and then he was hit with the question from Punch that basically asked if he felt like his transmission parts had damaged the car of Stewart and possibly ruined his championship hopes.

There is no way that Busch can control what parts fall off of his car do nor can he be expected to form an opinion about what happened behind his car on the track. Adding on the potential of ruining a fellow competitor's championship hopes was simply unnecessary and designed to invoke a hostile response. Jerry Punch has been around the sport long enough to know better than to ask a question like that of anyone, let alone someone with the temper of Kurt Busch after he was just taken out of a race by another failure from his car.

But again, we wouldn't be talking about such things if the driver himself had been able to control an unwieldy temper. Kurt Busch should be ashamed of himself and he needs to take a long, hard look at how he treats people while enjoying the offseason. There are certain standards of behavior that are expected for Cup champions and Busch has spoken to that fact in the past, when he was questioned about being an ambassador for the sport after winning the 2004 Cup title. His actions are not only affecting himself and his team, but they're affecting Penske Racing and they're affecting the sport in general. It isn't acceptable to act like a petulant child when you're a professional who is afforded television time based on your occupation. Plus, the folks in the production truck at ESPN along with Dr. Punch need to take the time to apologize to Busch for dropping the ball when they asked him to be available for an interview.

When it is all said and done, Busch needs to get his act together or start looking for another job because there won't be too many people left who want to talk to him, let alone work with him. Being a public figure comes with a certain amount of responsibility and being a Cup champion comes with even more. Now is the time for Busch to realize that and come back next season with the proper attitude and an apology to everyone who has put up with him this season.

Mike Neff is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com. He can be contacted at mike.neff@frontstretch.com.

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Tweet 'N' Greet
by Jay Pennell

Editor's Note: With the NASCAR Twitter community expanding by leaps and bounds, it remains a place for instantaneous news, reactions, and a whole lot of inside jokes. We understand if you don't want to join the Twitter community - but as a fan, it's important to know the news and info you're missing out on! That's why, every week, Jay Pennell will sort through the thousands of messages and give us a little taste of what's going on each Wednesday.

So, without further ado, here's a look at what those in NASCAR were thinking over the past seven days...

@CJMearsGang (Casey Mears): Happy Thankswigging!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1PQpEbN6

@joshahamilton (Josh Hamilton): Disappointed by the disrespect some fans are showing right now. Do you REALLY think the First Lady hates America?? #thinkbeforeyoutweet

@jeff_gluck: Tony Stewart still talking trash, tells team: "(Edwards and team) are going to feel like sh*t after we kick their ass after this!"

@Kenny_Wallace: Hey Carl Edwards You were 1st in Practice and 1st in Qualifying and you have led 100 Laps.. "Are you nervous"...ha ha ha!.. Are you serious?

@eddiegossage: Rain delays are going to hurt TV ratings. That's a shame. This race has the potential to be a classic. That would be good for the sport.

@DeLanaHarvick: It's a race. isn't it? RT @DNewtonespn: 99 team asks NASCAR to talk to @KevinHarvick car, says he's basically all over him. #nascar

@DeLanaHarvick: The only outcome we want to affect is to put the 29 in Victory Lane... period

@DeLanaHarvick: Holy hell Stewart is on a mission!!! This is awesome to watch.

@jeff_gluck: I would say so far this race has actually exceeded the hype, if that's even possible. Agree or not?

@eddiegossage: For that matter Carl & Tony have made this Chase a classic. The last 3-4 races have been Ali-Frazier. Nicklaus-Palmer. Magic-Bird. Wow!

@AndyLally: Boy this would suck if it came down to fuel mileage.

@DeLanaHarvick: And Stewart is out of fuel...

@mw55 (Michael Waltrip): That whole scenario made me nervous.

@mw55: This is as good as the 1992 Hooters 500. Which reminds me, I like Hooters. Please stop raining.

@Just_AP (Ashley Parlett): If you aren't watching this race right now just go ahead and climb back under your rock. It's nice and boring under there.

@Just_AP: This is hands down the most intense NASCAR race I have ever witnessed. My stomach is in knots.

