On Saturday, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams discovered himself in a little bit of a scenario. According to NBC Sports, after being concerned in a wreck, his staff tried to restore his automobile with racing-grade duct tape often known as bear bond, however as soon as he received again on the monitor, the tape on his automobile began falling off. Race officers thought it was a security difficulty, so that they ordered him to park his automobile. But whereas they meant for him to park within the storage, he took a distinct method and parked on the beginning/end line earlier than strolling off the monitor. Turns out, NASCAR didn’t like that call, so that they’ve suspended him.
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NBC Sports reviews that Williams will solely be suspended from one race, that means he gained’t be capable of compete within the Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of The Americas on Saturday. That’s definitely not the worst punishment he may have obtained, however as the motive force for a small staff that isn’t precisely swimming in main sponsor money, it’s not fairly a slap on the wrist, both.
After leaving the monitor, Forbes reviews that when a cameraman approached him, Williams stated, “What are they going to do, fine me? I can’t afford to pay it.” But even when he had been fined, he nonetheless would have been OK due to fellow driver Denny Hamlin who tweeted at him providing to pay any potential fantastic.
NASCAR officers made Williams sit within the hauler for the rest of the race, the place he presumably obtained a stern lecture and some snacks whereas he cooled off.
After assembly with officers, Williams instructed reporters, “We all work really hard and to only run ‘X’ amount of laps and then to have something like a piece of Bear Bond and put us out of the race, it’s really frustrating. Small team. We work really hard. We’ve got to make our sponsors happy, right? It doesn’t do any good sitting in the garage. It is what it is. We’ll learn from it and move on.”
Fans have additionally proven their assist after Williams pulled his little stunt, with sufficient demand for merchandise to commemorate the event that he’s now promoting t-shirts.
Williams will return to racing on April 1 the place he’ll compete within the ToyotaCare 250.
Source: jalopnik.com