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on: 01-23-2006
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Toyota's Camry NASCAR for the 2007 season, which will compete in both the Busch Series and Nextel Cup. |
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| #26 |
11-09-2006 @ 12:10:10 PM |
| Posted By : MxCx |
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#25, Shows what you know, Toyota boy. Its Variable Transistor Accumulator Kineticizer.
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| #30 |
11-09-2006 @ 12:14:38 PM |
| Posted By : thirtyseven |
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#28, Wow, very intersting to have such Japanese efficiency applied to what is a very old design concept.
#29 you love your Honda like you love your Ganja?! :P
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| #32 |
11-09-2006 @ 12:20:37 PM |
| Posted By : thirtyseven |
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#31, I didn't think you meant that Toyota's motors were more powerful, I know that the competiveness of NASCAR wouldn't allow that for too long. I just assumed that the intensive design makes it a more efficient, reliable (haha) motor.
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| #33 |
11-09-2006 @ 12:25:37 PM |
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Oh... right... well, Toyota has definitely proved its worth in the Truck Series... finally... took them a long time to get their first win, and by the end of their first season, they only won a handful of races... last year they were "Just another one of the makes"... average performance like everyone else...
But this year... Toyota has won more than half of all the races, and the only 4 guys that are within reach of winning the championship are all in Toyotas. But really, I think it's because, except for Roush Racing and KHI, all the best teams are running Toyotas... they'd be the best teams even if they WEREN'T running Toyotas.
Next year will be difficult for Toyota... there are going to be over FIFTY FULL-TIME teams attempting all the races... only 43 cars will make the show every week, only 8 teams not in the top 35 in points will make it each week... and most of Toyota's teams will start off NOT in the top 35 of points next year. Plus, really, they've got CRAP teams...
[Edited by DiRF on 11-09-2006 @ 12:26:25 PM]
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| #38 |
10-13-2019 @ 11:36:03 PM |
| Posted By : DiRF |
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Joe Gibbs Racing is still going strong with Toyota, winning tons of races and contending for championships...
Michael Waltrip Racing disappeared after a couple HUGE cheating scandals that they got clobbered for, penalty-wise (cliff's notes: they got caught adding rocket fuel to their intake systems [I'm not fucking joking on that] and having a driver intentionally wreck to ensure his teammate got a good points finish)
Red Bull Racing lost interest in the sport, abandoned it, and their remnants were bought up and became "BK Racing", which was almost like if a ponzi scheme started a race team, causing another headache for Toyota and finally bit the bullet last year.
One brief bright spot was Furniture Row Racing, based out of Denver, of all places. With a JGR technical alliance, they won a championship with Martin Truex Jr., and almost followed that up the following year, but finished second in the points.
...then FRR's owner had a heart attack and closed the team. FRR's equipment got bought up by some sports marketing people, they threw together a race team on the cheap, have put some young, up-and-coming drivers behind the wheel (some being "pay" drivers), and, out of nowhere, lightning struck. No, literally, lightning struck, and caused the rest of the race to be red flagged and eventually called, with their driver, Justin Haley, in the lead due to some gutsy pit road calls. Controversial victory, but fun to see a virtual unknown reach the top of the mountain.
The "technical alliance" FRR had with JGR has now transferred to Leavine Family Racing, who almost won a race this year with Matt DiBenedetto. Next year their car will be piloted by Rookie of the Year contender, and current dominant force in the lower racing series, Christopher Bell.
So, yeah, Toyota's down to pretty much 5 teams, 4 from JGR and 1 from LFR. There are a few other random one-off teams that run Toyotas, like Justin Haley's, but it would take lightning striking again for those smaller teams to win.
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10-14-2019 @ 07:55:35 AM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#39, ... ... ... That's some sitcom level self-parody.
I kinda do feel just a teeny bit bad for Michael Waltrip, he was just doing what his big brother did, but lacked the finesse to not GET CAUGHT time after time.... (you can't tell me a guy who drove for Junior Johnson was clean any deeper than his fire suit) As far as he knew growing up, being a cheat was just how it was, which is why he never learned as those fines got bigger and bigger, and even as NAPA walked out the door with it's suitcases and straight to the airport taxi, I think he actually thought "Eh, they'll come back, this is all just a misunderstanding"
Or maybe that wreck at Bristol just permanently scrambled his brain's judgement center?
[Edited by Low-Tech Redneck on 10-14-2019 @ 07:57:21 AM]
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