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#55 penalized: 100 driver and owners pts (NASCAR nails Waltrip, Toyota not happy)
Jaskis ^ | 2/14/07 | Staff

Posted on 02/14/2007 4:03:07 PM PST by umgud

NASCAR Release: NASCAR announced Wednesday that it has confiscated the primary car of the #55 Toyota team that competes in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series with driver Michael Waltrip, as a result of rule violations found during pre- and post-qualifying inspection for the Daytona 500. Crew chief Larry (David) Hyder and the team’s vice president of competition Bobby Kennedy have been ejected from this week’s events at Daytona International Speedway and suspended indefinitely. Hyder also has been fined $100,000. NASCAR also penalized Waltrip with the loss of 100 driver championship points. His qualifying time from pole day on Feb. 11 was disallowed. Team owner Elizabeth (Buffy) Waltrip has been penalized 100 car owner championship points.............................

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: cheater; nascar; toyota; waltrip; whatsthatinyourpipe
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NASCAR really hits Waltrip, who has been the face of Toyota's entry into NASCAR. Unconfirmed rumor has it that a Sterno like substance may have been put in his intake manifold to increase horsepower. A NASCAR inspector smelled it when when inspecting Waltrips restrictor plate. This action has HUGH consequences to Waltrip and Toyota.
1 posted on 02/14/2007 4:03:10 PM PST by umgud
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To: umgud
There's a few more that got some points taken away so they start in the negative.......
2 posted on 02/14/2007 4:04:26 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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To: NormsRevenge

ping


3 posted on 02/14/2007 4:04:52 PM PST by umgud (The profound is only so to those that it is.)
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To: umgud
Waltrip's crew chief thrown out for illegal substance
By JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer

February 14, 2007

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Michael Waltrip's crew chief and team director were thrown out of the Daytona 500 and suspended indefinitely Wednesday because an illegal substance was found during inspection for the season-opening race.

Waltrip, docked 100 points, will be allowed to participate in Thursday's races that determine the field for NASCAR's biggest event of the year.

David Hyder, his crew chief, was thrown out of the garage and fined $100,000. Team director Bobby Kennedy also was kicked out.

NASCAR officials would not reveal what they found in Waltrip's intake manifold, but a person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press it was a form of jet fuel.

``I don't think this is anything that we've seen in the recent past,'' said competition director Robin Pemberton.

The illegal substance was found inside the intake manifold of Waltrip's new Toyota Camry before qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. NASCAR seized the part and shipped it back to North Carolina for analysis, and spent all day Wednesday pulling parts and pieces from under the hood.

The manifold is a part of the engine that supplies the fuel/air mix to the engine cylinders. Waltrip's team coated the inside of it with an illegal substance that is believed to be a gelatin form of jet fuel, according to the same official, who requested anonymity because NASCAR had not announced its penalties at the time.

Waltrip's team maintains it was oil.

Adding the substance, described as an oxygenate, would boost the octane in the fuel, thus making the engine run better at higher horsepower.

--snip--

Or should I say

WHOOOSHHH!!!!

4 posted on 02/14/2007 4:06:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: umgud

Already got ya covered. ;-)


5 posted on 02/14/2007 4:07:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: umgud

Not to mention SERIES!


6 posted on 02/14/2007 4:10:44 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (" Judge not and thou shalt not be judged")
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To: WestCoastGal; tubebender; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; steveegg

Oops!


7 posted on 02/14/2007 4:13:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: NormsRevenge

I'm curious, Jet fuel, just a higher grade of kerosene?

That won't boost octane at all. And it was on the exhaust side?

This is not making sense.


8 posted on 02/14/2007 4:14:33 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (" Judge not and thou shalt not be judged")
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To: NormsRevenge
"Adding the substance, described as an oxygenate, would boost the octane in the fuel, thus making the engine run better at higher horsepower..."

How long could that last?

9 posted on 02/14/2007 4:15:01 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: NormsRevenge

Kenseth and Khane chasing the chase, Waltrip chasing the 35 owners points.


10 posted on 02/14/2007 4:16:08 PM PST by umgud (The profound is only so to those that it is.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Correction, Instead of exhaust, I meant intake side.


11 posted on 02/14/2007 4:16:25 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (" Judge not and thou shalt not be judged")
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To: NormsRevenge

DJ went to Toyota too it appears. He was really slow at the bud shoot out.


12 posted on 02/14/2007 4:18:50 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (" Judge not and thou shalt not be judged")
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To: NormsRevenge

Watched the presser with pemberton, they refuse to say what it was, said it was not wuite like vaseline, more like silicone.

I noticed the Big Wig was wearing a NASCAR 48 hat. OK, so it may not be for Jimmy Johnson, but they sure do seem to favor him as much as they can get away with, in spite of Knauss getting a rap last year.

GO MIKEY!


13 posted on 02/14/2007 4:19:28 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
How long could that last?

If it was in the fuel, long enough to get a qualifying spot in the big show.

14 posted on 02/14/2007 4:20:15 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: umgud
Waltrip chasing the 35 owners points.

Do you mean the top 35 in points, or the 100 points they lost both as a driver and as an owner.

15 posted on 02/14/2007 4:21:34 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

sounds like napalm to me or a petroleum type gel.. lol

You da bomb, Mikey! ;-)


16 posted on 02/14/2007 4:26:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: NormsRevenge

What could be the advantage with that, with retarding combustion for a longer power stroke being about all i can think of.


17 posted on 02/14/2007 4:31:15 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance ("Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors." GOHUNTER08!)
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To: umgud

Mikey might also lose his TV gig over this.


18 posted on 02/14/2007 4:35:55 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
" This is not making sense."

None of it does unless you're Team Chevy.

Ford has had a contender penalized.

Daimler has had strong drivers penalized.

Toyota (Phagh - pooey) is penalized for 'adding a less volatile substance(?).'

And Mr Goodwrench just marches on....

(Taking my tinfoil off now)

19 posted on 02/14/2007 4:54:15 PM PST by norton
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To: Fierce Allegiance

So the additive was put in the fuel and it was discovered through residue on the restrictor plate.


20 posted on 02/14/2007 4:57:47 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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