Penalties handed down/truck race

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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/hea...e.dstarr.dreutimann.crew.penalties/index.html
By Official Release
September 17, 2008
03:04 PM EDT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR announced Wednesday the No. 30, No. 11 and No. 9 teams that compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been penalized due to their involvement in a post-race altercation on pit road at New Hampshire Motor Speedway following Saturday's race.

Those penalized violated Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock-car racing) and 12-4-F (team members involved in an altercation with another competitor on pit road after the race had concluded).

Three crew members have been suspended from the next Craftsman Truck Series event and suspended from NASCAR until Sept. 24, including:

• Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief for the No. 30 truck driven by Todd Bodine

• Mark Hillman, crew member for the No. 30

• William Divel, crew member for the No. 11 truck driven by David Starr

Mike Hillman Jr. has also been fined $2,500 and had his NASCAR probation extended through Dec. 31. Both Mark Hillman and Divel have been fined $1,500 and placed on probation until Dec. 31.

Starr also has been fined $10,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31.

Richard Gay, crew chief for the No. 11 truck, and Jason Overstreet, crew chief for the No. 9 truck driven by David Reutimann, have both been fined $1,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Additionally, two crew members -- Brandon Hopkins for the No. 30 truck and Tony Jilson for the No. 9 truck -- have been placed on probation until Dec. 31.

All three owners -- Steve Germain of the No. 30, Tom DeLoach of the No. 11 and Bob Germain of the No. 9 -- have had each of their respective teams placed on probation until Dec. 31.

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Penalties
No. 30 crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. Suspension until Sept. 24
Fined $2,500
Probation until Dec. 31
No. 30 crew member Mark Hillman Suspension until Sept. 24
Fined $1,500
Probation until Dec. 31
No. 30 crew member Brandon Hopkins Probation until Dec. 31
No. 30 owner Steve Germain Team probation until Dec. 31
No. 11 crew member William Divel Suspension until Sept. 24
Fined $1,500
Probation until Dec. 31
No. 11 driver David Starr Fined $10,000
No. 11 crew chief Richard Gay Fined $1,000
Probation until Dec. 31
No. 11 owner Tom DeLoach Team probation until Dec. 31
No. 9 crew chief Jason Overstreet Fined $1,000
Probation until Dec. 31
No. 9 crew member Tony Jilson Probation until Dec. 31
No. 9 owner Bob Germain Team probation until Dec. 31

 

[Digger]

But, but, but .... NASCAR said they wanted teams and drivers to show emotion.

What gives?

 

[kelloggs5TLfan]

Suspended crew chief apologizes for fighting

http://www.scenedaily.com/news/arti...ended_crew_chief_apologizes_for_fighting.html

By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Benched for a week by NASCAR for the fight between the Germain Racing crew and the Red Horse Racing team, crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. said that his team will not appeal the penalty and he will take responsibility for his actions.

The crew chief for Todd Bodine apologized once again Wednesday for the fight, which occurred after the Craftsman Truck Series race won by Ron Hornaday on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“The biggest thing I want to get across is to apologize to NASCAR and their officials, Ron Hornaday, [crew chief] Rick Ren, KHI, our sponsors, … [and] to all the fans, especially the families that have to try to explain to their children like I had to do on Sunday that it’s not OK to fight, it’s not OK to let your tempers flare and get into those kind of confrontations,” Hillman Jr. said in a phone interview.

“Sometimes you get passionate about what you do and sometimes you do things out of passion and you have to serve the penalties and consequences.”

Hillman Jr, his brother Mark (a crew member for Bodine) and Red Horse Racing crew member William Divel were suspended for one week. The fight erupted after Red Horse Racing driver David Starr had contact with Germain’s Bodine and David Reutimann in the final 13 laps of the race.

Hillman Jr. went to Starr’s car after it was stopped following the race on pit road and pulled down Starr’s window net. Starr got out of his car and began swinging, saying later he was spat on and cursed at by Germain Racing crew members.

Reports indicated that Hillman Jr. had pulled Starr out of the truck although video of the incident was inconclusive.

"The details of it, it happened so fast it's hard to even remember what really happened," Hillman Jr. said.

Hillman Jr. said he was suspended because he is responsible for the actions of his crew members.

“I am solely responsible for the guys on my race team, so that was the biggest reason for me sitting out a week,” Hillman Jr. said. “I would have to say that my brother and the gentleman for Red Horse were probably big factors in what happened after the race.

“I had walked up and I had put David’s window net down to talk to him. And my brother felt that I was being threatened, so he defended me.”

Starr was fined $10,000 but not suspended.

“NASCAR looked at the tapes and made their decision, and you have to go with what they go with,” Hillman Jr. said when asked if he agreed with the Starr penalty. “They feel they made the best decision they could, then I guess I have to be OK with it.”

Hillman Jr. said he hasn’t talked to Starr since the incident but the Germain and Red Horse teams were put in a conference room Saturday night at the track.

“All three teams sat in a meeting room and everything was settled before we left the race track,” he said.

 

[barelypure]

By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor

I'll bet he's real glad his name has an "O" rather than an "E"...

 

[be9ak7ts16]

I'll bet he's real glad his name has an "O" rather than an "E"...

I was thinkin U when I saw the name.