Revisiting the '13 Richmond Michael Waltrip Racing Scandal and the Repercussions | Door Bumper Clear

[@MangoJasssss]

Ty Norris on the DJD said “everybody was doing it, I just messed up and said it”

[@doomusrlc]

Everyone forgets the Ford teams that got dinged in that whole thing too. Just MWR got the worst of it.

[@michop21]

Lol Brett is lying through his teeth

[@MuddyPuttersDG]

Big old gap for a big old lie.

[@mft1284]

He is still active at the track and therefore bound by NASCAR rules regarding conduct that is detrimental to the sport.

[@radiantblues9829]

I can’t wait for the story after he retires

[@alacran1986]

That was terrible. Racers wreck on purpose to pit without losing a lap. MWM is guilty. Poison Ivy…please

[@dr.jackkevorkian1119]

Lol Happens all the time

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

If NASCAR had better and smart management in 2013, they should’ve gotten rid of The Chase after Spingate so there would be no more bs controversies. But in typical Modern NASCAR fashion, they would never.

[@RabbitHead09]

I agree wholeheartedly!! 👍

[@MuddyPuttersDG]

Eh. I like the playoffs.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@MuddyPuttersDG well you really should reconsider. 1. It doesn’t belong in any form of Motorsports. 2. It’s a horrible and terrible gimmick 3. It’s not real excitement, it’s manufactured 4. There is no legitimacy. 5. If you want to see some bs excitement cuz you’re too clueless on how real Motorsports work, watch WWE and Football and all that junk. You’re not a real Motorsports fanatic if you support bs manufactured gimmicks

[@MuddyPuttersDG]

@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT maybe it’s not that deep and we just have a difference in opinion.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@MuddyPuttersDG my guy, it’s not about that. It’s NASCAR’s terrible management on trying to o be what it’s not to please the wrong crowd. It’s an actual problem. They care about the manufacture fake “entertainment” more than driver’s safety.

[@alacran1986]

Sorry Brett, too much evidence. Video from Dale Jr and Clint Bowyer below…

[@GuardiansCreed]

NASCAR should have had these guys back in the day. SO much fun to listen to , ins and outs and most times no BS. Good content

[@aviserig]

Except Brett spewed total BS this whole clip.

[@Jeffbambam]

The man said a mouth full ",above his pay grade! " There are several in Nascar with different agendas ,and it's designed that way just as it is in the WWE. The big man at the top calls the shots and gives his story line the best chances for success.

[@mrj3217]

I agree with that. Like last week at Michigan I knew a Ford was going to win that race . Once Kevin Harvick had that lead I knew no magic mystery caution was coming.

[@ad206]

C'mon. It's been 9 years. You don't have to hide it anymore. "I don't know! He had poison ivy!"

[@barbarajohnson1348]

Even as fans, we know someone going to spin or wreck to get someone in. Who on earth do they think they are kidding. Not this old lady who get up going to races every single Saturday night.

[@aaronmachado13]

I’m a fan of Bowyer since his 07 Jack Daniels days and huge fan of MTJ as his foundation helped my sister battle ovarian cancer but it’s impossible to deny that was on purpose. It was a cheat that failed. No different than Petty’s oversized engine or crashgate in f1. Clint did better acting in the Mobil 1 commercial than he did at Richmond.

[@coachtrogers]

Wow, Brett just keeps lying. Stop dude

[@MayoFilms83]

I was at this Richmond race live in person we sat by the checkered flag and Bowyer spinning right in front of our section. I was suspicious because no one was close to him to spin him out.

[@wackyd9863]

Brett definitely did not help his case here. You sound guilty as hell. Credibility gone.

[@hippylong]

They laughed at cheating...

[@zap_racing24]

Brett is lieing so bad Some serious what aboutism Did JJ or JG spin out on purpose to affect the outcome of the race?

