JTG Daugherty crewman regrets chasing tire during Atlanta race

By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Sunday, March 08, 2009
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JTG Daugherty Racing's Jimmy Watts retrieves an errant tire from the infield grass at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday.

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HAMPTON, Ga. – A quiet and remorseful Jimmy Watts stood outside the NASCAR hauler during the Kobalt Tools 500 to meet with NASCAR officials after he had been suspended for the remainder of the event. Watts was penalized for running onto the frontstretch grass with the race under green-flag conditions to retrieve a tire from the JTG Daugherty Racing car on lap 67.
 
Watts, a gas man who also works for the Charlotte Fire Department, said he has been in the sport for more than seven years and just made a mistake. NASCAR threw the caution as he chased the tire.
 
The tire had rolled on to the frontstretch grass when it got loose from the JTG Daugherty team of driver Marcos Ambrose and was knocked away by the Yates Racing team.
 
“I saw the tire going away and it was a reaction – the wrong one,” Watts said.
 
Watts said he “certainly did not” think that the tire would roll that far across the grass and by the time he was in the middle of it, he realized he was in a bad position.
 
It did make for interesting television.
 
“It’s not the kind I want to be part of,” Watts said.
 
Watts said he hoped to be back next week but was waiting to talk to NASCAR officials to see if any additional penalties would be issued.
 
“Maybe he’s new – maybe he hasn’t seen us drive, but we tend to wreck a lot,” Roush Fenway Racing driver Matt Kenseth said. “I wouldn’t want to be in the middle of that grass.”
 

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  1. 1
    Anonymous said:
    Mar 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    People get over it!30 yrs ago everyone stood in the middle of the race track.There were not any cars coming at him.I am sure he believes it was wrong and not the safest situation.Move on

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    Jozef Colomy said:
    Mar 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM

    Exactly. This was right after everyone had pitted anyway, so the cars were all on the other side of the track...I doubt this guy would run out if there were cars coming around.

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    ed gordon said:
    Mar 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    He was well on the other side of pit road and the concern was that he could be hit from a car spinning across the infield grass.
    And it(the caution that he brought out) hurt a lot of guys that were pitting and that had just pitted,it put some of them a lap or more down.
    And Jozef,pitstops were ongoing,they were green flag stops and not everyone had cycled through yet.

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    Ruddeger said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 12:33 AM

    The caution would've come out even if he didn't run out.They wouldn't leave a tyre sitting in the grass.

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    Todd said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    I can understand the caution flag... But how many laps under caution did they need? The guy retrieves the tire and is back in the pits within what a minute or less? How many laps of caution did they go 3-4, more... Crazy... I don't understand that...

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    chris Stephens said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    They had to throw a caution no doubt, Watts made a bonehead move and he knows it. He is probably punishing himself more than anyone else, give him a couple of races under suspension and forget about it.

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    Bill Parhamenko said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    I think that this a case of NASCAR over reacting. Should he have ran out and got the tire the way he did? Probally not. Did it case a hazard? I do not think so. It is not like he went out there and spent several minnutes on the infield grass. He was there and gone. I agree with Todd, if you do throw a caution flag for this, how many laps do you need? I think that this is another case of NASCAR not having a clue and making it up as they go along. In my opinion NASCAR is loosing its creditability as a sanctioning body and needs to pull their heads out of their butts.

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    William Olson said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    Todd,

    Well, the first lap of yellow is to group the field. The second, cars on lead lap pit, Third, cars a lap or more down pit. Then one to go .

    Unless a 'Quickie' caution is thrown, that is the minimum laps it would take for a yellow, unless all care are on the lead lap, then it could be reduced by one lap.

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    Werner Boehmert said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    this was one of the highlights of the race...bad thing was didn't this cause some cars to go down a lap?...a friend of mine said years ago the photographers used to be out in the grass taking pictures...i thought the guy was very careful getting the tire...he even looked both ways for traffic, more than i see some drivers doing on the road around here...lol

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    fred stephens said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    Maybe he should be fined $100,000.00, then suspended for the rest of the season and at the end of the last race of the chase while the new Cup champion is in Victory Lane be could be lined up and shot by a firing squad.
    Don't laugh.
    This punishment makes as much sense as NASCAR's and look at the interest it would draw for the remainder of the racing season.

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    greg alex said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    It makes since to throw the yellow, but not for 3 laps. The track is 2 miles long hell it should not take that long at a 1/2 mile track.I think they should make him go to the trailer and make him sing the national athem for the next race.Then if he does not learn than let him drive the pace car.Makes more sense than anything else.

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    Anonymous said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Wake up it's all about CONTROLL nascar will do what they want.Went they want a close finish they throw a debri caution It's there show it make no matter what the fans thinks don't like it don't watch Thats why we need another stock car format

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    Anonymous said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    I think that there is to many yellow flags to begin with. Why a yellow flag when a driver spins doesn't touch anything or anybody, The people that should have been suspemded are the tire people, why did they let it get away? What would have happened if someone did spin into the infield, and hit the tire, I don't even like think about that. Maybe NASCAR should go back to the good old days,

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    GALEN SHIPP said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 5:28 PM

    Ok, to the person who said the caution was coming out anyway, not quite true. NASCAR does a decent job of waiting for pitstops to cycle thru before throwing a debris caution if the debris is not in the racing groove. To the people who are complaining about how long the cautions last, we need that many laps to allow cars to pit and for scoring to make sure drivers are lined up the way they're supposed to be. Just be glad they figured out a decent way to award the lucky dog. I remember when that rule first went into affect, it added 2 extra laps of caution just to cycle the lucky dog around.

