Referees. Every sport needs them. Every sport has them. Every one of them make judgement calls source: paddocktalk.com - rumors But not every sport's participants hire the refs. Not every sport has Chief Stewarts whose very job could depend on a call they make that affects the guy who signs their pay check every week. Talk about a conflict of interest. Do I keep my job, or do I make the right call ? Chris Kneifel was the last Champ Car 'Race Director' to be axed, after a couple of seasons sitting on the bubble. His biggest problem was replacing the irreplaceable Chief Steward Wally Dallenbach. In August of 2004, Kneifel's departure are being denied by high ranking Champ Car Officials. He was dumped in December of 2005. This time around... high ranking Champ Car Officials aren't even bothering to deny it. Robin Miller is quoting Champ Car owners, and participants Gerald Forsythe and Kevin Kalkhoven at SpeedTV as saying they are searching for a replacement for Champ Car's Chief Steward a.k.a Race Director. So here we go again..... The PaddockTalk Perspective: This perspective is one that bears repeating... "All I have to say on this is if the (Champ Car) series isn't going to stand behind the officials they pick... year after year... then it's a mistake (to fire the Chief Steward)." -PaddockTalk August 20th, 2004.
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