[@KidInfamous24]

I re watched part of the race and the only thing I found that was interesting was that Jimmie wrecked in turn 1 during green flag stops and Jeff got the lucky dog from it. Still interesting though that dbc made these claims without pointing to evidence of it at all

[@user-sw8bu6qy6e]

MWR had a history of cheating, from their first Daytona 500 to their last season.

[@phoebeeileenbrooks110]

Yeah.. most teams do. But 1. Unlike their competitors, they weren’t skilled at hiding their “creativity”, 2. Politics came into play unfortunately. A lotta folks didn’t like seeing a competitive Japanese auto maker on the circuit. Considering MW’s skills at superspeedway races, there were probably all eyes on that car that weekend tbh, and considering it say front row the next year, it was rightfully so. Had the 55 cleared inspection that day and raced as is without issue, MW very well could’ve been a 3 time Daytona 500 winner. 3. If you ain’t cheatin, you ain’t tryin.

[@phoebeeileenbrooks110]

Btw my second point about Toyota being Japanese is obviously just an opinion.

[@23lacross]

Man that Denny hypothetical is insane. Push your teammate or push your driver. I think Denny pushes Bubba.

[@djmohab2]

Funny how this was never a controversy when Godhardt Sr. had three cars and died blocking for them in a massive conflict of interest

[@doomusrlc]

@@djmohab2 I get what you're getting at, but TBF, the 31 of Skinner wasn't a factor, so that aspect wasn't going to be an issue to begin with.

[@Maverick33]

@@doomusrlc Skinner being moved straight from Trucks to Cup was a huge factor into him not being a contender. He never got the seat time in an Xfinity Series car. It's like when Kwasniewski was pulled from the East Series straight to the Xfinity Series. It doesn't matter how good a potential prospect is in the lower series'. Make them climb each rung of the ladder and don't have them skip one. If RCR made Skinner do the Xfinity Series before his rookie Cup season in 1997, Skinner would've done a lot better in a Cup car. That's a problem we have in NASCAR today. Drivers are being rushed up too quickly. The only exception is Josh Berry. Who came from late models straight to the Xfinity Series. Completely skipping the East/West Series, ARCA Menards Series and the Truck Series.

[@doomusrlc]

@@Maverick33 i just meant Skinner being a non-factor in that Daytona race. Plus Dale was never fond of Skinner. And skipping the Grand National series (Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity), how do you explain Kurt Busch? 😉

[@justjim]

Boyer is a cheat and got caught... end of the story. The entire team was in on it no matter how any one tries his best to deny it.

[@chaselewis100]

He’s a Freemasonic devil worshipper like most of the sport

[@IndymanPhilly]

Completely lying here. There was so much verbal evidence on all MWR team radios.

[@happywrenching33]

What Clint did was very wrong. That whole deal was dishonest.

[@fposmith]

It was planned ahead of time !

[@mofoprada]

The moment Brett starts to accuse another team of cheating in that race that wasn’t Penske or MWR is when he lost public trust. There is no documented evidence of JJ wrecking on purpose in that race to help JG. He’s defending his driver (Bowyer) for that time frame & he is shifting blame with a driver he had beef with the year before (Gordon).

[@joekaput747]

And the most obvious suspicious thing the Hendrick guys seemed to do all night was Jeff's crew disconnecting the trackbar chain or what ever it was entirely. Weird and some crazy magic trick that it worked like an absolute dream and got him back on top 5 speed pretty much the rest of the way, but not cheating

[@mofoprada]

@@joekaput747 That was in 2012. No suspicion there, just a legit adjustment on the car that year… Brett is somewhat defending MWR & Penske (indirectly) for their cheating in 2013.

[@nascardrawings7700]

We all know the Brian Vickers audio was the tell tale sign it all was intentional. What makes the Bowyer end of it interesting is what they said to him. “Is your arm starting to hurt? I bet it’s hot in there, itch it.” How itching an arm will make it stop hurting I will never know. Very funny when you look back on it.

[@MrBarber2011]

Brett griffin blocked me for arguing a point how wrong it was to manipulate an outcome of a race now mind you, this was like mid 2013. I didn’t really give it much thought but now looking back, this guy is morally petty about racing incidents.

