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RaikkonenRules
1st June 2007, 21:48
Micheal Waltrip is 5th out of the non-35 cars with all non 35s finished their laps. He will start 21st
dwboogityfan
1st June 2007, 22:12
Way to go Mikey!
Jonesi
1st June 2007, 22:13
Should get him out of negative points!
SmokeFan20
2nd June 2007, 02:40
Should get him out of negative points!


Unless he gets caught refueling with jet fuel during the race sunday ;)

Toyota must have hit on something with their new engine & chassis package.
blakebeatty
2nd June 2007, 03:05
Yeah, i spoke with a Waltrip engineer at length last week during the 600 week. He said that the new spec toyota engine has a flatter torque curve. he said that when dynoed at atlanta the current toyota cup engine was within 5 horsepower of the engine of Jimmie Johnson, but the toyota was at max power close to 10 000 rpm, whereas the chevy was at max power between 7000 and 8000 rpm, providing much more usable power.

very interesting conversation. he said that the motors for waltrip come from TRD, and are entirely installed and maintained by TRD engineers, and that MWR engineers arent allowed to touch them. this is apparently unique to waltrip racing, red bull and bill davis do their own engines.

also he confirmed that waltrip pays back napa $300 000 for every missed race.
BobbyC
2nd June 2007, 04:30
I don't think so on engines.

But Mikey seems to have learned what patience and development means -- he knows this season could be a season of the proverbial Job, and at the end of the book, Job isn't just restored, he is much better than he was at the start, despite losing nearly everything.

Patience is a virtue, and it seems the boys from High Point, Toyota's "works" engine plant, has found it.
RGM Fan
2nd June 2007, 04:49
How did he keep NAPA through that drought?
djarumdudley
2nd June 2007, 07:30
any one else notice the coincidence that Waltrip finally qualified the week David Hyder gets reinstated? wouldn't be any Nascar meddling here, right.....
Cozzie
2nd June 2007, 07:56
Well done Mikey! Give him a chance guys...
RaikkonenRules
8th June 2007, 22:50
He's done it again. Waltrip is 8th out of the Non Top 35s and therefore will start from 43rd :D
Jonesi
8th June 2007, 22:59
He's done it again. Waltrip is 8th out of the Non Top 35s and therefore will start from 43rd :D

No he's 1st DNQ, Bill Elliott in the 21 get a champ provisional.
blakebeatty
8th June 2007, 22:59
NOPE! Not today, Mikey was bumped by Dave Blaney!
RaikkonenRules
9th June 2007, 12:30
Aw forgot about Elliott and his champ provisional. Don't know how Wood Brothers expect to get back in Top 35 they are miles out and it' not like they'll be getting Top 10 results.