Place your bets, when with Michael Waltrip make another race?

[R. Mears]

Kind of reminds me of Kyle Petty. lol BTW is Kyle still racing?

[Erki]

I'll be guessing Bill Elliott will drive the car to see if he can get that POS into the top 35 or atleast out of - points in the owners standings

It already is. Those who don't qualify but get a top50 time, still get some owner points.

[Jonesi]

a very poor showing from the #55 car this season. he has not once made the field on his qualifying time (having to race into the Daytona 500). both his other teams have made races on time but he'e not even been close. i don't think he'll ever make the top 35 in car owner points either until at least 2008

Not accurate he has been close, in the 5 races since Daytona: twice he was fastest of the non qualifiers, twice he was third and once he was slowest.

[R. Mears]

Well he qualified 44th friday.

[dwboogityfan]

Unfortunately it seems alot of people are delighted at Mikey's failings which is a shame. My own view is that Mikey - like Kyle Petty - is having to do too much running his team and not being able to focus on his driving.
However, long term I think Mikey will be a good team owner. As for now if I was Mikey I would try a different driver for a few races just to see if that makes any difference. I know Awesome Bill has been mentioned which would be great but I'd go for Mike Skinner or Johnny Benson as they know how Toyota works from their time with the company in the Truck Series. Or if all else fails Ol' DW won't be doing too much after June and does have that past champions provisional...

[Mark in Oshawa]

Once again, Toyota proves that they are not THAT smart at all. If they wanted a big name to make a splash with as a team owner, they should have gone to Roger Penske right up front......because when one sifts through the ashes of the poor start Toyota is having, they will realize they need a big name with a proven track record to put this program on a proper footing, and out of the big name team owners, I think RP would be the only guy to maybe take that leap. Ganassi might....but Roger would be the best bet, since he went from Pontiac, to Ford and then Dodge....

[Jonesi]

Once again, Toyota proves that they are not THAT smart at all. If they wanted a big name to make a splash with as a team owner, they should have gone to Roger Penske right up front......because when one sifts through the ashes of the poor start Toyota is having, they will realize they need a big name with a proven track record to put this program on a proper footing, and out of the big name team owners, I think RP would be the only guy to maybe take that leap. Ganassi might....but Roger would be the best bet, since he went from Pontiac, to Ford and then Dodge....

Toyota didn't have the chance of picking up better teams. Knowing that Toyota was coming in with big $, the other manufacturers locked up all their top teams for at least five years (runs through '09). The only teams that would consider the 2-3 years of struggling were new startups or teams that weren't currently at the top of the food chain. The only other teams they might have gone with are Cal-Wells, Morgan-McClure, Robby Gordon.

[BobbyC]

It has come to the point Mikey has taken a few cars to TRD to inspect what has been happening with the cars. Toyota is committed to the team that they are working on everything to get their cars in -- there are no Camrys in the Exempt List.

Once Toyota gets everything well, however, watch out.

[Jag_Warrior]

BTW is Kyle still racing?

Kyle Petty raced in NASCAR?

[RaceFanStan]

Kyle Petty has raced in NASCAR Cup racing from 1979 to the present season ...
Kyle Petty has 790 Cup starts, 8 wins, 51 top 5s, 172 top 10s & 8 poles

Kyle Petty also has raced a limited schedule in the Busch Series 1982 to 2000 ...
Kyle Petty has 55 Busch starts, 0 wins, 5 top 5s, 11 top 10s & 0 poles

Kyle Petty also had 1 race in the Truck Series in 1997 & finished 11th