[@redneck4482]

Yeah, he’s definitely my least favorite on here for sure. He’s a loudmouth that is lying through his about this.

[@pauletterichards4755]

I heard this conversation yes I do believe he wrecked on purpose has any other driver wrecked on purpose yea probably but they didn’t get caught.

[@doomusrlc]

Dale Jr and Bubba both got penalized for spinning on purpose.

[@austinsanders6475]

Clint had poison ivy….? And in his interview said “I think we had a tire down or something”. It’s been almost 10 years let’s call a spade a spade

[@doomusrlc]

One thing people forget was MWR wasn't the only team punished. There were Ford teams that got dinged too for attempting to help Logano. Obviously Nascar didn't come down on them as hard as MWR but it always gets lost in the conversation.

[@djmohab2]

Remember when Godhardt Jr. fucking admitted to causing a caution? Remember when Labbe and RCR told Menard to go to channel #2 to screw Gordon out of winning and help Harvick? Remember when Penske was caught wheeling and dealing with Front Row Motorsports in the exact same race we're talking about here? Where were their death penalties? NASCAR has the blood of MWR on its hands and it's disgusting. Yes, they had the jet fuel scandal, but this was a calculated destruction of an organization.

[@zach2280]

Dale jr was also fined

[@djmohab2]

@@zach2280 ooooh, Godhardt Jr. was fined pennies from his millions, clearly on par with a death penalty punishment...

[@mrj3217]

Brett turned red.

[@waynealington1347]

Danny is like Dale Sr does he block the field so one of his 2 cars he owns win the race?

[@mikekratzer9762]

OK let's talk about what's important, Is that a cool John Blewett shirt?

[@TheFOHMan]

Will you go to your grave saying f... GD f... f... classless this brings the podcast down.

[@AmberBitton-cx9dq]

I agree with Frieddie's "ok" moving on.... lol

[@coachtrogers]

Once a liar, always a liar

[@edwarddudley8117]

I was There. Great Race. Jeff Gordon made the playoffs thanks to Clint!!

[@lakevapor5182]

Teams still wreck on purpose jgr has been doing it all year

[@royavery6949]

Brett is either wrong misconstrueds or just plain out lies about every subject. Freddy is too married to Denny and Toyota to be a straight shooter. I used to like this show. Can't believe I'm going to say but maybe TJ just needs his own show. He's not trying to impress anybody

[@JoshMitnick]

Does anyone believe Brett’s opinion on Spingate is not INCREDIBLY biased?

[@Haddonfieldhigh]

100 dollars a F### bomb. Why yeah

[@Maverick33]

Brett is just trying to avoid being fined or suspended again

[@brianNJwatson]

He doesn’t know if Clint wrecked on purpose? Come on dude. Just lost all credibility

[@doomusrlc]

So Brett was spotting for Bowyer at the time?

[@craigparrish3582]

Thanks for poison ivy knowledge. Clint not at fault. Traffic on radio mess up everything.

[@camlummus8490]

What is the difference between what MWR did and the start and parks Childress and other owners would do to ensure their driver would not finish low enough to lose a championship? Manipulation has gone on forever.

[@JosephRodriguezPhotography]

so poison ivy the reason Clint spun at Richmond gotch ya

[@gdodson77]

IS THERE A DROP IN YIOUR VEIWERSHIP. YOU HAVENT BEEN SHOWING UP ON MY FEED IN MONTHS I AM A SUBSCRIBER. YOU USE TO POP U SEVERAL TIMES A DAY! JUST AN F

[@BigSkyGuyWhy]

Bubba intentionally spun out a couple years ago because he had a flatn bringing out the caution. He screwed Larson on the process. Spoiler alert: zero repercussions!

[@josephgabello3214]

I hate how they all still lie about thisits been over 10 years, the organizations was killed from this. Nothing left to lose, we all assume the worst anyway. Someone needs to write a book.

