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Wonder what happened with his deal with FORD?
It might not be instant credibility, but it's a big shot in the arm for NASCAR: NASCAR has hired Robin Pemberton. Pemberton was one of stock-car racing's best-known and most respected crew chiefs during his 17 years with drivers such as Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin. Now he has signed on with NASCAR, to take unspecified, but sorely needed, responsibilities helping the beleaguered sanctioning body regain credibility with its competitors, and, it is hoped, its fans.
One area that Pemberton is expected to focus on is technology. Cup teams are heavily staffed with engineers, as he knows well from his years with Roger Penske, Jack Roush and Ford Motor Company. And Pemberton knows how to use that technology; he was in charge of the quick development of the NASCAR Taurus in 1997. Another area for Pemberton to focus on is organization. For one, NASCAR's control-tower operations on race day are seen as increasingly inept and haphazard, with caution lights being turned on and off at the wrong time, with poor decisions being made on when to throw yellows, with general lack of control over the calling of a race. Fans have become increasingly strident in their complaints, at Pocono even throwing a beer cooler at the flagman in frustration. And the near-riot at Talladega was the season's most infamous case in point.(Journal Now)(6-24-04)
Wonder what happened with his deal with FORD?
It might not be instant credibility, but it's a big shot in the arm for NASCAR: NASCAR has hired Robin Pemberton. Pemberton was one of stock-car racing's best-known and most respected crew chiefs during his 17 years with drivers such as Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin. Now he has signed on with NASCAR, to take unspecified, but sorely needed, responsibilities helping the beleaguered sanctioning body regain credibility with its competitors, and, it is hoped, its fans.
One area that Pemberton is expected to focus on is technology. Cup teams are heavily staffed with engineers, as he knows well from his years with Roger Penske, Jack Roush and Ford Motor Company. And Pemberton knows how to use that technology; he was in charge of the quick development of the NASCAR Taurus in 1997. Another area for Pemberton to focus on is organization. For one, NASCAR's control-tower operations on race day are seen as increasingly inept and haphazard, with caution lights being turned on and off at the wrong time, with poor decisions being made on when to throw yellows, with general lack of control over the calling of a race. Fans have become increasingly strident in their complaints, at Pocono even throwing a beer cooler at the flagman in frustration. And the near-riot at Talladega was the season's most infamous case in point.(Journal Now)(6-24-04)