Can Toyota Make It?

Well it has been two races now for Toyota and it is still really too early to tell if they will make it in the Cup Series. They are still compiling data and taking lessons learned from the races back to the shops. It has been difficult for them due to all the teams with the exception of Bill Davis do not have any owner points and are sitting on the outside looking in. Two teams really hit hard is that of A.J. Allmendinger of Team Red Bull and Jeremy Mayfield of the #36 which have failed to make the first two races putting them in a really deep hole which will be almost impossible to climb out of.

We all knew this would be a very steep learning curve but give these teams time to find their stroke. Look at Brian Vickers with his 10th place finish at the Auto Club 500. Dave Blaney was on his way to a great finish when his oil pump belt fell off. All the teams are feeling the hardship, it was to be expected. Of course, everyone wants to finish the race and even bring home the checker flag but I believe it will take a lot more time before Toyota brings that flag home in the Cup Series.

Now, if you take a look in the Busch series, well Toyota is doing rather well. Dave Blaney is showing that the Camry has the horsepower to drive to the front and the #99 Aaron's Dream machine is doing much of the same.

There are plenty of fans out there that despise Toyota being in the Cup series. Heck even people in the garage do not like the idea. Jack Roush was even stated as saying he can not wait to hand Toyota their head on the track. This comes from a man with a 5-car team that had to reach out to a baseball team for co-ownership. I just feel bad for the drivers when they have to thank the sponsors of the car...Like Matt Kenseth..."Yes, the Roush-Fenway-Red Sox-Dewalt Ford Fusion ran really well tonight."

Give Toyota a break. You don't see fans bashing the truck series but of course we are not talking about the top level of racing.

Just my opinion.

10 Things to Ponder in 2007

Which is your Favorite?

#10 Life is sexually transmitted.

#9 Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.

#8 Men have two emotions: hungry and horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

#7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

#6 Some people are like a slinky... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

#5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.

#4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

#3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents???

#2 In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

AND THE #1 THOUGHT FOR 2007: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.