Following Release from HYAK Motorsports, Tab Boyd Already Has a New Job in NASCAR

What’s Happening?

Veteran NASCAR spotter Tab Boyd will spot for Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christoper Bell this weekend at EchoPark Speedway. Boyd was let go by HYAK Motorsports last week.

• Boyd goes from spotting for one of the NASCAR Cup Series’ smallest operations to one of its biggest. The veteran spotter has a new home spotting Christopher Bell’s No. 20, as confirmed by Joe Gibbs Racing.
• Boyd had been spotting for HYAK Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. but was removed from the roster sheet for the No. 47 last week. Stenhouse later told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that Clayton Hughes would take over the role full-time for the rest of the season.
• Though no direct reason was given for Boyd’s release from HYAK, and he remained on the spotters’ stand for his Xfinity and Truck Series rides last weekend, many have pointed to a post the spotter made on X during NASCAR’s Mexico City weekend as the reason for his release.
• While in Mexico, in a now-deleted post on X, Boyd said, “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 5 minutes. Good area my ass….”
• At the time, no one knew what this was a reference to, though some point to comments from Corey LaJoie last week on his podcast Stacking Pennies as a probable answer for why this was posted.

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