John Wes Townley will not race in tonight’s Nationwide Series event at Phoenix, but a team spokesman said it was not due to Townley’s performance.
Townley Will Miss Phoenix Nationwide Race Due To Wreck, Not Performance
Townley crashed during Nationwide practice earlier Friday, and the hard hit was the reason the 20-year-old will not race tonight, according to the team.
Clint Bowyer will replace Townley in the No. 21 car.
“Richard [Childress] removed Townley from the car today for precautionary reasons following his accident today, much like we did with [Jeff] Burton and Casey Mears at Texas” in last fall’s Nationwide race, RCR’s Kevin Heaney said via e-mail.
Heaney added: “The rumor about him being fired is not true.”
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