Modern NASCAR’s Most Cheating Team
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- Michael Waltrip is one of the best personalities in NASCAR. He also is one of the most popular personalities in NASCAR as well. But what many tend to omit from his legacy in NASCAR is that his team was not only the subject of one major cheating scandal but two. This is about Michael Waltrip Racing. This is modern NASCAR’s most cheating team.
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What to you is the legacy of Michael Waltrip Racing?
Interesting
2007 Speedweeks and 2013 Spingate
The team Clint Bowyer nearly won the championship with.
They’re known for spin gate
Spingate 2013
Finishing 2nd in the standings in 2012 with Clint Bowyer
Going from an Underfunded joke into a Competitive Toyota team(until Spingate happened)
2007 Speedweeks
"If your car ain't illegal coming off the line, your crew chief isn't trying hard enough."
- Dale Jr
It's like Senna saying if you don't go for a gap that exists but in a more technical way...
@@s21b0b lol if you do not go for the gap you are no longer a racecar driver... after senna intentionally wrecked Alan prost for the world championship.... aryton 😁 GOAT
@@joeyjohnson4826 ANd this is why Nascar and F1 was good with the Waltrips, DEI and jeff
at least the spirit lives on at the iRacing stuff
@@Bitterman5868 and then there's Maldonado, who makes the gap himself, even in F1
@@truedarklander nah Maldonado just sends it into any car
Rule 1 of cheating is don't get caught. MWR cheated so poorly, they got caught immediately. That is an accomplishment when it comes to cheating, being caught in the act.
I posit that the "cheating" was so poorly done, plus the animosity toward Toyota's introduction, that it has to be sabotage.
Karma
Honestly I feel that there is some back door NASCAR politics. Plenty of good ol boys cheat and help their team Ted every race. But NASCAR always seems to turn a blind eye to specific teams and burn others for everything.
You are completely off just like everybody else. It was not a orchestrated deal. Ty Norris was talking to one driver trying to get him to pit while a whole different thing was going on with bowyer it was 2 separate incidents and for two different reasons. It was not what the media lied and said. Every team in nascar was doing it. Ty Norris said a Hendricks car kept faking mechanical problems on the track to manipulate the race. Bowyer and his spotter and ty and the driver he told to pit it was not related at all. It was a crucial point in the race and so it happened at the same time along with 3 other teams faked stuff simultaneously as the mwr incident. It was every team in nascar doing it. But because they ran two radio loops together it made it appear they were on the same radio doing it. The reality ty Norris had no clue what bowyers spotter was telling him to do. Ty did tell the one to pit to do something with a lap. But they got thrown to the wolves when literally 4 teams did the same thing as them during this race but the media or someone covered it up.
Nah Rule 1 of cheating now is to just do it with NASCAR's favortism. Its blanant. Just look at Chase Elliott the past few weeks.
“Nascars most cheating team”
Anyone who has watch S1APShoes: *Ok so every team could make this video*
*Modern, and I prefaced that they aren’t the best due to being caught lol
Didn't Joe Gibbs or somebody else have a Flexible rear part right before the rear spoiler at Talladega the first year they had the car spoiler reduced to 50% of the year before in 2010's, the NASCAR people had to fix this and make the spoiler bigger for the superspeedways and then bigger due to Talladega.
If Talladega were removed from all racing on at least the big oval and forced to race the road course, there would be no loss for me as all almost all racing wants to have the big wreak at Talladega superspeedway. Then remove the non road track part and move grandstands around to fit the new designed track.
@@caseysmith544 yea hass did that
@@cadenchristiansen3553 Okay I was not really watching that year at Superspeedways due to the low downforce being removed for the year prior and that year the incident happened. I just know a team did that in 2010's sometime. Also do not really watch Talladega much now due to basically the track waiting for the big wreak and being a big line of cars stuck in one train.
@@caseysmith544 talledega is not really the train anymore also yea there are big crashes but the finishes always pay off with amazing photo finishes
Clint bowyer: Michael waltrip Is the worst driver.
4 years later. Bowyer joins MWR
1 year later: The Spingate occurs and Bowyer's career start to decline.
And he’s still the worst driver of my lifetime with a career in elite to mid tier cars
told the truth.
Dale Jr desperately trying not to say he cheated on live TV though
He did say that was crazy
Very diplomatic lol
Though what?!
@@cjr1881 tbh Idk why I wrote "though" at the end of this comment.
If you aint cheatin you aint tryin
That dale jr interview is golden😂
Yeah too bad he wasn't as talented as a driver than he was a talker but either way it was Soo funny
@@travisshort7929 Dale Jr was a very talented driver....you go out and try to race Mr smartypants
@@travisshort7929 He was talented, but had major medical issues. To hear what he was dealing with is scary. I can't believe he raced for so many seasons like that.
@@travisshort7929 little fact for ya. Out of all the NASCAR drivers ever to run a race, junior is 32nd all time in win. The best ever? Absolutely not. But very talented and only someone who either doesn’t know the history of NASCAR or someone who just hates him for no reason, would think otherwise.
