{"id":1654714,"date":"2022-09-23T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1654714"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:23:53","slug":"nascar-responds-to-criticism-of-crappy-parts-after-multiple-failures-at-bristol-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-responds-to-criticism-of-crappy-parts-after-multiple-failures-at-bristol-motor-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Responds to Criticism of \u201cCrappy Parts\u201d After Multiple Failures at Bristol Motor Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-responds-to-criticism-of-crappy-parts-after-multiple-failures-at-bristol-motor-speedway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1654714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NASCAR Senior Vice President Scott Miller recently responded to criticism from multiple drivers regarding the quality of the parts they are supplying teams after multiple teams were knocked out of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway due to parts failures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bubba Wallace via Full NASCAR Races YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bristol Motor Speedway put the Next Gen car to the test and it catastrophically failed for a number of drivers including Martin Truex Jr., Ty Gibbs, Ty Dillon, and Alex Bowman.<\/p>\n<p>Others saw the misery of their fellow drivers and made it clear they were not happy about the unreliable parts they are being required to use by NASCAR.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1210\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr.png 1210w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr-768x392-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr-750x382-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martin-Truex-Jr-1200x612-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martin Truex Jr. via Full NASCAR Races YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/nascar-responds-to-kevin-harvick-calling-them-out-for-sy-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Responds To Kevin Harvick Calling Them Out For \u201cS****y Parts\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin Truex Jr. was the first to exit the race due to a steering issue and he made it clear he was not happy about the parts issue referencing Kevin Harvick\u2019s comments made at the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>During that race Harvick was eliminated when a fire erupted in the cockpit after his rocker panel caught fire. Harvick put the blame on NASCAR saying, \u201c\u2019m sure it\u2019s just the crappy parts on the race car like we\u2019ve seen so many times. We haven\u2019t fixed anything. It\u2019s kind of like the safety stuff, we just let it keep going and keep going. And the car started burning and as it burns, you know, the flames started coming through the dash and I ran a couple of laps and then as the flame got bigger it started burning stuff up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specifically referring to the moment when he brought the car to a stop he says, \u201cAnd I think right there you see all the brake fluid that was coming out of the brakes. It burned a brake line. But the fire was coming through the dash.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harvick then exclaimed, \u201cWhat a disaster, man! No reason. We didn\u2019t touch the wall, we didn\u2019t touch a car, and here we are in the pits with a burned up car and can\u2019t finish the race during the playoffs because of crappy a** parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just stopped. The rocker was on fire for a couple laps. I just stopped because I couldn\u2019t see anymore because the flames were coming through the dash and I couldn\u2019t make myself sit in there and burn up,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3.png 1110w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-768x383-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kevin-Harvick3-750x374-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Harvick via Skewcar YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/kevin-harvick-blasts-nascar-for-crappy-a-parts-after-his-car-erupts-in-flames-says-they-dont-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Harvick Blasts NASCAR For \u201cCrappy A** Parts\u201d After His Car Erupts In Flames, Says \u201cThey Don\u2019t Care\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also told reporter Noah Lewis and other media outlets, \u201cThe rocker panel just caught on fire. We just keep letting cars burn up, letting people crash into stuff, get hurt. We don\u2019t fix anything. Now, we just riding around out there and the car catches on fire. So just s***ty parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked how this affects his race in the playoffs Harvick responded, \u201cWell, they don\u2019t care. It\u2019s cheaper to not fix it.\u201d He was then asked how do you change it and he replied, \u201cFind somebody new to run the the show that can run it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Truex added his thoughts at Bristol when he was asked if he was done, \u201cYeah. It blew the seal out and pushed all the fluid out on the right front tire. It\u2019s unbelievable. What\u2019d Harvick say? Crappy parts?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hear from Martin Truex Jr. after power-steering issues plagued another driver tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NASCAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SICIRXnkeg\">pic.twitter.com\/SICIRXnkeg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCARonNBC\/status\/1571305865549864960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry TRD and the owner of the 23XI Racing team Denny Hamlin also took issue with the parts following the race.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on Twitter, \u201cWe need NextGen 2.0. Just gotta figure out who\u2019s gonna pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Denny-Hamlin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Denny-Hamlin.png 744w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Denny-Hamlin-300x125.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denny Hamlin Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/09\/18\/drivers-criticize-next-gen-lack-of-durability-passing-debut-bristol-concrete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told NBC Sports\u2019 Dave Burns<\/a>, \u201c(The Next Gen) was tough. I would like to see the racing improve overall. Some lap time variation a little bit. We\u2019re just running around there and it\u2019s like we\u2019re running faster in the corners than we are on the straightaways. Just extremely hard to pass. We had some steering issues, and it looks like our Toyota teammates also had steering issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2801\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Denny-Hamlin-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denny Hamlin via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/after-a-second-dnf-due-to-engine-failure-kyle-busch-says-its-a-toyota-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After A Second DNF Due To Engine Failure, Kyle Busch Says It\u2019s A \u201cToyota Issue\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miller responded to these criticisms during an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio saying, \u201cBristol is definitely a unique load case. And some things cropped up with the steering that weren\u2019t expected. But with the newness of this car and the newness of everything it\u2019s not acceptable to have problems, but it\u2019s probably part of the learning process for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd all the teams and OEMs were involved in the RFP process when we chose the parts. So everybody\u2019s got a stake in this, and it\u2019s not just NASCAR choosing quote-unquote, crappy parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcad \u201cIt\u2019s not acceptable to have problems, but it\u2019s probably part of the learning process for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASCAR<\/a> SVP Scott Miller addressed the parts issues on the Next Gen car from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BMSupdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BMSupdates<\/a> this weekend on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TMDNASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TMDNASCAR<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92uNqenQ0a\">pic.twitter.com\/92uNqenQ0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90) (@SiriusXMNASCAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMNASCAR\/status\/1572237967598518275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Miller would then address a question about the state of the car saying, \u201cWell, with every part of this car actually being a new part and a new design, I think historically in racing, and in any walk of life, when you do something completely new with a departure there\u2019s a learning curve. So we\u2019re in that learning curve, and working really hard to make sure that everything works. And I think for the most part it has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He went on to address the steering issues at Bristol, \u201cWe did have some steering issues at Bristol. That is, again, a part that was chosen through the RFP process, and it is team-serviceable. So that\u2019s where we are right now. Are we looking to improve on when we have problems? We absolutely 100% are every single day. What happened at Bristol was not acceptable. We will diligently work to come up with a solution to where that doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1223\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs.png 1223w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs-768x384-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs-750x375-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ty-Gibbs-1200x600-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ty Gibbs via Full NASCAR Races YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Miller\u2019s response?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/23xi-racing-president-steve-lauletta-responds-to-conspiracy-theory-that-joe-gibbs-racing-was-trying-to-get-kyle-busch-eliminated-from-the-nascar-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23XI Racing President Steve Lauletta Responds To Conspiracy Theory That Joe Gibbs Racing Was Trying To Get Kyle Busch Eliminated From The NASCAR Playoffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR Senior Vice President Scott Miller recently responded to criticism from multiple drivers regarding the quality of the parts they are supplying teams after multiple teams were knocked out of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1650768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1650768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}