NASCAR suspends crew chief

During Saturday's Nationwide Series coverage expect to hear a lot about the suspension of a crew chief over allegations concerning racing slurs. On Thursday morning NASCAR announced the indefinite suspension of Bryan Berry who is the crew chief for driver Brendan Gaughan and Rusty Wallace Racing.

NASCAR's official statement said that Berry was in violation of section 12-1 of their rule book which pertains to "actions detrimental to stock car racing." However team owner Rusty Wallace assessed the situation as being "an alleged racial incident" against Afro American driver Marc Davis. The incident was alleged to have occurred on the evening of June 6th when the NASCAR Nationwide Series was racing at the Nashville Super Speedway.

During the course of that race Gaughan was coming down on pit road when there was a collision with the Davis car. The 19 year old Davis was in the process of turning left through a gap in the pit wall that leads to the garage area. Gaughan was in the process of compiling a very good finish in the race before the collision happened. While both vehicles sustained heavy damage, Gaughan was able to return to the race. However, on his car radio , a still angry Gaughan was heard to say "don't let him leave until he sees me." It's believed that it was during the course of taking his car to the garage area for repairs when Berry allegedly made his remarks regarding Davis.