Kyle Busch spun at his home track, had a tire fall off his Toyota and probably will end his Joe Gibbs Racing career without his crew chief.

“Cole is pretty adamant that there wasn’t anything going on, so this is just some circumstances that NASCAR has interpreted in their own way.” “They don’t want people fixing races, but when someone says ‘I think you might have a flat,’ it isn’t exactly a code word,” Haas said. Haas said NASCAR “jumped the gun” with the penalties. Meanwhile, SHR is appealing $200,000 in fines and an indefinite suspension of Custer’s crew chief over NASCAR allegations that Custer and SHR manipulated the finish last week at Charlotte to help teammate Chase Briscoe advance in the playoffs. “We’re going to lose a couple of drivers, so we really do need to find some big-name talent to be competitive,” Haas said.

Haas said SHR wants Harvick to sign an extension. Aric Almirola had originally planned to retire after this season but changed his mind, and Haas said Kevin Harvick has indicated he doesn’t plan to drive after his contract expires at the end of 2023. “It’s pretty hard to argue with Tony because he’s picked so many good drivers over the years.”Īlso at issue is SHR expects two openings in its fleet in 2024. “Tony has his point of view and I’d like to see Cole back for another year, at least, but Tony has some other ideas,” Haas said.

He is the son of SHR president Joe Custer, a longtime confidant of Haas. Preece has stepped back from full-time racing this season in an effort to land a top ride he has made two Cup Series starts with an SHR partner and three starts in the Xfinity Series.Ĭuster has one victory in 108 starts - it came in his 2020 rookie season - but did win an Xfinity Series race this season. Haas wants Cole Custer to return for a fourth season, but he said Stewart wants to put Ryan Preece in the Ford.

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