[@CarlosPerez-ce5su]

Good times

[@stuarthightower418]

What’s even worse is when NASCAR themselves throw cautions for mystery debris etc to benefit favorite drivers such as Jeff Gordon.

[@edslimm1553]

Yeah all 93 races he won were because of “mystery cautions”

[@TEXASLOYAL]

Don't be jealous cupcake

[@kben24]

Jeff Gordon got screwed outta multiple wins because of someone’s mystery "spin" or "brush with the wall."

[@TEXASLOYAL]

@@kben24 👍

[@andrewmurphy7618]

If you ain't cheatin...u ain't trying... Bowyer read between the lines of what they were saying....ur Givin an order u r put in a position where a teammate can make the playoffs which gives you more credibility as a smaller team and builds ur enterprise

[@mrj3217]

I am sure Bubba will crash out of the next 2 races just to get back to his usual loser form.

[@djmohab2]

TJ, how do you not know if you were there or not, haha?

[@cammacisaac9966]

Sorry Brett I'm gunna have to call BS on this one. I realize that racing in the cup series is on a totally different then racing late models at ur local short tracks but.....10 or 12 years ago I was lucky enough to have gotten to be the spotter for my cousin while he was racing late models up here in Canada (even won our share of races and back to back championshis). We started using code words for different things after acouple of his racing buddies admitted that they listened to our radio a couple times and they knew some things we had done. The conversation to come up with code words was between driver and spotter so u can't tell me u had no idea.

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

I MISS MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING

[@KBowWow75]

And the very next year (2014) Newman slammed Larson into the turn 4 wall on the last lap at Phoenix to get his spot in the championship despite having never won a race that season, and he knocked out Jeff Gordon who was the class of the field that year. Jeff finished second in the race and Newman punted someone out of the way to get in. Playoff system was a total bs game.

[@pastormichael116]

I still have anger about that season for Jeff. Especially what happened the week prior at Texas

[@dr.jackkevorkian1119]

Too extreme of a penalty . They wreck on purpose all the time But just for not being good actors they got put out of business .

[@Fbarts]

He snapped right then a quick left. It was on purpose.

[@dieterlange7581]

For professional you should talk all over each other🤔🤣

[@chrisrogers3175]

Nascar is to blame for the hole thing for the stupid playoff format

[@SpreadAU]

💯% Lying

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

I LOVE CLINT BOWYER WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL SUCH A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERUL MAN

[@Herecomesthethruth]

oh boohoo. big deal,it still happens today

[@MichiganSpinnaker]

That was 1000% NASCAR playing favorites. They were just ticked off that the Golden boy didn't make it into the playoffs. They royally screwed MW for no good reason.

[@ZacharyThompsonRacing]

Let’s go cocks!!!

[@leng1212]

😳

[@jordh24able]

I am with him. MWR did nothing wrong here when compared to other incidents that have happened in the past. Look at Kevin Harvick literally wrecking 20 cars to stay in the playoffs while his engine was blowing up. Nascar picked favourites here and were just made it was going to make Jeff Gordon out of the playoffs.

[@mesquitegirl2013]

❤️👍

[@speediepitstop1531]

We as fans are not stupid, Truex and Bowyer and MW are all cheaters everyone my do it but these people got busted, stand on your grave all you want, they are cheater and they got caught, and you are still lying for them,

[@anitagarrison6916]

I can't believe y'all bleep out the F word and not G D. I don't see how you don't consider that a curse word when you're using God's name in vain.

[@johnhaas2523]

It has to be bleeped out for KZbin and tv You listen to the audio version it's most likely not bleeped out

[@EstebanRapido]

Cry

[@Shiggiesmalls02]

ty gibbs most be using his burner account

[@MrJRod891]

@@johnhaas2523 no it's bleeped out on the podcast too

[@Preso_]

God isn’t real though

[@Yippa391]

Foist

[@emperorburton]

Oh yeah this bs. NASCAR is such trash for putting Gordon in the playoffs. Goes to show some drivers get special treatment.