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May 08, 2009
Rusty Wallace Gives Brendan Gaughan's Pit Crew a "Time Out"
What is this kindergarten? Rusty Wallace decided that he was so unhappy with the performance of Brendan Gaughan's pit crew that he's replaced them for the Nationwide race tonight. Instead, the #62 will be pitted by the #33 Cup crew on loan from Richard Childress Racing. Wallace said,
“We’ve had so much problems with our team [that] this particular race, Brendan Gaughan’s team, I said, ‘You guys are having so much problems that we’re going to have a timeout for one week. We’re going to have practice for the next two weeks. I lost confidence in what we were getting done.”
I don't know what the issues were with the pit crew that made Wallace so unhappy but Gaughan is 11th in points so the performance this season hasn't been that bad. Thing is just exactly how is sitting them for a week going to help them get better? In fact, it may make matters worse to have their boss say publically that he has no confidence in them. I also don't understand how they're supposed to get better if they're sitting at home instead of honing their skills in tonight's race. In addition, I have to wonder how Gaughan feels about all of this since at least one and possibly more members of his crew are people who have been with him for years in the Truck Series and whom he considers friends of his. Just doesn't seem like a move that's likely to motivate the crew to do better and it may create issues with Gaughan as well.
Posted by silverdsl at May 8, 2009 04:30 PM