Is NASCAR preventing a Toyota Championship? ?

[maggie]

I didn't see it that way until a few said something in another question...but now I am wondering.
Would it be like:
NASCAR to TOYOTA - ok you can win races and show yourself but you aren't winning the Championship regardless.

NO HATING. This is a legit question and could be any teams Toyota not just Kyle.

yes Tina it was...and what you said got me thinking about it. I wanted to hear other's opinions too.
well I may not agree with all of your answers but unless you are vulgar everyone gets a thumbs up from me...so I don't know where the thumbs down are coming from. Thansk for some really good answers too.

[EdK]

I don't think so. I realize that TRD has a lot of input in the engines. But there are also engineers at JGR that have input into what goes under the hood. A we have seen before that someone could have a good first part of the year, and not do well in the Chase.

And like someone else said, it would real tough to get that many people to keep a secret. And when you think about it even further, Tony Stewart would have no part of it. He hasn't seemed to have the same mechanical problems as Busch.

NASCAR is a tough sport, it just so happens that Johnson/Knaus have it figured out so far. But even their run will come to an end sooner or later.

[JH51]

No, I don't think so! Nascar follows the money! After NAFTA came along and put all these foreign car makes on the highways, with good value for the money, I think Nascar was smart enough to know what was going to happen with the big three automakers. All three are struggling and are putting less money in to there advertising budgets.I think they welcome the influx of money from Toyota. Nascar is not loyal to the big three when money is involved. They'll take it where they can get it!
So, I say it's just bad luck at the wrong time!
PEACE

[nascar24]

Yes, Nascar is rigged. Why else has Kyle Busch done as poorly as he has done since the Chase started? Just as you mention above, Nascar
officials didn't mind for Toyota to win races right off the bat of entering the
Cup Series, but it would be too much for Toyota to win a Championship
in it's first year,, that is why , they are making certain that Jimmie Johnson win the Championship. They don't want Hendrick who has just
gotten Dale Jr. into it's team to look bad. They throw imaginary cautions to help Johnson etc,

Nascar has gotten to the point of being staged just like professional

wrestling!

I am very serious about this. I am not joking.

[maurthur]

Gee I hope so.. although Toyota is helping NASCAR in ways, I hate seeing them in victory lane

[TomP]

In some ways yes, in others no.

They are a private organization, so they could (think WWF) tell them to chunk it up a bit to gather interest. Then suddenly have "mechanical" problems. Either play our way, or we are taking our tracks and leaving....(sound like someone we all know?)

But I doubt it. There are too many people doing interviews to not have someone say something.

Good conspiracy theory though.

[WooleyBooleyagain]

It doesn't really matter, does it? Ford is backing out of NASCAR, Dodge will be gone as well.
We'll be looking at IROC shortly. The only difference in the cars is decals.

[LennyD]

I don't believe they are............

[jimmiejohnson_48fan2004]

Not a chance.Kyle is not going to win the championship because he had some bad luck/races.Denny Hamlin has not had a championship-winning team all year,along with Stewart.Brian Vickers and A.J. Allmendinger have had good years,but still not championship caliber.Waltrip racing and BDR are running about the same as they always have.There is no conspiracy that is keeping Toyota from winning a championship,only circumstances,teams,and equipment.

[tregosteevo]

We all know that Toyota will eventually take over the series, they are the only ones with unlimited resources for research and development. Maybe, and this is a big maybe, they purposely reeled things in a little because of the total domination of the 18 team earlier in the year. It is conceivable that some higher ups in Toyota pulled some strings to sabatoge this season to divert attention from their overnight success. I don't believe that to be the case but I'm sure stranger things have happened. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, BWAHAHAHA!!!
3 STR8 N 08!!!