Oh my, lots to say here!!
Dave Moody has reported that Kyle Busch will be driving the #18 Toyota Interstate Batteries car for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 and beyond. (Yes, you read it right!)
The misplaced J.J. Yeley will be headed over to drive the 21 car for the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. (Watch out J.J ., if you don't make the top 35, you'll probably get the bench like Schrader did! Nooo, I'm not angry about how the Wood Brothers handled Kenny!!)
An official announcement is expected within the next 2-3 weeks.
And yes, JGR will go over to the Toyota camp 2008. I trust Dave Moody, so Moody, you better be right!!!
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All the speculation about Gibbs leaving Chevrolet has me concerned.
ReplyDeleteHas this become a win at all costs circumstance? What happened to the Gibbs team scoring four wins in 07 and nine top five finishes for Chevrolet?
I have been wondering what it will take for these teams to strengthen their support for American manufacturers?
America did not become an economic power by outsourcing, American economic power was and still is the result of people working together. No matter what the politicians say, outsourcing is not good for American workers or for the country.
Geeez Dirttrack, settle down. Were talking about racing here, not ending all American manufacturing!
ReplyDeleteBesides, Tundras, Corrolas, and Camrys are made HERE, in the US of A. Don't hate Toyota because they are ACTUALLY able to turn a profit!
--ABF
Oyoota has been playing the "poor, poor pitiful me" game with MWR/BDR Racing Cup teams, all the while shoveling millions into the good graces ahh...err... pockets of ESPN/ABC/Fox media moguls.
ReplyDeleteNow that they've hooked a big sucker fish, it looks like it's time to cash in the big chips for the payoff. The same strategy used to sell J.A. Pan imports in the 70's & 80's, flood the market... hide & watch folks, their quality is already beginning to tank, and they pay their employees millions less than Detroit.
it is great that toyota hires american workers to build the products. the problem is not where the vehicles are made but where the profits for them go! they go back to the land of the rising sun and not back into the american economy to help support the american people. but in this day and age, everything is a global economy. so we have to deal with it.
ReplyDeleteABF, Some Toyota's are ASSEMBLED in the US, but they are not manufactured here. Also, Toyota still imports more cars to the US than they actually assemble here. They employ about 35,000 workers where some multiple of that have lost their jobs at American car companies.
ReplyDeleteThose who talk about Toyota's as if they are an American car are those who have fallen for the great Toyota marketing machine. The reality is, Toyota and Honda started assembling the cars here in the US to get around US import quota's. They managed to take that dirty little trick and spin it around to make gullable Americans think they were as American as moms apple pie. The reality is, all the profits still go on a big ship to Japan, where it deepens the trade deficit, de-valuing the dollar while American car companies do NOT enjoy the same access to their markets that they enjoy here. Toyota is able to turn a profit because they operate on an uneven playing field and they have a FANTASTIC marketing plan. American's actually beleive that Toyota's "run forever", even though the JD Powers survey says that Chevy's generally better for reliability after 3 years. I often wonder where all the old Toyota's are as I drive down the road. I see a lot more old American cars than Toyota's, so apparently, they don't run forever.
If JGR goes to Toyota, I'll be cheering for somebody else.
It's true. Hamlin, Stewart, and Busch can find a hard wall to crash into. I hope toyota doesn't manufacturer the HANS device...if so, they're screwed.
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