Hyak Motorsports has parted methods with spotter Tab Boyd, who labored with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the No. 47 Chevrolet. Weekend rosters present that Clayton Hughes can be atop the spotter’s stand for Pocono, changing Boyd.
Stenhouse confirmed the information on Friday morning in a SiriusXM NASCAR interview, saying: “That is an unlucky deal. The staff let Tab Boyd go this week, and we acquired Clayton Hughes to come back fill in. I’ve by no means labored with Clayton.”
No cause was given for the firing of Boyd and whereas Motorsport.com reached out to the staff for clarification, now we have not but heard again from staff representatives.
Mexico controversy
Nonetheless, Boyd has been within the information this week for sharing a publish on X (previously Twitter) the place he expressed his displeasure with Mexico throughout NASCAR’s latest go to – the primary points-paying Cup race outdoors of the US since 1958.
Boyd has since deleted his account after pushback on-line, however the authentic publish learn as follows: “I’m able to go house, screw this place, folks can speak it up all they need. Can’t even stroll out the entrance door of the lodge with out getting hustled and cash snatched in lower than 5 minutes. Good space my ass.”
Boyd was apparently the sufferer of scammers and whereas he won’t be working the Cup race this weekend, he’s nonetheless listed because the spotter for Ryan Ellis and the No. 71 DGM Racing Chevrolet within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection, in addition to for Luke Baldwin and the No. 66 ThorSport Ford within the NASCAR Truck Collection.
Boyd is a veteran spotter with years of expertise, beforehand working with Hendrick Motorsports and William Byron on the No. 24 Chevrolet. He joined Stenhouse and the No. 47 staff three years in the past in 2022 and collectively, the duo received the 2023 Daytona 500.
This case follows Spire Motorsports’ determination to high quality their very own driver, Carson Hocevar. On Tuesday, the staff introduced that Hocevar was fined $50,000 following an inner investigation into feedback he made on a Twitch live-stream, calling Mexico a “s***gap.” The cash will go to varied Mexican charities and Hocevar should bear necessary cultural-sensitivity and bias-awareness coaching.
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