Spotter Joe White has said that Kaulig Racing has fired him ahead of the tripleheader weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
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White, who spots for the No. 11 Xfinity Series team and Ty Dillon and the No. 10 Cup Series team, announced the news on Wednesday with a post on X.
"Got to Talladega. Parked the bus, got fired," White wrote. "In an Uber to the airport to go home for the weekend."
White continued and explained that he did not have plans to continue spotting for Dillon after Phoenix. "Also to be clear, it was already determined that I would not be spotting for Ty next year, but that I would still be with Kaulig in some fashion. But not now."
According to the NASCAR Roster Portal, White was set to guide Brenden Queen during Saturday's Xfinity Series race and Dillon during Sunday's Cup Series race. Now, however, Frank Deiny will move from the No. 16 team of AJ Allmendinger to work with Dillon.
TJ Bell will then move to Allmendinger's team for the Cup Series race. The NASCAR Roster Portal also shows that Bell will serve as the spotter for Queen and the No. 11 Xfinity Series team.
The roster change takes place after a high-profile crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dillon attempted to get to pit road on Lap 236 of the Cup Series playoff race when he crossed into the low lines in Turns 3 and 4. William Byron, who had no idea that Dillon intended to pit, slammed into the No. 10 from behind and caused significant damage to both cars.
"Yeah, I never saw him (Ty Dillon) wave," Byron said after exiting the infield care center. "I didn't see any indication that he was pitting. It was probably 12 to 15 laps after we had pitted, so I thought the cycle was fully over. Nobody said anything to my spotter, from what I know.
"I had zero idea. Everyone has been wrapping the paint really far around the corner and that's what I was doing to have a good lap. I was watching him thinking - okay, he missed the bottom a little bit here. He just started slowing and I had no idea what was going on."
🗣️"At the end of the day, it's not on the No. 10 car."
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Kaulig Racing CEO Chris Rice addressed the wreck during a Wednesday morning appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. He said the wreck was not on the No. 10 car and that Dillon was just running his own race. He added that no one could have seen Dillon's hand out the window due to the way that drivers sit back in their seats.
"I hate it, but at the end of the day, it's not on the No. 10 car," Rice said during his appearance. "The green flag was out. It's called racing. You've got to have slow cars to pass so you have a good race. If you don't have slow cars, and it's just fast cars riding around, it's going to be an awful race, right.
"So we were slow that day, and he would have passed us in the next corner or whatever. I hate it for everybody, but I'm not going to take blame."
