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May 03, 2007
Another one gone at Michael Waltrip Racing
First it was Hyder with the Daytona 500 scandal, now Matt Borland gets the ax over at Michael Waltrip Racing. Borland was the crew chief for Ryan Newman last year and was Dale Jarrett's crew chief this season. I wonder if Borland is sorry now for leaving Penske Racing?
"Dale Jarrett wasn't happy, UPS wasn't happy, and we had to do something immediately," Waltrip said. "Originally, we had hoped that Matt Borland would take the role as the technical director, but he wasn't ready to come off the road. We need a technical director down the road, but it wasn't going to help us this weekend."
If Waltrip and Jarrett think getting rid of Borland will automatically help the team I think they are going to be in for a big letdown. All the Toyotas are suffering, not just Jarrett ,or MWR for that matter. The Toyotas seem to lack the speed of the other manufacturers, so it's seems like it's the equipment rather than the crew chiefs or drivers. You don't see Team Red Bull cutting people left and right and they're in the same boat as Waltrips team is, they are just struggling.
Maybe Borland and Jarrett didn't get along well, maybe they didn't mesh, but I think after they spent all that money luring Borland away from Penske, that they would have switched crew chiefs around rather than firing him.
Your thoughts?
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Yup it official,I heard about as soon as walked thru the door! But im own opinion, both parties are for the better...I'm old school, and feel that a Crew Chief should have some seat time to know what a car is doing, Sure an engineering degree is fine and dandy, But racin' 3 wide anywhere is...not scientific
Posted by: Fan #5 | May 3, 2007 1:45:44 PM
MWR is starting to eat its young. When Mike took David's crew cheif that was the first step. David's team was the only one qualifying for races. In fact he would have been in a couple of more races if Jarrett could have qualified on time, instead of taking the provisional.
Now Borland is to blame for the fact the Dale has been a crew cheif merry-go-round for quite awhile. Now that he will not be making races, is UPS getting the 300K per race refund?
At this rate, MWR will be paying the sponsors to not race. I hope Mike was not stupid enough to use his own money.
Posted by: Les | May 3, 2007 2:50:37 PM
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