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    ed blake said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM

    he did the wrong thing for the right resone he must have thought it was going allthe way to track, supose it kept rolling , that strech was black top , it could have went on the track, i'm just saying

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    Bill Maier said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    Between all the cautions, the COT, fining everybody and their brother and commercials, NASCAR might as well pack it up.

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    Penny Weaver said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I don't think Nascar needs to Suspend the crew member. Just have a warning for him to never do it again. I am sure he feels bad enough for doing what he done. I am sure he will remember not to do it again. I am sure more crews have done this at one time or another. DO NOT SUSPEND HIM.

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    Penny Weaver said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I don't think Nascar needs to Suspend the crew member. Just have a warning for him to never do it again. I am sure he feels bad enough for doing what he done. I am sure he will remember not to do it again. I am sure more crews have done this at one time or another. DO NOT SUSPEND HIM.

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    Kirk Grosch said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    # 16 - For all the reasons you mentioned, it was beautiful outside in Charlotte and no was I going to waste my time listening to the Hee Haw Twins (Darrell & Larry) and endless babbling and commercials with a few scattered breaks for actual race coverage. Saw the highlights on Wind Tunnel so I got everything I needed to see...just did it in 30 minutes instead of 4 1/2 hours. Guess you can call that time management and I'm probably done camping out in front of the TV wasting time.

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    ALLEN said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    From what I saw it looked as if Jimmy Watts thought the tire might be a hazard for the drivers so he did what most people would do,remove the hazard. A friendly talk at the trailer is all thats needed. If I was a driver I would thank Jimmy Watts for a job well done.

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    ALLEN said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    From what I saw it looked as if Jimmy Watts thought the tire might be a hazard for the drivers so he did what most people would do,remove the hazard. A friendly talk at the trailer is all thats needed. If I was a driver I would thank Jimmy Watts for a job well done.

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    Sheila Hawley said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 9:48 PM

    The tire should have been left rolling. NASCAR would have waited until all the green flag pitting was complete before they had to throw a caution. A tire in the infield is no threat to anyone. But a man out there trying to retreive it is a threat to all the drivers. And the caution was thrown. NASCAR had no choice but to throw it. Anyone, at any time can spin into the infield. A tire doesn't matter. But a person does. You just can't do that.

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    Gladys Bedwell said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    NASCAR did the right thing. If the tire would have hit the track, so be it. It is better then the possiblity of losing a life. He was lucky nothing happened. Freak accidents do happen. He deserved being suspended for the rest of the race. I bet he never does it again.

    Comment #1, regardless if they did it 30 years ago was a different time and era. Drivers didn't wear hans devices 30 years ago either but they do now for their SAFETY. They are not allowed in the infield because it just isn't safe. NASCAR was right on!

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    Gladys Bedwell said:
    Mar 9, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    NASCAR did the right thing. If the tire would have hit the track, so be it. It is better then the possiblity of losing a life. He was lucky nothing happened. Freak accidents do happen. He deserved being suspended for the rest of the race. I bet he never does it again.

    Comment #1, regardless if they did it 30 years ago was a different time and era. Drivers didn't wear hans devices 30 years ago either but they do now for their SAFETY. They are not allowed in the infield because it just isn't safe. NASCAR was right on!

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    Ronald Schwalbe said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 12:02 AM

    I can only guess that Helton, & Pemberton et.all WANTED the tire to roll out onto the track and become a hazard - - No crewman should EVER again,risk being suspended, and his own well being, for bravely trying to prevent a possible very dangerous situation.
    Just stand there, and let it go, and watch the carnage - -

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    The Bear said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 12:27 AM

    Post 22 stated it perfectly!After green flag stops were complete,the yellow would have come out to retrieve the tire.The crewman in question cost a lot of drivers to go a lap down and should be dealt with as such.

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    said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    They throw cautions a few years back for "debris" at Rockingham that turned out to be hot dog wrappers, and now they wanna blame this crew man for affecting the outcome of the race????? Come on Helton!!!!! How many times have YOU JOKERS affected the race's outcome????? Too many to list here.......what about the Montreal Nationwide race a couple years back?????? Where's YOUR suspension Helton????? Or your "probation"?????? PPPPPPFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!!!!!

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    said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    They throw cautions a few years back for "debris" at Rockingham that turned out to be hot dog wrappers, and now they wanna blame this crew man for affecting the outcome of the race????? Come on Helton!!!!! How many times have YOU JOKERS affected the race's outcome????? Too many to list here.......what about the Montreal Nationwide race a couple years back?????? Where's YOUR suspension Helton????? Or your "probation"?????? PPPPPPFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!!!!!

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    said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    Sorry for the double post.....

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    said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    Sorry for the double post.....

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    Anonymous said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    they have enough yellow flags but safety is the main consern it lets the baby fied drivers stay on the lead lap.so just susepend him for 1 race and if he does it again fire him.

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    Anonymous said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    they have enough yellow flags but safety is the main consern it lets the baby fied drivers stay on the lead lap.so just susepend him for 1 race and if he does it again fire him.

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    Jim kerns said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    Jimmy acted on instinct. Let it go . Kirk from NC your waiting on the boring calls from Espn. DW and Larry M. Make a boring race interesting.. Jim

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    Emily Griffie said:
    Mar 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    Get over it folks. It was a boneheaded move but no more boneheaded than the idiot moves made by drivers that affect the outcome of the race. He screwed up and knows it. NASCAR screwed up by having them run so many laps under caution. At least the guy admitted he was wrong. You'll never hear that from the powers that be.

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