2 time Bush champion, 2 time Daytona 500 champion, 5 straight wins a Talladega. Yeah every driver does that right,
Michael Waltrip really gave birth to the say "Dem Cheatin Toyoters"
Put it in perspective: Dave Blaney was the most successful Toyota driver in 2007.
Yeah Toyota in it’s first year was actually trash, kinda crazy how they’ve grown from then.
@@vanguardRailgun924 they didn't land any big team the first year, that was their biggest issue. Then Gibbs didn't want to play second fiddle in the Chevy camp to Hendrick so they changed. And here we are LOL
@@vanguardRailgun924 however closest to a win in 2007 was actually Red Bull with Vickers. They hit the setup just right in the 600 and were one of the fastest cars that race, then he lost power steering. I felt so bad when that happened. Yea Blaney was 3rd at Talladega in the fall but Vickers' run in the 600 was more impressive.
@@doomusrlc Dave Blaney was a tremendous sprint car driver.
@@1USACitizen192 yea just his Nascar stats are... lacking, to put it lightly, haha. I'm not denying his skills, just don't think he was suited to Nascar.
I think I'm more irritated about Kaufman creating the god awful Charter system than anything else
@Jacob Hendrickse creates no incentive for new teams to arrive at the sport, makes established teams secure of their spots and allows awful teams to have guaranteed spots if they have one charter (RWR as a example).
The Charter system is just a way Kauffman found to get his money from MWR back after helping the team's demise.
Yep just ask Ty Dillon
NASCAR can get rid of the charter system any time they want to, but they won't for some reason.
@@Gucesarl charters offer guaranteed money to its holders, offering an incentive to new owners like Spire, 23XI, and Trackhouse
To this day, I find it incredibly ironic that Reutimann caused the caution that would begin the chain of events that led to Gordon ruining Bowyer’s chance at a title at Phoenix
Oh don't start that with me! And this guy didn't even mention the related controversy where Joey Logano robbed Gordon of a Chase spot due to Penske and Front Row collaborating
Can you give a timeline? I've never heard of that
Mmmmmmm. Boyer team cheated caused him title I think
@@ToumapassarZEZOCA the 2012 saga: Martinsville 2012 Spring, 6 laps remaining. Jeff Gordon is leading and Jimmie Johnson is second. David Reutimann, driving the 10 for Tommy Baldwin Racing, is having an engine go up in smoke. The problem is, if Reutimann goes behind the wall, a car will pass them and they will wind up being 36th in owner points for the next race. After bypassing the pits with an easy route in once or twice, the car gives out and stalls headed into turn 1. Caution flies. After Pit Stops, Gordon, Johnson, and Bowyer are the top 3. On the restart, Bowyer kamikazes, wrecking Gordon, Johnson, and himself, enabling Ryan Newman to slip by and win on the ensuing restart. Now, this win would have been a milestone for HMS, I think #200. Hendrick later stated he flew out executives to this race in case this momentous occasion would have happened. Gordon is livid, and puts it in the memory bank. After a few more brushes on track throughout the year, it all culminates at November Phoenix. Gordon, after Bowyer races him hard and cuts a tire down, has had enough. Under green, Gordon sandbags until the 15 comes around, making a right and wrecking himself, Bowyer, Logano, and Almirola. At the time before the incident, Bowyer was about 18-25 points back from Keselowski. After the race, Bowyer is down (I believe) 48 points. Ultimately, Brad wins the championship as Bowyer placed second, and Johnson blows a transmission, making Brad K the 2012 champion. So, indirectly, Reutimann sets off a chain event where Jeff Gordon removes Bowyer from championship contention. As a Gordon fan, I want to say Jeff did it because he was mad at Clint, not because he was trying to enable a 2 car showdown between Brad and Johnson, as one theory states. As to whether I think what Gordon did was right or wrong, I don’t know. As for a suspension? Well, Kenseth got suspended 3 races in 2015 for the same incident, when only Logano paid for it. So, regardless of my personal opinion, NASCAR was inconsistent in their rulings.
@@emmettm7482 wow. Crazy stuff. Sounds to me like Gordon did it on purpose. He loves Hendrick motorsports. I think he's taking over when Rick steps down
Everyone forgets that Clint Bowyer also lost all his points at the 2015 chase opener in chicagoland, for cheating
Is that true? How?
Actually no, it was 25 points however he finished 19th, and that gave 25 points, it was a coincidence
Actually the biggest story at the time of Richmond at night in 2013 was how awesome and sick Dale Jr’s goatee and sideburns looked. But sadly that was overshadowed by the spin gate😭
I agree they were on p o I n t
This is what started the trend “dEm ChEeTeN tOyOdErS” but overall very interesting for MWR
EDIT: This crap aged like milk. Honestly what they did to Kyle Busch, screw Toyota. Same with JGR. Long live RCR.
They shouldn’t be in nascar, T0y0dErS are well built reliably cars, a Camry !! Wtf?? And now they’re doing Supra bodies, so I guess BMW is basically in.