@Elliott_Sadler: If you are a race fan.... You got to love what's happening at homestead... Winner take all.... On probably the best mile and half we race at.

@DeLanaHarvick: Unfriggin believable!!!! I can't hardly sit still, this is awesome... come on, Stewart!!! 25 to go.

@maxpapis: # history making @NASCAR

@RamseyPoston: No matter what happens now, this is the best, most meaningful race in #NASCAR history.

@KrissieNewman: Holy crap...history has been made today. Stewart wins after all day setbacks, ties for the championship and wins it on wins alone!!!!

@eddiegossage Congrats, Tony! Give credit to Carl, too. Both were truly fabulous throughout the last 3-4 races. Great Chase! Never seen anything like this!

@MrsCrewChief (Dana Wilson): Clint Bowyer: "Who won the championship?" @KevinHamlin "Tony." CB: No #^$&#@ing way"..KH: He won the race. "No way."

@eddiegossage: Okay fans, you wanted wins to count for more. That alone determined the championship. #winscount

@aric_almirola: Holy Freaking Crap. I don't care if you're a fan of his or not but you gotta give huge props to Tony Stewart. He is the man, no doubt.

@Kenny_Wallace: Will we gain New Fans for next year because @Nascar was a great show this year?

@eddiegossage: Tony's championship helps put spotlight on amazing accomplishment of Alan Kulwicki. Many fans don't know him. I really miss Alan.

@31n2Spotter (Brett Griffin): Two things: Mike Bliss is an idiot for not pulling over at the end. And best of luck to all the crew guys on teams closing their doors.

@JimmieJohnson: Not the way we wanted to finish up the season but that's racing. Thank you everyone for your support and we will be back next year.

@JimmieJohnson: What a night between the 99&14... Congrats to Tony and the team. I didn't think the driver/owner combo was possible in today's world.

@Kenny_Wallace: WOW!.. Darian Grubb just said on @SPEED that decision was made at start of Chase for him to be replaced next year!

@keselowski (Brad Keselowski): <--- biting my tongue @jeff_gluck: Seriously, though, could you have a classier runner-up in any sport? I've never covered one if there is."

@keselowski: Imo Class is in action, not words... @msgmart @jeff_gluck seriously brad? u just showed your LACK OF CLASS by saying that."

@keselowski: 1 final word before signing off twitter. Any driver who wins 1/2 the races in the chase deserves the championship in my mind. Congrats Tony

@KyleBusch: Wow!! What a drive by Tony Stewart! He is the man to drive and win his way to a championship. That's a great way to do it. Congrats SHR.

@KevinHarvick: I'm trying to get even for the damn wedgie I get every week...son of a gun is sneaky t.co/k5595SCW"

@nascarcasm: By finishing outside of the Top 10 in the Chase, Kurt Busch will not be onstage at the banquet. Go ahead and tear that speech in two, dude.

@jaywpennell (Jay W. Pennell): According to #NASCAR Tony Stewart passed 118 cars in tonight's race.

@jaywpennell: First time in #NASCAR history that there was a tie in points, also the first time driver has come from behind & won race to win points.

@jaywpennell: Must note, that is the first time since the modern point system was implemented in 1975. #NASCAR

@DeLanaHarvick: @KevinHarvick and I are sitting at the head table for the last time tonight as champion owners... So proud of all KHI has accomplished!

@Rchildress3 (Richard Childress): At NCWTS In Miami! @austindillon3 just won Most Popular Driver of the year, great award voted by the fans!!

@mini_chad: This is why we didn't get a Kurt Busch interview yesterday. Kudos to Dr. Punch for walking away. t.co/9X8rNB01

@paultracy3 (Paul Tracy): Check this video out -- Kurt Busch Rages During Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaBQq5D4Zg … via @youtube why !!!!!!

@JennaFryer: @paultracy3 serious question: what's it take for Penske to say enough?

@paultracy3: @JennaFryer i have no idea why RP puts up with that. He must not have the final say or he has gone soft .....

