“Parked the bus, got fired”
On Sunday, NASCAR raced at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was the opening race in the Round of 8 and William Byron saw himself at the front of the field all day.
Toward the end of the race, the lapped car of Ty Dillon was on the brakes and heading for the pit lane. Byron, running 2nd was not aware and drove right into the back of Dillon.
Today, the CEO of Kaulig Racing commented, “If you’re sitting at a stop light and you get hit in the back-end, are you going to take blame that the car behind you hit you?”
However, days after the incident, there’s been a personnel change at Kaulig Racing…
Spotter fired
Joe White is the spotter for Ty Dillon and the No. 10 Kaulig Racing entry. Today, he arrived at Talladega Superspeedway to discover he had been fired.
Only three races remain in the season.
White was already due for a new position in 2026. He was not going to be Dillon’s spotter next season. However, until today, he had expected to remain with the team in 2026 in another fashion.
“Got to Talladega. Parked the bus, got fired,” White posted via X. “In an Uber to the airport to go home for the weekend.”
He clarified, “Also, to be clear, it was already determined that I would not be spotting for Ty next year, but that I would still be with Kaulig in some fashion. But not now,” White added.
Frank Deiny will take over the role of spotter for Ty Dillon beginning this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
Click here to watch the video of the crash
Mark Martin comments
“Well I got fired right before Talladega once too man,” Martin responded via X.
“Maybe things will work out for the better. They did for me.”
Unlike White, Martin was not already at Talladega when he got fired.
Martin added, “I was at Bobby Allison’s house. I was staying with him for a couple days before the race weekend. It was still a devastating setback but in the long run it finally all worked out.”
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