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I dont see it being Schumacher's dealing. Maybe Tim felt too shaky to really be in this full force again. It's also said Kim never wanted to be back.
 
I must add I also do not feel that anyone is being fired to bring in coil. If and when Coil ever does come back he's gonna be in the same boat many CC's are trying to catch up to speed with the new learning curve.
 
Please tell me Tim & Kim didn't just win the MegaMillion Power Ball thingy....... :confused: I for one was SO happy to see them "come back" when they did. 2 accomplished racing crew chiefs who's history and resumes speak volumes. Believe me, if they want to return to pro racing, they will. Some names just never go out of style. Must be nice to hold that kind of clout - I wouldn't know :) Best of luck to them both, and to NAPA Racing
 
It seems odd to me that the Schumacher car with the most crew chief turnover is Capp's car. Could it be the driver is a little difficult to work with?
 
Don't know about Ron being difficult to work with but his nickname should definitely be "Teflon Ron". The list of his former crew chiefs is a Hall of Frame who's who, Ed McCulloch (twice), Roland Leong, Tim & Kim Richards.
 
Tim Richards is a no BS kinda guy and has called out an owner in the past, he and the entire crew quit the Pat/Walt Austin operation at the Winternationals in 1993. Obviously he will draw a line in the sand and stick to his guns.
 
Don't know about Ron being difficult to work with but his nickname should definitely be "Teflon Ron". The list of his former crew chiefs is a Hall of Frame who's who, Ed McCulloch (twice), Roland Leong, Tim & Kim Richards.

Let Ron tune his car any maybe we will all figure it out then.
 
I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in this thread, including the attached article, but didn't Dave or Gary or someone mention during one of the telecasts that the NAPA team had recently lost it's clutch specialist too? I'm not sure if it's related to the performance and subsequent loss of Tim & Kim, or not, but I found it interesting.

Regardless, it's a team matter and I respect that. I just feel bad as a fan because two more icons of the sport are once again on the sidelines. It will be interesting to see if they show up elsewhere, or if they were truly unhappy being back.
 
I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in this thread, including the attached article, but didn't Dave or Gary or someone mention during one of the telecasts that the NAPA team had recently lost it's clutch specialist too? I'm not sure if it's related to the performance and subsequent loss of Tim & Kim, or not, but I found it interesting.

Regardless, it's a team matter and I respect that. I just feel bad as a fan because two more icons of the sport are once again on the sidelines. It will be interesting to see if they show up elsewhere, or if they were truly unhappy being back.

I might be mistaken. But, I'm pretty certain that Dave has said that Kim was doing the clutch work on the car.
 
Rumor is the NAPA deal has performance clauses in it and the DNQ might have had a financial penalty.

You can read more here.

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/20707-ashers-vegas-insider

Under the caption from Greg Stanfield's Camaro it says that's the first round win in 20 years.. but the camaro was racing in the late 90's early 2000's.. 10 years maybe. Certainly not 20. Also the speculation on Antron's tire.. if you watch the ESPN2 footage, the tire came apart and threw chunks off of it after the 1,320 mark and the chutes were out.
 
Ron has tweeted that the Napa team isn't testing today and that there are some changes being made at DSR HQ, this week.

We'll see what happens.
 
Ron has tweeted that the Napa team isn't testing today and that there are some changes being made at DSR HQ, this week.

We'll see what happens.

I take that as wholesale changes. My prediction is Rahn Tobler will be calling the shots for the NAPA car. We shall see.
 
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