NASCAR to lift suspension of Rusty Wallace Racing crew chief on July 7

By SceneDaily Staff
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

NASCAR has lifted the indefinite suspension of Rusty Wallace Racing crew chief Bryan Berry, who will now be eligible to return to competition on July 7, in time for the Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
 
Berry was originally suspended for an incident after the June 6 race at Nashville Superspeedway, where he was alleged to utter a racial slur after his driver, Brendan Gaughan, collided with Braun Racing’s Marc Davis on pit road. Davis is an African-American.
 
Berry, through Gaughan and team owner Rusty Wallace, said he did not make the slur.
 
Berry will have missed four Nationwide races by the time he is reinstated.
 
As part of the lifted suspension, NASCAR said Berry must “perform community service as directed by NASCAR.” Wallace said last week that Berry had completed sensitivity training and had talked with the Davis family.

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    Phoenix987 said:
    Jun 30, 2009 at 11:30 PM

    So much for 'indefinite' I guess... I guess Rusty's prediction of two weeks was closer than NASCAR's 'indefinite' suspension...

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    stone069 said:
    Jul 1, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    Indefinite allows NASCAR to keep him out til he complies with there demands for the sensitivity training and anythings else they see fit.

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    Anonymous said:
    Jul 1, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    I still believe Bryan when he said he didn't say it. Again, the only ones who supposedly heard it were 2 of the sponsors, and they were in a group of several people. Still say it sounds like Davis was tryng to cover his rear for screwing up. BTW...haven't seen him on the track lately.

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    bthompson133 said:
    Jul 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    the whole thing sux

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    julie28 said:
    Jul 1, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    I thought they didn't work for Nascar. Rusty is his boss. If Nascar left this alone it would have been solved by now. I know they don't want slurs but it sounds like he is a criminal.

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    rh377 said:
    Jul 2, 2009 at 7:39 AM

    I'd like to comment but I'm afraid of what I might say. I might hurt your feelings.

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    Werner said:
    Jul 3, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    and to think...this could have been the same for Mayfield...the lawsuit screwed it up....

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