A lawsuit between Michael Waltrip Racing and a former tire changer provides insights into how much over-the-wall crew members in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series can make, according to an ESPN.

Brandon Hopkins sued the team in January in North Carolina Superior Court. He joined the organization in Court documents, cited by ESPN. Hopkins is suing the team because he claims he was fired in after demanding to have surgery for an injury suffered on pit road.

The team claims that Hopkins stole a specially made air gun the same day he sought permission to talk to other teams. He alleges he was fired for stealing a pit-road air gun. He claims he was allowed to take his pit gun home and mistakenly took the wrong pit gun.

In its response, MWR alleges that Hopkins did not use the pit gun he was authorized to use at Pocono in August MWR states that it has footage of Hopkins taking that gun and putting it in his car the Monday after the Pocono race after asking for permission to waive the non-compete clause in his contract so he could seek employment elsewhere.

Chris Windom, a USAC national champion, will make his Camping World Truck Series debut in the July 19 race at Eldora Speedway, the dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio. A native of Canton, Illinois, Windom is the defending USAC Silver Crown champion.

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He has six wins in the Silver Crown Series, including two at Eldora. Windom also has seven starts in the ARCA Racing Series since , where he has earned two top fives. Follow DanielMcFadin and on Facebook.

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Two NASCAR-based documentary projects, focusing on Hendrick Motorsports and Danica Patrick , were announced this week. They will premiere later this year. The season included Chase Elliott earning the pole for the Daytona in his rookie year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Team Penske has made plans for crew chief Paul Wolfe not to be at Sonoma this weekend so he can remain in North Carolina for the birth of his second child, a team spokesperson told NBC Sports on Wednesday.

Should Wolfe not be at Sonoma, team engineer Brian Wilson would serve as the crew chief. Virginia hosts four NASCAR Cup Series races a year at Martinsville Speedway and Richmond International Raceway. But there used to be more Virginia tracks on the Cup circuit.

One of them was Langley Speedway in Hampton. NASCAR TALK NASCAR Select Driver A.

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