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Steve Wallace got his hair pulled by crew chief Gary Baxter after Saturday's NAPA 200 at Montreal. Why?
Wallace went to pass Patrick Carpentier for position as the two entered the hairpin. However, Carpentier was already committed to attempt to pass the car in front of him, meaning that Wallace was making it three-wide in possibly the tightest corner in the Nationwide Series.
Shockingly, it didn't work. Wallace locked the brakes and went sliding, sending Carpentier, who was driving for Pastrana-Waltrip Racing, around. Nothing like getting spun by Steve Wallace in your final race as a professional driver, right? (Carpentier said that he'd retire after Saturday's race)
So after the race -- Carpentier retired later because of his damaged car and actually watched part of the race from a TV tower before the pace car came and got him during a caution flag -- Baxter, crew chief of the No. 99 car, decided to go after Wallace himself. But instead of taking a cue from Kevin Harvick at Darlington, Baxter went for a half-grab/noogie thing, to which Wallace responded after the race that "Only girls pull hair."
While some could argue that Wallace deserves something after all of the contact he's caused during his brief Nationwide career, I don't think any of us saw a hair pull coming. Had Greg Biffle known about this tactic last week, his confrontation with Boris Said might have gone a bit differently.
Steve Wallace got his hair pulled by crew chief Gary Baxter after Saturday's NAPA 200 at Montreal. Why?
Wallace went to pass Patrick Carpentier for position as the two entered the hairpin. However, Carpentier was already committed to attempt to pass the car in front of him, meaning that Wallace was making it three-wide in possibly the tightest corner in the Nationwide Series.
Shockingly, it didn't work. Wallace locked the brakes and went sliding, sending Carpentier, who was driving for Pastrana-Waltrip Racing, around. Nothing like getting spun by Steve Wallace in your final race as a professional driver, right? (Carpentier said that he'd retire after Saturday's race)
So after the race -- Carpentier retired later because of his damaged car and actually watched part of the race from a TV tower before the pace car came and got him during a caution flag -- Baxter, crew chief of the No. 99 car, decided to go after Wallace himself. But instead of taking a cue from Kevin Harvick at Darlington, Baxter went for a half-grab/noogie thing, to which Wallace responded after the race that "Only girls pull hair."
While some could argue that Wallace deserves something after all of the contact he's caused during his brief Nationwide career, I don't think any of us saw a hair pull coming. Had Greg Biffle known about this tactic last week, his confrontation with Boris Said might have gone a bit differently.