"Scott Eggleston, the competition director of Premium Motorsports keyed the radio and said, ?You got a power steering problem there, Peter??
Crew chief Peter Sospenzo, sounding surprised at the revelation that his No. 15 car has a mechanical issue at first, then seemed to start playing along.
?Uh yeah, we could ? yeah, yeah. I mean, let me know.?
Well, that's an odd radio transmission. Why would Eggleston be letting Sospenzo know if there was a steering issue?
Less than four laps later, the odd steering box conversation continued.
Eggleston asked, ?You got a steering box ready to go, Peter??
Sospenzo replied, ?Yep. Yep.?
Eggleston then asked Nemechek if he has steering box issues, to which Nemechek replied ?Say that again??
Instead of asking the question again, Eggleston told Nemechek, ?Steering box issues, need to bring it to the garage. Bring it to the garage, steering box issues. He's got steering box issues.?
Nemechek radioed back, ?10-4,? and promptly pulled his No. 15 machine behind the wall and was done for the night. Chastain moved up to 37th as a result."
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"While the Nemechek in-car conversation was strange and seemed full of coded speak, a few laps later things get even more bizarre, as Spire Motorsports tried to tell their driver Reed Sorenson for several laps to go behind the wall, but it appears Sorenson ignored his crew for several laps.
At lap 243, Sorenson’s spotter Joe Campbell said, “Smoke is starting to get really bad. Bring it in.”
*Note: For what it’s worth, I have been unable to spot any indication that NASCAR had posted the team for smoke trailing from their car or that they had even warned them about it. I also at the time of this post, have yet to see anyone from the track that night Tweet that the No. 77 car had any smoke trailing from it.
Regardless, smoke or no smoke, Sorenson still fails to respond and keeps clicking off laps. The competition director of this team, Scott Eggleston — yes the same exact competition director for Premium Motorsports — keys the microphone and said, “What are we doing here?”
Sorenson’s crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr. responded, “You’ve told him four ****** times, five times now.”
Finally, Sorenson reacted by saying, “What do you want me to do? Come in this lap?”
Eggleston instructed, “Pit this time. Pit this time.”
Sorenson asked whether he is going to the pit stall? Baldwin briefly answers for Sorenson to bring the car to his pit stall, before being overruled by Eggleston, who yells, “Garage!”
Sorenson pulled into the garage and is also done for the night. This odd exchange moved Chastain up to 36th in the running order.
Then, with 15 laps remaining, Josh Bilicki pulled the No. 52 Rick Ware Racing machine into the garage area and was done for the night. This moved Chastain to 35th and gave the No. 27 the much coveted last point he needs to secure a points victory over the No. 96 team."
I'm glad NASCAR has decided to penalize the teams. And after driving backmarker cars for a decade, Reed Sorenson still wants to run every lap he can.