Toyota doing bad?

Question

is anyone surprised that toyota is doing soo bad in the busch and nextel cup right now?

i personally thought that they were gonna do good

Answer 1

alot of people get on here and bash toyota...........guess what.
toyota has been running in the truck series for not to long and look at them.they have a championship and alot of wins.some of the best drivers in the truck series drive toyotas.
so when toyota camry gets the bugs worked out and some decent drivers they will be contending for wins just like in the cup series

Answer 2

No, for a few reasons.

1. They are new to NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series. When Dodge re-entered in 2001, they did not win, despite having a good team in Cup (Ganassi/Sabates Racing, and Evernham Racing with strong Dodge support). Once 2002 came around, and Dodge had all their info on how their cars performed on the track, they started winning races, and it also helped that Penske joined for the 2002 season.

2. The teams. Bill Davis Racing is a Mid-level team that occasionally performs decently from time to time before Dodge screwed them over and pulled support. Michael Waltrip Racing just in the grand scheme of things just entered Nextel Cup (2nd year, after 1st year help from Bill Davis and Jasper Racing), and Red Bull just entered NASCAR, period. Not exactly world beaters when it comes to racing on the track. Had Toyota attracted at least a B-team (examples of B-teams are Robert Yates, Ginn Racing), Toyota's odds of having at least decent performances out of one of their cars would be way better than what they have right now, though if Red Bull does contiune with strong support, that could be Toyota's strong team. And the Busch series, the strong teams are teams that are strong Cup teams, and guess how many of them are Toyota's?

Once they get real time racing data at the tracks, and they have established teams, they will be fine.

Answer 3

not really surprised. Dodge started off pretty shaky as well. Plus, the Toyota teams are being run by Michael Waltrip, so that's strike 2. And the way the cars are built are even more different on the camry(vs. street version) than with the other builds. It is a foriegn company and NASCAR has many fans that want to keep the sport "American," so it's pretty hard for them to gain support. Michael Waltrip is running the teams badly and Vickers may be the only half-way decent driver that they have.

Answer 4

No, like they mentioned up above look at the teams that Toyota is running with. They are all sub-par teams and all sub-par drivers, the only win any of them have had recently was Vickers last year @ Dega and we all remember how he won it.

When comparing the Cup Teams to Craftsmen and comparing them thats like apples to oranges most Craftsmen Truck series have very little factory support and bigger teams don't devote that much money to the truck series.While Toyota was devoting huge chunks of chage to the Truck series however The Factory Support and Team Money is completey devoted to cup teams. And dont forget not only did they have to build current camrys for Nascar but also COT camrys too

You have to respect how Toyota is sticking it out, but it isnt a suprise they are struggling

Answer 5

I KNEW THEY WOULD Start off bad, usually with new cars they will need to make adjustments and get the formula right. u have to give toyota a chance to make their cars dominant in the busch and nextel series.

Answer 6

The Toyota package for cup is not near the trucks.The engines are different and that is one of the biggest problems they face.Over all Toyota's first goal has been meet,getting into NASCAR.
The next goal was qualifying,they have done that.Then it was consistency which they have not achieved.
Once they reach the consistency they want then you will see the improvement.This was the same thing when Dodge came back into the sport.
That's all I have to say about that.

Answer 7

I think with any new team it is going to take time to figure things out. I really expect it to take Toyota a couple of seasons to get to where they are competitive. I have been surprised at Waltrip's inability to qualify. . .sheesh.

But, just give Toyota time. I think it is way too early on to be giving up on them. . .however I am a Chevy girl :)

Answer 8

I'm a little surprised, but I'm loving every minute of it. I love it when a Toyota goes into the wall. That is if they even make the race.

Answer 9

Yes. I am shocked. I expected them to produce poor finishes every week.. But the fact that there missing race, after race, after race.... I'm amazed. Look for them to get things turned around before the end of the year though.. Or else, It's back over-seas for the YOTAS!

Answer 10

No, I'm not. Companies always do bad when they first get started. Add to that that David Reuitemann is crashing all the time, and ouch