Kenny Wallace Mercilessly Betrays Old Friend Kevin Harvick With Wild SHR Accusation

You have a fast racecar but you mess up a pit stop. You make no mistakes and yet someone just rams your car into the outside wall. Despite not having the best car, you capitalize on an overtime restart to win a decisive playoff race. Such is the unpredictable nature of NASCAR races. When around 40 cars compete side-by-side, each trying to hold off others and grab the checkered flag in the victory lane, luck dances the ultimate tango.

For Stewart-Haas Racing driver, Kevin Harvick, luck tasted sour in a two-fold way during the YellaWood 500. Firstly, he failed to hold on to the lead during the ending laps of the race and finished second by an extremely narrow margin behind Ryan Blaney. Secondly, NASCAR took away his second-place finisher, disqualifying him for a windshield and overall assembled vehicle rule infraction. On that note, Harvick’s longtime friend, Kenny Wallace, let out a shocking accusation that ended Harvick’s Talladega outing.

It seems Kenny Wallace couldn’t care less for his friend’s misery

There was a point in the race when it appeared like Kevin Harvick would win at Talladega, grabbing the team’s first win of the season, and perhaps the last win of his career. However, during the 187th lap, in turn 3, Ryan Blaney veered to the inside of Kevin Harvick, made use of the push that he got from HMS star William Byron tailing him, and won his third victory at the 2.66 mile-long racetrack.

It’s sad to see Kevin Harvick walk away dejected. After all, he could have taken home a P2 finish at Talladega which, is a big deal considering the unruliness that prevails in the restrictor plate track. Interestingly, Kenny Wallace felt no remorse about his friend’s woe and blamed Harvick’s crew chief, Rodney Childers, for having tampered with the car.

In a recent episode of the Kenny Wallace show, he said, “My buddy, my friend Kevin Harvick just about won the race. He lost about that much, NASCAR threw him out after the race. Whatever!”

According to Wallace, Rodney Childers had placed the windshield in a certain way to give them an aero advantage. He explained, “The windshield… the hinges, they were supposed to be locked in position, but I guess Rodney had him one way or the other and they thought it was an aerodynamic advantage.”

Having said that, Wallace felt like Harvick did not care about NASCAR’s penalty. “He’s out here in a couple races anyway,” he said. “He’ll retire to the TV booth.”

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While Kenny refused to give SHR the green flag, another NASCAR vet believed in Rodney Childers. However, it was of no use.

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Whenever there is a mishap in the car, the sole blame goes to the crew chief, even if that was not directly his fault. And the case was no different for Rodney Childers. Rodney stated that the incident was entirely unintentional. Stewart-Haas Racing admitted in an official statement that they were investigating the reason behind the bolts getting loose and that they would ensure that things like that don’t happen again.

It disappointed the number 4 team when NASCAR disqualified Kevin Harvick entirely from the race. According to veteran journalist Jordan Bianchi’s tweet, SHR said, “At the completion of the race, not all of our windshield fasteners were secure, as we had bolts that hold the windshield in place back out over the course of the 500 miles. We are in the process of diagnosing why this happened and how to prevent it moving forward.”

“We are disappointed in NASCAR’s decision to disqualify our racecar and the hard-earned finish by our driver and team, but we will not appeal. Our complete focus is on the remaining races on this year’s schedule,” they further added.

Steve Letarte believed Rodney Childers. Nevertheless, he also said that intentional or not, it didn’t matter. It was the crew chief’s responsibility to ensure that the cars ran a certain way in the race. He said, “If Rodney said it was unintentional, sure I’ll believe him but it doesn’t matter. The bolts have to stay tight, that’s your responsibility as a team to make sure the cars are prepared in a certain way.”

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