In January, we had a little chuckle when Roush-Fenway Truck Series drivers Joey Clanton and Colin Braun crashed into each other during testing at Daytona.
So you can imagine the reaction when the pair got into each other again during last Friday's Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona Int'l Speedway.
From truckseries.com: "The track went green again on Lap 24, with Bodine leading Darnell, Mike Bliss, Justin Marks and Joey Clanton. Going into the entrance of Turn 3, there was a three-way battle for third place, with Bliss on the bottom, Clanton in the middle and Terry Cook on top. Bliss and Clanton bumped and went into the outside wall, taking Cook out and Colin Braun behind them. It was the start of a disastrous night for Roush-Fenway Racing, owners of the Braun and Clanton trucks..."
Today, Roush-Fenway announced that Clanton is out of the #09 truck, effective immediately. The release makes no mention of the crashes, but cites Clanton's "business and family obligations."
In Sunday's Daytona 500, Roush driver David Ragan (link to video clip) drifted high into his 'teammate' Matt Kenseth while exiting turn 4, wrecking both cars in the process.
On December 18 of last year, Roush confirmed it had released Canadian Peter Shepherd. I'm starting to think that Petey was let go because he wasn't able to crash into as many other Roush drivers as his contract demanded.
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