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He said vs. he said
Mar
7
HAMPTON, Ga. - Well, gang, what we have here is a good ol' fashioned Mississippi throwdown, a gloves-off, bare-knuckles, in-your-face kind of fuss.
In one corner is Lee White, Toyota's top gun in NASCAR. In the other, we have Jack Roush, the feisty little fighter who always wears a hat to the ring. There have been no punches thrown, but stay tuned.
The point of contention is Carl Edwards' win last week in Las Vegas and White's not-so-subtle claim that the Roush Fenway team deliberately modified an oil-tank enclosure to enhance aerodynamics. NASCAR heavily penalized Edwards and the team after the oil-tank problem was discovered. On Friday, after being rudely awakened to word of White's comments, Roush, never shy in these matters, went on the attack, aggressively defending his team.
Oddly enough, Roush and White were once all in the family. White worked in a high-level management position for what was then Roush Racing and has been a respected shaker and mover at the top rung of motorsports for many years. Roush, obviously more than a little irritated by the week's turn of events, offered Friday to give some reporters some in-depth, behind-the-scenes information about White. Indications were that that information might not be the sort of stuff you'd want on a resume.
Ah, conflict. Isn't racing fun?
In one corner is Lee White, Toyota's top gun in NASCAR. In the other, we have Jack Roush, the feisty little fighter who always wears a hat to the ring. There have been no punches thrown, but stay tuned.
The point of contention is Carl Edwards' win last week in Las Vegas and White's not-so-subtle claim that the Roush Fenway team deliberately modified an oil-tank enclosure to enhance aerodynamics. NASCAR heavily penalized Edwards and the team after the oil-tank problem was discovered. On Friday, after being rudely awakened to word of White's comments, Roush, never shy in these matters, went on the attack, aggressively defending his team.
Oddly enough, Roush and White were once all in the family. White worked in a high-level management position for what was then Roush Racing and has been a respected shaker and mover at the top rung of motorsports for many years. Roush, obviously more than a little irritated by the week's turn of events, offered Friday to give some reporters some in-depth, behind-the-scenes information about White. Indications were that that information might not be the sort of stuff you'd want on a resume.
Ah, conflict. Isn't racing fun?
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