And Mike Helton said, ‘Both of y’all hush. “ As soon as Helton’s head comes into the door jamb, Tony Sr.

still feel like we’re in the right and that we’re going to tell ‘em this and tell ‘em that, and that we’re going in there thinking we’re going to tell Helton and he’s going to say ‘you’re right, we should have red-flagged the race.’ “ That’s when I learned that Mike Helton and the guys in the booth listen to the drivers and I was thinking, ‘Oh, man, they heard me.’ … We go up in the hauler and me and Tony Sr. Our spotter came over and said they want you and Tony Sr. was on the radio and I think he was encouraging me a little bit. I don’t see the brake stuff, everything’s great, I’m raising hell. Typically, NASCAR red flags the race and I was wanting them to do that, but they didn’t. “ There was about 15 laps to go and we were running under caution.

… We had a car explode a brake rotor on the race track and threw brake parts all over the place. There was one time you had to get after me pretty hard at Bristol Motor Speedway. “ You can be an incredible friend, but the funny thing is when you need to chew somebody’s ass, you can get that done, too. Here’s a brief segment of what Junior had to say about Helton:

welcomes NASCAR vice chairman Mike Helton.Įarnhardt has known Helton his whole life, and while the two consider each other good friends, Junior told one story where that friendship was tested a bit.

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