[Afronaut]

With the new COT (IROC) the engine is really the only swap for them along with the decals. I do not see them having any issues in 2008. In NASCAR you cannot say no to $$ Gibbs will be as good next year as they have been.

The bugs have been worked out of the TRD engine and it will only be better after the GIbbs folks get their hands on the information.

I drive a Chevy and my MV is a Nissan. It is hard to bellyache about Toyota in NASCAR, I have owned 3 in my lifetime.

[tubebender]

With the new COT (IROC) the engine is really the only swap for them along with the decals. Gibbs will be as good next year as they have been.

Great point.

[af_vet_rr]

With the new COT (IROC) the engine is really the only swap for them along with the decals. I do not see them having any issues in 2008.

Not after the engine game crap that NASCAR played with Toyota between the trucks and the cars (funny how the other manufacturers didn't have to go through that crap, makes you wonder if they leaned on NASCAR to do that to Toyota).

Let's put the tinfoil on for a moment - was it a coincidence that JGR had this announcement within days of the sales figures coming out showing Toyota passing up Ford and becoming the #2 US automaker? Toyota knew those figures well in advance (probably have known it for a couple of weeks). JGR has been planning this for quite a well (several months from what I understand - the timing is such, it seems like TRD gave up on Michael Waltrip's crew and started lobbying JGR). It's a good PR boost for Toyota which is why I mention it.

Oh, and here's a tip for anybody that posts on other racing forums - when dealing with the "Joe Gibbs and Tony Stewart suck for switching to Toyota" contingent, they don't like it if you point out that certain Chevy teams, that the owners own lots of Toyota and Honda dealerships. Nope, they don't like it at all.