FOX NASCAR broadcaster opens up on painful split | Sports News

A well-recognized face nationwide among the many NASCAR fanbase, FOX’s Kaitlyn Vincie has just lately opened up on her separation from Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Blake Harris, who at present works with Alex Bowman‘s No. 48 group.

The 37-year-old, who first joined FOX in 2014, revealed on Samantha Busch’s podcast, ‘Certified Oversharer,’ that she and Harris have been separated for round a yr. As for what drove them to go their separate methods, evidently the calls for of the job in the end proved an excessive amount of to beat for the mother and father of two.

“It’s crazy that the thing that brings you together can divide you in the end,” Vincie stated. “I don’t think people realize the men and women who are on road crews, this is a massive commitment for them.

“I think to be successful as a crew chief, you’re pretty much married to that job. You have to be because you cannot give an inch really anywhere, right? And so, it’s to no fault of their own. It’s just what’s required of you. 

“And I mean, I have an issue with a lot of this because the road crews, to me, make this entire thing function. They build the cars. They load them on the haulers, drive them across the country, tech them, practice them, qualify them, race them, tech them again, take them to R&D, and start all over. And they do it for 10 months, and they’re usually paid the least.”

Vincie added that crew members will usually go away home “when the sun comes up and you don’t really know when they’re going to be done for the day,” explaining how last-minute adjustments or fixes typically demand their full consideration and time.

What’s more, whereas they had been each continuously travelling to the identical circuits for a similar occasions, in the end due to the calls for of their jobs, it meant their schedules didn’t coincide, whereas they might additionally keep in numerous inns and drive totally different rental vehicles.

While Vincie didn’t blame Harris for his or her lack of time collectively, she admitted that it reached a level the place she felt “frustrated all the time,” noting how these points had been ongoing for round three years. “I think we both just knew it had taken such a toll, and you just are not happy,” she stated.

Now a single mother, an emotional Vincie instructed Busch, who has been married to two-time Cup Series champion Kyle for 15 years, that she wished NASCAR had been more proactive in serving to members of its neighborhood navigate the challenges the game throws up.

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“One of the things too, that I wish this sport offered and maybe they do, but if they do, I don’t know about it, so it hasn’t been properly presented to us, is more resources for families,” she stated. “Family counselors, therapists, a network of child care providers, something to manage this schedule and these demands because it’s just a little bit unreasonable.”

Thankfully for Vincie, Harris, and their two kids, the separation has been taken effectively by the children, with the FOX star emphasizing that her robust relationship with their dad could effectively have helped.

“Both him and I care so much about them [the children] and making sure they’re still getting the best and him and I have an amazing relationship,” she defined. “You know, a lot of people would look at that and be like, really? But we do. We speak every day. We’re still great friends.”