Toyota Wins

#4
#4
What the crap? I quit watching with about 30 to go when Biffle and Edwards were 1-2, with Reutimann in 3rd I believe. Wha' happened?
 
#5
#5
It was great. Leffler and Rutman were battling. Then a caution came. Restart, leffler got behind Biffle and took it with 2 laps left.
 
#6
#6
I couldn't believe Leffler and Reutimann didn't cut down a tire the way they were running into each other.

As for a sweep, I think that may be stretching it.
 
#13
#13
Ugh Toyota... I'm a relative of Dale Jarrett (not a really close relative) and was optimistic about his chances with Toyota (since the #88 and #38 teams were falling behind in cars/pit crew/etc) but now he can't even qualify for a race with those piece of junk cars - especially since they basically slapped past champions in the face and only gave them a few provisionals a year now.

Problem is he is only racing this year and next year and wants to become a commentator - so when he leaves that when Toyota will start competing :cray:
 
#14
#14
I think Yotas will be fine in the coming years.

Just my opinion though, don't have anything to show for it, but just what I think.
 
#15
#15
Bassmanbruno said:
Ugh Toyota... I'm a relative of Dale Jarrett (not a really close relative) and was optimistic about his chances with Toyota (since the #88 and #38 teams were falling behind in cars/pit crew/etc) but now he can't even qualify for a race with those piece of junk cars - especially since they basically slapped past champions in the face and only gave them a few provisionals a year now.

Problem is he is only racing this year and next year and wants to become a commentator - so when he leaves that when Toyota will start competing :cray:
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slapped past champions in the face? last time i checked qualifying was based on being in the top 35 (which is a joke too) and time. it's not based on what you've done before.

qualifying should be the fastest 43 cars in qualifying. not the fastest 42 and one guy who hasn't done anything since 1999. they should be lucky that NASCAR is dumb enough to allow a provisional at all.

DJ is another Terry Labonte and Bill Elliot. great drivers in their prime, but those day are gone. they need to hang it up and for DJ, do something else he's good at, and call races.
 
#17
#17
doozer said:
slapped past champions in the face? last time i checked qualifying was based on being in the top 35 (which is a joke too) and time. it's not based on what you've done before.

qualifying should be the fastest 43 cars in qualifying. not the fastest 42 and one guy who hasn't done anything since 1999. they should be lucky that NASCAR is dumb enough to allow a provisional at all.

DJ is another Terry Labonte and Bill Elliot. great drivers in their prime, but those day are gone. they need to hang it up and for DJ, do something else he's good at, and call races.
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Uhh... no - you look at DJs past few years before Toyota and look at his age - he missed the chase by a few spots a couple of years in a row at his age - look at how many different crew chiefs he has had in the past 4 years - look at his pit crew times(they've lost him several races/top 5/top 10 finishes).

I would agree some what on Labonte and Elliot - give DJ the resources that the Hendrix or Rousch cars have and he would be competing for a spot in the chase.

This is coming from someone who has watched him and studied different things about him. DJ tends to get overlooked since he's not a flashy young gun so people just assume he's not a good driver anymore.

As for the past champion provisional - they've had it along time. I'll take a past champion in a race who knows what he's doing rather than some idiot that ran .1 seconds faster on his qualifying lap.
 
#18
#18
sorry, but there is no justifying a provisional when there is somebody who goes faster, doesn't mater if he is 9 or 99 years old.
 
#19
#19
K - call NASCAR's head office and have it changed - I'm all for it especially when Jr. wrecks in qualifying and then the grandstands will only be half full...
 
#22
#22
One thing I think would be cool would be if NASCAR just let all the cars that showed up enter the race. What kind of arbitrary number is 43, anyway? As long as they make a qualifying lap, put'em all out there. They wreck all day at Bristol anyway, let's make it more crowded.
 
#23
#23
Sounds okay - but the problem is when that rule in put in place instead of having 50 drivers attempt to make a race you'll have about 70+ come out and try to qualify haha
 
#24
#24
yeah, i'd be showing up to race. well, not really to race but mostly to just hang around the garage and see if i can get some of the A lists guys seconds.
 
#25
#25
Well, a reasonable qualifying lap. Like within a certain amount of time of the pole sitter. All of the teams missing races these days could do that much.
 
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