Testing and Toyota
Testing so far has gone pleasingly well for our drivers. Jayski has all the speeds here, with one more AM session to go tomorrow because of the rainout Monday.
I’ve been very satisfied with Dale Jarrett’s times. Although he had one car in each session much slower than the other (on SPEED Michael said that 44A was faster in the wind tunnel, but it ended up much slower than 44B until it drafted, and then 44B was the slower of the two). Interestingly enough Bob Dilner reported on SPEED last night that DJ would be testing a third car today – a Car of Tomorrow. I was a bit confused about that because that "COT" ended up 2nd fastest! However, it turns out that Dilner was wrong in his report because tonight SPEED said 44C was a regular Cup car…a Cup car that was a copy of a DEI car.
No wonder it was fast!
Both Dale Jr. and Casey Mears have had very good speeds – Junior even led yesterday’s drafting practice (big surprise?
). Today he got bored and let his big brother Kerry hop into the seat. Unfortunately Kerry on SPEED wondered (half jokingly…or not) if they had given him a used engine because it wasn’t very quick. 
Martin Truex Jr.’s 1A improved greatly today, which relieves me. He is a great drafter but needs the car under him to do it.
DJ blasted the Toyota naysayers in a Q&A session today. The most amusing thing he said was, "Check and see if that TV you're watching was made in the United States that you're watching our great races on." Very funny, but also very true. If you are un-American because you drive a Toyota, then you must be un-American if you own anything foreign. Actually, dang, my computer monitor is made by Sony…I must be un-American!
Yeah, right.
Fans, plain and simple, have to get over it. America isn’t a nation by itself and we need world trade to survive. Toyotas are built in America and every single Toyota that will hit the track will be made in America. In my eyes, that makes them American.
I’ve been very satisfied with Dale Jarrett’s times. Although he had one car in each session much slower than the other (on SPEED Michael said that 44A was faster in the wind tunnel, but it ended up much slower than 44B until it drafted, and then 44B was the slower of the two). Interestingly enough Bob Dilner reported on SPEED last night that DJ would be testing a third car today – a Car of Tomorrow. I was a bit confused about that because that "COT" ended up 2nd fastest! However, it turns out that Dilner was wrong in his report because tonight SPEED said 44C was a regular Cup car…a Cup car that was a copy of a DEI car.
No wonder it was fast!Both Dale Jr. and Casey Mears have had very good speeds – Junior even led yesterday’s drafting practice (big surprise?
). Today he got bored and let his big brother Kerry hop into the seat. Unfortunately Kerry on SPEED wondered (half jokingly…or not) if they had given him a used engine because it wasn’t very quick. Martin Truex Jr.’s 1A improved greatly today, which relieves me. He is a great drafter but needs the car under him to do it.
DJ blasted the Toyota naysayers in a Q&A session today. The most amusing thing he said was, "Check and see if that TV you're watching was made in the United States that you're watching our great races on." Very funny, but also very true. If you are un-American because you drive a Toyota, then you must be un-American if you own anything foreign. Actually, dang, my computer monitor is made by Sony…I must be un-American!
Yeah, right.
Fans, plain and simple, have to get over it. America isn’t a nation by itself and we need world trade to survive. Toyotas are built in America and every single Toyota that will hit the track will be made in America. In my eyes, that makes them American.
