Yep, they do, the press conference explained it.

Btw, i'm curious to Steve... were you trying to be funny with the "Asscar" comment or... do you just not like NASCAR or what?

Waltrip is a weeny anyway. His only two wins were Daytona wins where Earnhardt gets killed and half the field was wiped out by a previous accident than he wins the 2nd on a rain out. Now that he's driving a sewing machine I have even less respect for him.

I will be rooting for the Big 3 to show Toyota who is boss on the track.:thumbsup:

I agree!

I have a feeling MWR isn't going to be worth a damn. Like has been stated, the guy has never really produced any wins. He's good at marketing though.

The #55 team is done for the season now... They'll have to qualify on speed every week this whole season, which I don't think they'll be able to do. He won't finish good enough in the 150s to secure a spot for Daytona, so he'll be going into week 2 with -100 points... It's tough to get into the top-35 in owner-points when you miss races.

...unless he can get his big brother in the driver's seat to use his "past champion" provisional to get the car in the races but FOX might have a problem with that. :lol:

I really don't care for NASCAR series anymore, too many rules,I'm not the rule following kind of guy, too much politics, too much "big" business for me, There a couple of races I like Talladega, the road courses, The Southern 500, now gone, I like NHRA, German touring car championship, most other MotorSports,

Personally, I think NASCAR has devolved into a overblown spec series, where marketing is far more important than the actual racing...you can draw some serious comparisons between it, and WWE wrestling....both products are what I would call sub-standard (my opinion), but the marketing machine makes it entertaining for the masses. I cannot understand why automakers throw approx. 100 million per season at the France family, for what? There is no parity between what is being raced, and what you can buy in the dealership, not even remotely and the manufacturers are far down the list of important sponsors, although they finance a ton of it. First came the restrictor plates, then same bodies different stickers, and changing the rules so uncompetitive teams can complete, instead of being forced to start from the bottom and work up..right up the the ultimate attrocity, the COT (Car of Tomorrow). I believe all of the normal innovation and engineering you would have seen turn up in the cars for a competitive advantage, is now turning up in illegal activities...it really is a shame, as the manufacturer wars of the 60's and 70's were really cool and drove changes to the products you saw in the showroom. Again, just my opinion.

I totally agree!

I totaly agree, I used to work for a Winston Cup team back in the 80's before the real marketing push took over. Back then, the cars were fairly close to the street version in appearence, now they aren't even close! It's turning into a grown man's soap opera! All my friends are Newbies to the sport and are totally hooked, they can understand why I don't even watch it anymore!

After Earnhardt died, I lost interest. For me it was the end of an era.