Hyak Motorsports fires NASCAR Cup spotter Tab Boyd
Stenhouse confirmed the news on Friday morning in a SiriusXM NASCAR interview, saying: "That's an unfortunate deal. The team let Tab Boyd go this week, and we got Clayton Hughes to come fill in. I've never worked with Clayton."
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No reason was given for the firing of Boyd and while Motorsport.com reached out to the team for clarification, we have not yet heard back from team representatives.
Mexico controversy
However, Boyd has been in the news this week for sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter) where he expressed his displeasure with Mexico during NASCAR's recent visit – the first points-paying Cup race outside of the United States since 1958.
Boyd has since deleted his account after pushback online, but the original post read as follows: 'I'm ready to go home, screw this place, people can talk it up all they want. Can't even walk out the front door of the hotel without getting hustled and money snatched in less than five minutes. Good area my ass.'
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Boyd was apparently the victim of scammers and while he will not be working the Cup race this weekend, he is still listed as the spotter for Ryan Ellis and the No. 71 DGM Racing Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, as well as for Luke Baldwin and the No. 66 ThorSport Ford in the NASCAR Truck Series.
Boyd is a veteran spotter with years of experience, previously working with Hendrick Motorsports and William Byron on the No. 24 Chevrolet. He joined Stenhouse and the No. 47 team three years ago in 2022 and together, the duo won the 2023 Daytona 500.
This situation follows Spire Motorsports' decision to fine their own driver, Carson Hocevar. On Tuesday, the team announced that Hocevar was fined $50,000 following an internal investigation into comments he made on a Twitch live-stream, calling Mexico a 's***hole.' The money will go to various Mexican charities and Hocevar will have to undergo mandatory cultural-sensitivity and bias-awareness training.
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