David Hyder Suspension Lifted, Joins Bill Davis Racing

David Hyder Suspension Lifted, Joins Bill Davis Racing
Posted on May 27th, 2007 at 11:46 am by Editor

NASCAR has lifted David Hyder’s indefinite suspension and he’ll return to work next week as crew chief for Jeremy Mayfield. Team owner Bill Davis said he had no apprehension about hiring Hyder, who was thrown out of the garage when an illegal additive was found in Michael Waltrip’s car during Daytona 500 preparations. Hyder, also fined $100,000, parted ways with Waltrip in late April. Davis said he’d been trying to bring Hyder into his organization for several years, but never had the right opening for him. Now he’s hoping Hyder can pump some energy into Mayfield’s struggling team. Mayfield heads into Sunday night’s race 47th in the standings, and Davis is desperately trying to turn that team around.