NASCAR FIASCO: Number One Toyota Entry For Daytona 500 Disqualified for Cheating

Now come on guys. Is that really putting the best foot forward. To cheat in your first ever NASCAR race?

— PlanoA4 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 9:04:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

That's really fcukd up.

Corporate Toyota will be blamed for something they probably didn't have knowledge of. It would've been nice for Toyota to have had a clean start in the series to really gauge their competitiveness.

— dumpsty (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 9:09:08 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

See Toyota is doing everything in there power to take over the world.

Stealing races, and American profits.

Ok in all seriousness. I hope this is isolated, and in no way connected to higher ups.

— d1sinfo (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 10:08:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Didn't Toyota also got disqualified in the World Rally againts Sub/Mitsu?

I could have sworn I read it some where a while back.

— silverarrow2 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 10:11:59 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I can guarantee you all this...cheating does happen in NASCAR [no duh], but little cheating here and there.

Major stuff like this...you don't pull that shit and it goes away quietly. NASCAR will rip this apart and Toyota will be just fine.

Their only problem will be making sure they can match up against the Chevy's and Fords....and those Dodge's too.

#20!

— Mark (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 11:45:59 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Hahaaa... The bias in this stupid article is soo funny . Other then Waltrips suspension and fine were the others from Roush Racing (FORD) etc.
"NASCAR suspended the crew chiefs for Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler and docked all four drivers points before the season-opening Daytona 500..."

"But Roush Racing already has a replacement for Reiser, and said the 500 will be the first race he has missed since the team's inception in 1999 -- a stretch of 255 races.

Reiser and Francis may not appeal because delaying the suspension could cause them to miss the debut of the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol Motor Speedway in March.

In toughening its penalties, NASCAR made the unprecedented move of taking points away before the season has even started. Kahne and Kenseth were docked 50 points apiece, while Riggs and Sadler lost 25 each.

Reiser and Francis also were fined $50,000 each, while Childers and Brown were fined $25,000 each.

All four drivers will start the season with negative points -- a move that most likely infuriated the teams, but sent a strong message that NASCAR will no longer tolerate rule-breakers."

Funnily, nobody mentions FORD or Dodge in the cases above but gleefully mention Toyota despite Waltrip being an owner/driver.

In some ways Toyota deserves it. Nascar is the WWE of motor racing. So if you want to play int he gutter, expect shit to come your way.
Amen.

— izfuney (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 1:30:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

What a shame for ToyLex.

Out before they got started.

Bubye.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 2:48:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

It is only called cheating when you get caught.
Only proves ToyLex does not know how to cheat.
It is called winning sometimes when you get do not get caught.
Likely other teams will be caught cheating soon enough,
unless this scares them off or they do not get caught.
Shame for ToyLex now and if they win in view of bad precedent.

— topneuro (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 4:01:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

I believe the higher ups from Boy Toy had no idea of this unfortunate situation. This is just one of those newbie foul-ups from a pretty good auto manufacturer. Boy Toy will bounce back.

— Infinisun (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 4:47:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

this sucks, maybe like in the movies one of the other american car teams set them up, lol.

— trd1 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 5:46:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Bring in RICKY BOBBY!!!!!!!!

— louisvuittondon (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 6:26:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

PlanoA4,
I bet Toyota doesn't let them use their cars anymore. Waltrip is not Toyota. They provide the car, what Waltrip does is their own fault. You notice the other Toyota's weren't disqualified?

Welcome back though. Get ready for a beating.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 9:34:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Sounds like just one crooked team with just one Toyota car.I would like to hear the low down from the racing circles.Media can and has been misleading.

— truckmen (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2007 12:20:32 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

NASCAR is trully a soap opera.

— GS450h (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2007 11:07:06 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Toyota's first mistake was getting together with Michael Waltrip. The guy is one big idiot

— SteveL (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2007 2:55:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Thank you Jeff Gordon for overlooking your ride. That'll shut up the anti-Toyota crowd who'll argue only Toyota cars cheat.

Of course, they'll probably argue Toyota juiced up (or in this case down) Jeffy's car.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/16/2007 8:47:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Toyota had nothign to do with this. I think its stupid to think Toyota would come out in its first race and pull this.. This sounds like a team owner stunt.. Its to bad but then again it does make everyone talk about Toyota in Nascar.. umm kind of like the New Coke.. well it happened and thats what will be remembered about Toyotas first nascar race..

— austintyson (View Profile)

Posted on 2/18/2007 8:11:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1