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[hmmm]

On windbag's show last night. Rusty has been quoted as saying Toyota has a 22 hp advantage.

[Jennifer Watts]

glad it wasn't kertus's this time

[zach 4 88]

hmmm wrote:

On windbag's show last night. Rusty has been quoted as saying Toyota has a 22 hp advantage.

I saw that, I wonder if they will grab some Cup motors as well. "Windbag"?? I guess you do not like Dave D.

[Nope]

zach 4 88 wrote:

<quoted text>I saw that, I wonder if they will grab some Cup motors as well. "Windbag"?? I guess you do not like Dave D.

No I copy and pasted from the article, lol. I don't care either way just posting so you can draw your own conclusion to it.

[Yep]

zach 4 88 wrote:

<quoted text>I saw that, I wonder if they will grab some Cup motors as well. "Windbag"?? I guess you do not like Dave D.

Hopefully Kyle Buschs, lol

[19n20fan4life]

Well I can understand that they(nascar) would want to see if Toyotas have an advantage, but.... what about when Jimmie Johnson won all those races last year they didnt do anything to his engines. Hey I knew JGR had done there homework before they went to Toyota. They have been working on them for more years then people realize. I wish them all the luck because people said they wouldnt do anything and look at them NOW. Kyle 7 wins and Denny 1 win and Tony should have had atleast 4. The teams who are complaining are just a bunch of crybabys. JMO

[Nascar BDA]

Nascar has forced modifications to cars in the past when they thought one manufacturer had an advantage...look it up...this isn't something new or something that they are doing against Toyota. This has happened years before Toyota was even a part of Nascar. There have been modifications to engines,spoilers and other parts of the cars . Your a Tony Stewart supporter and your actually talking about someone being a "Cry Baby"??? LOL

[jgrloganofan]

Nascar BDA wrote:

Nascar has forced modifications to cars in the past when they thought one manufacturer had an advantage...look it up...this isn't something new or something that they are doing against Toyota. This has happened years before Toyota was even a part of Nascar. There have been modifications to engines,spoilers and other parts of the cars . Your a Tony Stewart supporter and your actually talking about someone being a "Cry Baby"??? LOL

yep...remember 2001 or 2002, when every week some manufacturer was given a modification? one week, one would take an inch off the spoiler, while another would put one on.

[14_Patti_18]

I'm not surprised to see this happening.

Here's a quote from nascar.com : A garage source told Sporting News that Edwards' peak horsepower was measured at 611, compared with 632 for the No. 20 Toyota, 628 for the No. 40 Dodge and 612 for the No. 88 Chevrolet.

Why are the Fords and Chevy's so far behind Dodge and Toyota???

[19n20fan4life]

PattiSmokeFan20 wrote:

I'm not surprised to see this happening.
Here's a quote from nascar.com : A garage source told Sporting News that Edwards' peak horsepower was measured at 611, compared with 632 for the No. 20 Toyota, 628 for the No. 40 Dodge and 612 for the No. 88 Chevrolet.
Why are the Fords and Chevy's so far behind Dodge and Toyota???

Maybe they arent doing enough Reserch and devlopement like Toyota and Dsadge have been doing for years or maybe chevy teams and ford teams should work togather to figure it out.

Yes I am a Tony fan but he sure isnt a cry baby have you heard him cry about not winning this year yet and his teammates have?? Hell no he is just doing what he needs to do. He will get his win very soon and maybe even a championship this year.

[maine girl]

PattiSmokeFan20 wrote:

I'm not surprised to see this happening.
Here's a quote from nascar.com : A garage source told Sporting News that Edwards' peak horsepower was measured at 611, compared with 632 for the No. 20 Toyota, 628 for the No. 40 Dodge and 612 for the No. 88 Chevrolet.
Why are the Fords and Chevy's so far behind Dodge and Toyota???

Because Rousch is to busy thinking up things to complain about. This year the Toyotas last year he had fit because Hendrick found a loop hole that allowed his cars to test at Non Nascar tracks. If put as much time and energy into his Fords he would have them winning races.

[14_Patti_18]

19n20fan4life wrote:

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Maybe they arent doing enough Reserch and devlopement like Toyota and Dsadge have been doing for years or maybe chevy teams and ford teams should work togather to figure it out.
Yes I am a Tony fan but he sure isnt a cry baby have you heard him cry about not winning this year yet and his teammates have?? Hell no he is just doing what he needs to do. He will get his win very soon and maybe even a championship this year.

I think that's the case. Chevy and Ford either can't or will not throw the money into their R&D programs like Toyota and Dodge have and therefore they want a break. I hope NASCAR doesn't do anything but tell them to get it together. These guys work hard to build the best engines possible and because others either can't figure it out or are unwilling to put the time and effort into it they are given other breaks to make them more competitive. I don't see that as fair.

[NOT IN A MILLION]

PattiSmokeFan20 wrote:

I'm not surprised to see this happening.
Here's a quote from nascar.com : A garage source told Sporting News that Edwards' peak horsepower was measured at 611, compared with 632 for the No. 20 Toyota, 628 for the No. 40 Dodge and 612 for the No. 88 Chevrolet.
Why are the Fords and Chevy's so far behind Dodge and Toyota???

Chevy has a new engine but for some reason Nascar will not approve it. They've been trying all season. It was the drivers that started bringing it up on pre/post-race shows and I guess the heat started getting too hot for Nascar and maybe just maybe they are going to allow the other manufacturers catch up.

[jgrloganofan]

NOT IN A MILLION wrote:

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Chevy has a new engine but for some reason Nascar will not approve it. They've been trying all season. It was the drivers that started bringing it up on pre/post-race shows and I guess the heat started getting too hot for Nascar and maybe just maybe they are going to allow the other manufacturers catch up.

the lastest chevy engine is the R07, which they have been running since last year. they don't have a new engine.

dave moody says so.

[14_Patti_18]

Yeah I thought that was the case too that they all made the change to the R07 this year.

[NOT IN A MILLION]

jgrloganofan wrote:

<quoted text>
the lastest chevy engine is the R07, which they have been running since last year. they don't have a new engine.
dave moody says so.

They run the R07 in the cup series but not the Nationwide series. Nascar will not allow it, they say they need to review it first and first has been going on all season. Yet Toyota is allowed to use the same engine in both series.

[Barr]

If somebody can crank more HP out of an engine with legal parts isn't that what racing is all about? We all see what happened to IROC racing where every car was the same. Nobody cared and it was eliminated.

[NOT IN A MILLION]

Barr wrote:

If somebody can crank more HP out of an engine with legal parts isn't that what racing is all about? We all see what happened to IROC racing where every car was the same. Nobody cared and it was eliminated.

You're right.. The only problem is Toyota has a bigger engine and is cranking out the HP. Nascar is dragging their feet on approving the same advantage engine for Chevy where they could work on cranking out more HP. Nascar needs to put a fire under their butts.

[Dack]

If NASCAR doesn't get off their politically correct agenda they are going to lose more fans. Let the drivers drive and let the garages prepare the best cars they legally can---then Lets go Racin Boys!!

[TX Teacher]

I made a comment about this earlier looks like I was close on the cheating theory.