Nothing brings issues to mild like a lawsuit. The NASCAR lawsuit continues to disclose new and fascinating paperwork. Bear in mind Celebrity Racing Expertise? SRX? Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham got here along with some associates to create what was basically a brief observe model of IROC.
Nicely, it seems that the NASCAR executives didn’t admire Tony Stewart doing that. Then they actually didn’t prefer it when group house owners like Justin Marks, Brad Keselowski, and Denny Hamlin competed within the sequence.
After all, everyone knows that SRX went out of enterprise earlier than the 2024 season. When the sequence moved from CBS to ESPN, scores took a serious hit. Maybe a lesson to be realized there, huh? Nonetheless, then-President and now Commissioner Steve Phelps, together with others at NASCAR, didn’t like what was taking place.
A brand new trove of paperwork was launched within the NASCAR lawsuit on Friday evening. Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports activities did some digging. He discovered a really fascinating dialog from February of 2023.
“Oh nice, one other proprietor racing in SRX,” an individual stated in he thread whose identify is redacted on the doc. Steve O’Donnell and Phelps replied.
“That is nascar [sic],” O’Donnell replied. “Pure and easy. Sufficient. We’d like authorized to take a shot at this.”
“These guys are simply plain silly,” Phelps responded. “Must put a knife on this trash sequence.”
