{"id":1577668,"date":"2023-10-03T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1577668"},"modified":"2023-10-03T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:28:02","slug":"kevin-harvicks-rodney-childers-stewart-haas-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/kevin-harvicks-rodney-childers-stewart-haas-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Want to Believe Kevin Harvick's Crew Chief Rodney Childers, but Stewart-Haas Racing Has Been Caught Too Many Times Recently With Its Hand in Cookie Jar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kevin Harvick<\/a> is heading down the backstretch of his NASCAR Cup Series career. It's universally agreed that everyone would like to see the Stewart-Haas Racing<\/a> driver make one final trip to Victory Lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came close on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway<\/a>, finishing second \u2014 until he didn't. That's because NASCAR disqualified the No. 4 car after the race when it found unsecured windshield fasteners during post-race inspection. Since that announcement, crew chief Rodney Childers has pled his case in the court of public opinion. Unfortunately, a recent history of infractions within the organization makes everything he says hard to believe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodney Childers admits to cheating in past and then deletes post <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rodney Childers looks on during the running of NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 on September 04, 2022, at Darlington Raceway. | Photo by Jeffrey Vest\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hours after NASCAR disqualified Kevin Harvick at Talladega, his crew chief, Rodney Childers, who is active on social media, laid out the team's opening argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There have been times I've got caught doing something I shouldn't have,” Childers wrote on X. “Today got DQ'd for the car buffering in the draft all day and some windshield bolts vibrating out. My guys had silicon on the threads and gobbed on the tip. Still came out. Not sure what else we could do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Childers offered his version of events on what happened, his admission of cheating was the headline. He then deleted the post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childers offers another explanation of what happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nope.. I said exactly what happened, just like I always do. Sad thing is people don\u2019t want the truth. They just want to believe what they want.

30 to go every bolt was still in. 20 to go two were gone. So 448 miles we\u2019re good, and unfortunately 52 were not. It sucks for sure.. https:\/\/t.co\/VzGCEee3wv<\/a><\/p>— Rodney Childers (@RodneyChilders4) October 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>