Thursday, April 10, 2008 | 3:33 p.m.
During Fox’s pre-race show at Martinsville, Darrell Waltrip was asked by host Chris Myers for his take on the missing sway bar controversy. As Darrell was giving his answer I kept thinking that he shouldn’t comment on issues involving his brother. It’s a conflict of interest. Now, Darrell’s immense knowledge of the sport is a great asset to Fox’s team and he is one of the few commentators who isn’t afraid to take on NASCAR from time to time, but how do the viewers know his observations are objective regarding issues involving his brother?
The next week at Texas, Chris had a Toyota-related question that he asked commentator Jeff Hammond. As Chris asked the question he made mention of how he wasn’t asking Darrell the question. I don’t know if someone at Fox recognized that Darrell shouldn’t comment on things regarding Toyota and his brother, but I was happy to see that the question was tossed to Jeff instead.
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