@LewisFranck (Lewis Franck, ESPN): @paultracy3 You are the authority on your former boss' limits.

@paultracy3: @LewisFranck u were around in those days, I got the can for mouthing off 1 time about the car. but he put up with the JR, taxes, and kubu saga

@JennaFryer: #NASCAR calls KuBu's language in YouTube video "disappointing" but noted he was "clearly frustrated" with having early car issues

@SBPopOffValve: It's official: calling the media "motherf^&%ers" is A-OK, but saying that NASCAR is still 35 years behind technologically is Original Sin.

@jeff_gluck:  Wow. Statement from Penske: "Penske Racing extends its apologies to Dr. Jerry Punch, our media partners and our sponsors and fans for Kurt Busch's inappropriate actions in Homestead on Sunday. These actions do not represent Penske Racing and are inconsistent with the company's standards for behavior, respect for others and professionalism. This matter is being reviewed internally with no further comment at this time."

@MattTaliaferro: David Reutimann had an even worse end to the year, yet he handled himself with class. Just sayin'. #NASCAR

@skiprec (Ray Evernham): Kurt is a great driver but needs to get help. Jerry Punch is one of the finest people I know. JP deserves a lot more respect than that.

@skiprec: It was not OK, period, whether KB is high-strung or not. You just don't do that, JP is no slouch, KB is lucky he didn't get decked.

@MattYocum: Poor Tom Roberts... the greatest guy... legend PR man, no one better.... and his rough season continues into the offseason. Not right.

@AndyHallESPN: Finale at Homestead earns #ESPN its largest #NASCAR viewership ever - 6.7 million avg and peak of 10.5 mill.

@AndyHallESPN: #NASCAR Homestead rating and viewership also higher than ABC telecast of 2009 finale .#ESPN

@tomjensen100: A reminder: On Black Monday in 2008, more than 1,000 NASCAR jobs were lost. This year is bad, but not nearly as bad.

Jay Pennell is a Website Contributor to Frontstretch.com.  He can be reached via e-mail at jaywpennell@yahoo.com, and you can also check out his work at sbnation.com, allleftturns.com or jaywpennell.blogspot.com.

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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:

Did You Notice? ... Bad Boos, Crew Chief Questions, And 2012's Top Priority
by Tom Bowles

Mirror Driving: Validating the Chase, Grubb's Departure and Raining on Championships
by the Frontstretch Staff

11 Different Ways To Lose The Chase
by Matt McLaughlin

Marcos Ambrose Driver Diary: A Strong End To The Season And Returning Down Under
as told to Toni Montgomery

Sprint Cup Power Rankings: Top 15 To End The 2011 Season
compiled by Mike Neff

Top Ten Things To Look Forward To When NASCAR Celebrates In Las Vegas
by Jeff Meyer

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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q. In 2003, Giancarlo Fisichella picked up his first career Grand Prix victory in the Grand Prix of Brazil at Interlagos. However, the race was called complete just after the 75 percent mark. Why did this happen?

Check back Monday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
 
Tuesday's Answer:

Q. On Sunday, SPEED televised tape-delayed and highlighted coverage of the V8 Supercar Championship Series' Falken Tasmania Challenge from Symmonds Plains Raceway in Tasmania. The Tasmanian track is the shortest permanent road course on the calendar, and has an unusual shape. What does it look like from the air?
 
A. Symmonds Plains Raceway is shaped like a small bird, like a kiwi with an elongated beak. The start-finish line today would be on the bird's backside, whereas up until recently, it was about where the bird's eye would be.

Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee:  If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs!  If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to trivia@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE!

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Coming Monday in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Phil Allaway
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, and more!

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Next Week on the Frontstretch:

Driver Reviews: Chase Drivers
It's that time again!  As the drivers and teams go into preparation mode for the 2012 season, the Frontstretch Staff will review the seasons of each of the drivers in the series.  Next week, the Top 12 in points are on tap.

Schedule:
Monday: Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, and Ryan Newman
Tuesday: Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Wednesday: Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski
Thursday: Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards
Friday: Champions Tony Stewart, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Austin Dillon

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