Why didn't he buy his way into this race?

Toyota must be proud of him.........LOL



"Jbob" <jbob1957 (AT) Nohotmail1 (DOT) com> wrote

"Jbob" <jbob1957 (AT) Nohotmail1 (DOT) com> wrote

Davis Racing knows he doesn't give a shit about their team anymore. He's
all about pimping his Toy-olet team for next year....with an all star line
up of washed up has beens.

Jbob <jbob1957 (AT) nohotmail1 (DOT) com> wrote:

He stated during qualifying that NAPA and the team had decided
that they'd give themselves 1 mulligan, and they already used
it at the Coke 600 to buy the McGlynn ride.

I like Michael but I hope he gives it maybe a year or 2 with the
Toyota's before becoming more of a broadcaster/owner like his
brother, who is apparently now down to just 1 truck team.

sam

"Sam Hayes Merritt, III" <sam (AT) themerritts (DOT) org> wrote

WORD. Kyle Petty take note. I know you're "racing in tribute to your son",
but jeeeez! His last win was like 100 years ago....

On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:49:34 -0000, Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:

I think not buying a ride for Indy was a big mistake. Having a DNQ will
certainly make it harder for them to get back in the top 35 and thus make it
harder to get in the Daytona 500 next year.

Maybe they bought their way into the 600 for NAPA, but they should have bought
their way into Indy (especially since they had offers from willing sellers) for
Michael Waltrip Racing's future.


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"H.B. Elkins" wrote...
I don't see why Michael or NAPA care about the T35.

BDR is out of the T35 in owners points so it *is* skin off BDR's teeth, but
Michael and NAPA are outside the T35 next year no matter what, so, big deal.

All Michael's cars (and most all the 'yotas, for that matter) are going to have
to race in anyway in 2007, *'cept* the DJ car with his past champion
provisional.

So this Indy race or any other 2006 race has nothing to do with Michael Waltrip
Racing's future, they start from zero mo matter what.

"WildWeasel" <wweasel_24 (AT) zerospam (DOT) yahoo.com> wrote

Why is Mikey out "no matter what"? He can still get back in the top 35 this
year. (at least it's mathematically possible)

"armpit" wrote...
Because next year he is a new team, no T35 carryover for him. For BDR there is,
but he's not BDR next year so he starts with 0.

Sure he can get back in the T35 (at least it's mathematically possible) but that
does HIM or NAPA no good for 2007, just BDR.

Now, I'd expect that Toyota would have pressured (paid) him to get him into the
Brickyard to give BDR a (slim) chance to get back in the T35 for next year, but
it wouldn't help Mikey.

See Hall of Fame Racing this year: New team. Not in the T35 from the previous
season which means they had to race into the first 6(?) races that were based on
the previous years (2004) OWNERS points, not *driver* points. So, to make sure
they got in they used TLab and his past Champ Provisional to guarantee they got
in the race. TLab's job was to: 1) get in the race and, 2) get the owners
points into the T35 by race 7(?) when they switched to current year's owner
points for the T35 and then brought in Tony Raines to drive once their place in
the race was assured.

WildWeasel wrote:
Mikey does not drive for BDR racing this year. Doug Bawel is listed as
the owner of Waltrip-Jasper Racing. Remember when Mikey basically
bought the #77 team's 2005 owner's points?