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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * March 21, 2008
Waltrip Treated For Inflamed Vocal CordsNASCAR on FOX lead analyst Darrell Waltrip, who lost his voice during last week's race at Bristol, has been diagnosed with severely inflamed vocal cords. Waltrip visited Dr. Katherine Garrett at the Vanderbilt Voice Clinic where she treated him with a steroid. Dr. Garrett, who has treated Charlie Daniels and other Nashville music stars, has Waltrip under strict orders to severely limit his speaking. He is expected to return to the booth March 30 in Martinsville.“It took eight years, but I finally figured out a way to get more air time,” said Waltrip’s pre-race colleague and former crew chief Jeff Hammond.(tennessean.com)
Discrimination Suit Fails Second TimeA U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a second lawsuit that David Scott, a black motorcoach driver who worked for Penske Racing, had filed against NASCAR stemming from a highly publicized 1999 incident at New Hampshire International Speedway. The incident occurred when Scott was greeted by a pair of motorcoach drivers, one of whom was wearing a white pillow case over his head as if he were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. NASCAR indefinitely suspended the two motorcoach drivers involved.Scott had claimed NASCAR and sister company International Speedway Corp. discriminated against him by not granting him a vendor contract he sought and that NASCAR discriminated against him for not following through with an alleged promise to hire him following the incident. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in New York City. Judge Deborah Batts ruled in January that the statute of limitations had passed for all of the allegations except for the vendor-contract situation. The judge had ordered Scott to re-file the lawsuit to assert a plausible claim and the grounds for it. The judge then dismissed the remainder of the case Wednesday, ruling that the new complaint did not expand on the original one. “[Scott] was given explicit direction as to what set of facts could survive another motion to dismiss but chose not to change a single word in the description of the underlying events,” Judge Batts wrote.(scenedaily.com)
Marlin Back At Nashville(Sterling) Marlin was named the driver of the Phoenix Racing No. 1 Chevrolet — replacing Johnny Sauter, who was released over the weekend. Sauter was 17th in the Nationwide Series' points standing upon his release. If Marlin qualifies Saturday morning, this will mark his second Pepsi 300. Mechanical issues led to a finish of 37th in the 2005 race. Marlin said he has tested at the Nashville track numerous times in a Cup car. Marlin drives for Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup Series on a limited schedule. He failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 in February.Since then he's stayed close to his home at his Columbia farm, handling his real estate business, doing some farming and working on his Coors-sponsored late model car that he will drive in a handful of races at the Music City Motorplex. "You would think that I'm half-way retired," Marlin said. "But I'm staying busy with all of that stuff."
Marlin said he would be testing the Nationwide car in Richmond March 24-25 for Phoenix Racing. He said he doesn't have any interest in driving a full Nationwide Series this season, but would run a limited schedule. "I wouldn't mind running about 10 races," Marlin said.(tennessean.com)
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