Michael's Wild Risk: A Nasty Error
I just want an announcement to be made from NASCAR’s lips!!!
The only things that are for certain are that David Hyder has been suspended indefinitely and Michael will not be able to use his primary car. Michael will also not be participating in the first practice, which is going on right now, and he is not accepting interview opportunities. Here are some rumors that are / have been floating around:
-- Michael and the entire #55 team will be suspended for 12 weeks
-- Michael will be suspended for 4 weeks
-- David Hyder will be suspended for a year
-- Apparently the #44 was being reskinned as the #32?? This made no sense to me in the first place when it was posted on Jayski, and since then it was corrected to say that it’s a #00 car (David’s backup car) being reskinned to a #55 (to be Michael’s primary car…if he’s allowed to race at all)
-- All three MWR teams will be suspended. This I’ll have a huge issue with, because it’s not fair that anything wrong with Michael’s car should cause the other two innocent teams to suffer. I’d be half furious at NASCAR and half furious with the #55 team for making this mess to begin with!
Oh, man. This is crazy! To give me even more confidence, here are some Toyota quotes from TRD senior VP Lee White in an article from NASCAR Scene Daily:
“One thing I can tell you is that the elements of ethics, integrity, character, honesty are things that are extremely important, probably paramount, to my company. Are we a little disappointed that one of our teams is involved in things that have transpired here? Yes, we can't deny that. ... Depending on what that outcome is, obviously, we will have some further discussions with that team and decide what our relationship is going to be in the future.
“The rules are the rules, and we expect to participate by the rules. We hold our own people to a very high standard, and certainly we hope we have partnered with the right people and hold their people to a high standard.”
He then goes on to say he’s going to have a meeting with Michael and MWR to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Oi.
Basically, this whole situation has gone downhill very quickly. When NASCAR ran the suspicious #55’s motor this morning, the manifold filled up with the “liquid” again. Obviously there was something intentionally done to the car, for Hyder was expelled from the track. As far as anyone knows right now, Michael will be allowed to practice in David’s backup car, but any further into the future than that is unclear.
I’m at the point where I just want to know what’s going to happen, good or bad. Waiting is killing me.
The only things that are for certain are that David Hyder has been suspended indefinitely and Michael will not be able to use his primary car. Michael will also not be participating in the first practice, which is going on right now, and he is not accepting interview opportunities. Here are some rumors that are / have been floating around:
-- Michael and the entire #55 team will be suspended for 12 weeks
-- Michael will be suspended for 4 weeks
-- David Hyder will be suspended for a year
-- Apparently the #44 was being reskinned as the #32?? This made no sense to me in the first place when it was posted on Jayski, and since then it was corrected to say that it’s a #00 car (David’s backup car) being reskinned to a #55 (to be Michael’s primary car…if he’s allowed to race at all)
-- All three MWR teams will be suspended. This I’ll have a huge issue with, because it’s not fair that anything wrong with Michael’s car should cause the other two innocent teams to suffer. I’d be half furious at NASCAR and half furious with the #55 team for making this mess to begin with!
Oh, man. This is crazy! To give me even more confidence, here are some Toyota quotes from TRD senior VP Lee White in an article from NASCAR Scene Daily:
“One thing I can tell you is that the elements of ethics, integrity, character, honesty are things that are extremely important, probably paramount, to my company. Are we a little disappointed that one of our teams is involved in things that have transpired here? Yes, we can't deny that. ... Depending on what that outcome is, obviously, we will have some further discussions with that team and decide what our relationship is going to be in the future.
“The rules are the rules, and we expect to participate by the rules. We hold our own people to a very high standard, and certainly we hope we have partnered with the right people and hold their people to a high standard.”
He then goes on to say he’s going to have a meeting with Michael and MWR to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Oi.
Basically, this whole situation has gone downhill very quickly. When NASCAR ran the suspicious #55’s motor this morning, the manifold filled up with the “liquid” again. Obviously there was something intentionally done to the car, for Hyder was expelled from the track. As far as anyone knows right now, Michael will be allowed to practice in David’s backup car, but any further into the future than that is unclear.
I’m at the point where I just want to know what’s going to happen, good or bad. Waiting is killing me.
