Michael Waltrip
Senior User
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 147
Likes: 0
From: Ardmore
I expect to see Michael in a Toyota in the cup series in couple of years as either an owner, a driver, or both . My guess is that he is involved in a development deal, why else would he quit DEI? He has to have something in the works. Maybe Darryl is going to start a cup Toyota team.
Senior User
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
From: Goldsboro, NC
Originally Posted by cfd29
They need to change those tracks some way so the restrictor plate can be done away with....
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,290
Likes: 1
From: Edgerton, WI
I dont think you will see Toyota in Cup that soon. They said when they were forming the truck teams that they wanted to win a few championships before they moved up. With all of the new factories that Toyota is building all over the world and with their involvement in Formula One, I just dont see them in Cup that soon.
Id say they are AT LEAST 5 years away from having a cup team. The main reason they are doing so well in the truck series is because they have a lot of former Cup drivers driving for them. Not to discredit their work (they have done a great job) but you could put Skinner, Todd Bodine and Johhny Benson in any other brand of truck and Id bet they would do just as well.
Octane
Id say they are AT LEAST 5 years away from having a cup team. The main reason they are doing so well in the truck series is because they have a lot of former Cup drivers driving for them. Not to discredit their work (they have done a great job) but you could put Skinner, Todd Bodine and Johhny Benson in any other brand of truck and Id bet they would do just as well.
Octane
Government Teat-sucker
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 9,748
Likes: 1
From: Virginia Beach
Originally Posted by scole250
Mark Martin had a suggestion a few years back. Take the rear spoiler off. Let them run as fast as they want and see who comes out of turn 2 pointed the right way.
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 352
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by Octane
I dont think you will see Toyota in Cup that soon. They said when they were forming the truck teams that they wanted to win a few championships before they moved up. With all of the new factories that Toyota is building all over the world and with their involvement in Formula One, I just dont see them in Cup that soon.
Id say they are AT LEAST 5 years away from having a cup team. The main reason they are doing so well in the truck series is because they have a lot of former Cup drivers driving for them. Not to discredit their work (they have done a great job) but you could put Skinner, Todd Bodine and Johhny Benson in any other brand of truck and Id bet they would do just as well.
Octane
Id say they are AT LEAST 5 years away from having a cup team. The main reason they are doing so well in the truck series is because they have a lot of former Cup drivers driving for them. Not to discredit their work (they have done a great job) but you could put Skinner, Todd Bodine and Johhny Benson in any other brand of truck and Id bet they would do just as well.
Octane
I don't know, they haven't exactly set the truck world on fire yet (well, neither has Ford this year, but Ford is the least represented manufacturer). Toyota only has 1 win this season. Looking at wins, the trucks are dominated by Dodge and Chevy.
Senior User
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
From: Goldsboro, NC
Originally Posted by stu37d
Then you could rename it the Nextel Demolition Cup! LOL
Last edited by scole250; Jul 20, 2005 at 07:52 PM.
Senior User
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 391
Likes: 0
From: west MI
on restictor plate races why not limit displacement for the Datona and Talledaga races? the huge budgets of the cup teams should be alble to handle it.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
Ford Super Duty: 5 Things Owners LOVE, 5 Things They LOATHE!
Joe Kucinski
Every 2026 Ford Truck Engine RANKED from WORST to FIRST!
Michael S. Palmer
The Best F-150 Deal of Every Trim Level (XL through Raptor)
Joe Kucinski
Senior User
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 155
Likes: 0
From: Blanchester, Ohio
Originally Posted by boxcar1974
Does it really matter where he goes? He is a sponsors gold mine. He has little success in his career when you campare him to alot of the "big name" drivers. What this guy has is a personality for the camera. Does he ever give a interview whithout going up one side of the fire suit and down the other? He never leaves anyone out. Also, you cannot go very long without seeing his mug in a commercial. More than anyone else who drives. Gordon comes close but not that close. This sport has become all about money. The racing is second. So I bet the sponsor has a much input of who hires him as much as the team owner.
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 352
Likes: 0
In my opinion, haven't the owners spent enough on solving trying to solve the problem of "safe racing" at Talledega and Daytona? The Frances seem like the cheapest rich folk alive. I once read that some teams spend half their budgets for these places. Unreal, especially if you bring home a wrecked car in the "Big One". I believe there are 2 ways to fix this:
- Knock down the banks already. Why do 2 tracks over 2 miles long have over 30 degrees of banking?
- Take them off the schedule. Plate racing bites
Senior User
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 147
Likes: 0
From: Ardmore
From what I read, Toyota has allready submitted a car and plan on going racing in Nextel cup in 07.
http://stockcarracing.com/thehistory...toyota_nascar/
http://stockcarracing.com/thehistory...toyota_nascar/
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
toolmanron
Explorer, Sport Trac, Mountaineer & Aviator
6
Oct 9, 2002 03:45 PM
