Mikey not practice so good

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"Rod Gramlich" <rod.gramlich (AT) ualberta (DOT) ca> wrote

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"MW" <joe (AT) microsoft (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I hope Reutimann has a good race. Seriously, why is Toyota so slow?

Well ..... first of all - brand new team(S), brand new race car .........
what did you expect ???

Second of all, ........ and keeping in mind all of the above, ...........
Michael Waltrip, Dave Blaney, Reutimann, Mayfield, the midget from CART,
the
professor from the trucks, the most hated guy in HMS, .......... and the
big
brown truck guy .................... not exactly a star_studded cast ....
so
what did you expect ??

Not exactly the worst in the field either. Considering how spec. this series
is now, I wouldn't think differences in manufacturer would really factor
that much either. It's just kind of surprising that they've been doing so
poorly IMO.

MW

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Gordon <jimmygator (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in
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3 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 125.722 21.476 -0.164
13 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 124.390 21.706 -0.394
17 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 123.457 21.870 -0.558
23 00 David Reutimann* Toyota Domino's Pizza 123.018 21.948 -0.636
25 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 360 OTC 122.900 21.969 -0.657
29 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull 122.577 22.027 -0.715
40 146 Johnny Benson Toyota wyler.com/TRD 121.918 22.146 -0.834
50 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 120.968 22.320 -1.008

(well, Thunderbird sure made a mess of formatting that table)

Anyway, it's probably instructive to note that Jarrett and Vickers
missed the show, and Benson and Allmendinger are in. In other words,
you can't put too much faith in practice results.

John

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"MW" <joe (AT) microsoft (DOT) com> wrote in news:8MM_h.21026$Um6.14606
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Seriously, why is Toyota so slow?

A bunch of reasons: except for the #22 car, all their teams are new.
Except for Bill Davis, none of their team owners has any experience
with a Cup level team. None of their drivers are top-level drivers
with a history of debugging poor handling cars(*). They have a new
engine (the Cup engine is not the same as the CTS engine). They are
trying to figure out the aero for two bodies (CoT and old-style) at
the same time.

Of all that, I suspect the newness of the teams is the biggest
stumbling block, especially since there seem to be personality
conflicts already appearing in some of them. Cup racing really
is a team sport, and if the whole crew doesn't come together,
even Hendrick chassis & engines wouldn't solve it.

John

(* Jarrett should be, but it doesn't seem to be happening)

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