It is weird how when Toyota’s are in the lead in the last few laps they seem to pull away from the field like their standing still
@@jasonvogue4487 yea Toyota should be in nascar ,and so all other imported cars should be.
@@jasonvogue4487 it’s about engineering and mechanics. NASCAR companies represent nothing the average consumer can purchase, this isn’t when nascar used actual stock cars. So it makes perfect sense.
Toyota makes great engines. That’s very important. Take a look at their F1 team. Or the Lexus LFA. Toyota deserves to be there maybe more so than other companies.
Plus the bodies of the cars are restricted heavily anyway, dimension and design wise.
@@jasonjgr8580 I would personally like dodge to be back instead of Toyota but I'm just a nostalgic fan lol. I don't watch nascar much anymore since my favorite driver Jeff gordon retired but I'm excited for the next gen cars for some reason
MWR was slowly becoming a powerhouse then spingate happened and that killed the team
It not only killed this team but Toyota long term with seat issues and a gut of talent they have.
But it sparked MTJ career
@@IrvinAlvarado44 Yep until some teams Dropped Ford for Toyota or Doge left NASCAR entirely.
@@crazybut6641 true it did land him first Furniture Row then Gibbs but at same idea he may have done a stellar early playoff run at MWR run maybe a cup run in the team???? Oooooo
Micheal Waltrip ----------------- Worst poker face ever
MWR: *Cheats*
Napa Auto Parts: *Eww cheating is gross... We go sponsor this Xfinity guy name Chase... hopefully we do better* lol
@TNS1089 Calm down Chase fan, that was only a joke lol
@TNS1089 yeah and he has 1.21k more subs that you. I wouldn’t call him a loser if I were in your shoes
@TNS1089 Dude, why're you being such a buzz kill?
It's obviously a joke, just admit you're being grouchy. We all have bad days.
@TNS1089 F.O.D
And Now This Chase Guy Is A Cup Championship
MWR did s🅱️inalla before it was cool
@@CertainlyCaro he turned extremely hard left at the 4th left hand corner he saw
Mikey:pronto,clint
Clint:yes mikey
Mikey:s🅱innala
Clint:why
Mikey:truex isn't the chase yet,just s🅱in or your fired
Clint:*sigh*fine
Pronto 🅱️owyer? S🅱️innala.
It is 2 Ns, not 2 Ls
@@zikalokof1challenge414 It’s right
Renault F1 in 2008: **spins**
MWR in 2013 ''Hmmmm...''
S🅱ins
My thoughts exactly, we need skeptics like this in F1 because it's stupid to think Alonso didn't know about it, I mean it's not like he's managed by the fired, disgraced and banned team leader as a manager...oh wait he did rofl.
There was a reason Spingate was also called Singapore Sling for a while.
If there wasn’t a plan already in place, Alonso would have refused to pit so early in the race or at least he would have questioned it strongly
@@sdewey4152 And incidentally, that cost Massa the 2008 title. I can't believe Renault are taking him in for a third fucking time. I can't even believe Ferrari took him in 2010 after having shafting them just two years prior
It would be interesting to see you make a video on the side skirt advantage from 2014. I wonder what your thoughts are on it, what team figured it out first, and how each team incorporated it with time.
They can make this ruling but can't seem to figure out that damn double yellow line
The end of MWR helped give Truex jr the team he needed for his career. Chase got a sponsor to bring him into Nascar
The look and way dale jr. Is talking, he knows what was up.
dident want to be a rat.
Dale jr should have brought that up when Clint was on his podcast?
@@johnriggle5336 yeah that would have been entertaining but not surprising they didnt talk about it im sure its not clints favorite subject lol.
Didn't Dale jr spln out on purpose at I think bristol before not to go a lap down or something like that
@@paulburgess1574 yep lol
"Nascar fans have a long memory"
Meanwhile every NFL fan outside New England: "Spygate!!!" "Deflategate" "Something-gate" "Patriots cheated at practice today!" "Brady had pasta today! PastaGate!"
JGR has had their moments....I seem to remember a 100lb oil pan and several other incidents.
Strange how NASCAR said nothing about it, considering they hate JGR.
Talladega and Martinsville this year.
Let's also not forget the term "Turboyota" and the fact that the "jet fuel" used in Waltrip's car turned out to be more like rocket fuel
You do know that Jet fuel is Kerosene? Try that in your car and see what happens.
Jet fuel would slow it down.
Yes guys, that was his point. Read. Comprehend. Post. In that order.
Yep high sulfur deisle
It was more like Sterno.
“Innovating” is when you don’t get caught. Cheating is when you get caught.
And another funny fact: Brian Vickers he was on two toyota teams with great potential and the two teams closed.
Them cheating Toyoters
Them cheating joe gibbs cheaters
Damn Toyaters
Well when Bowyer gets into the announcers booth fulltime this year we have plenty of things we can ask him about via twitter during rain delays.
LOL
You never spin yourself out, you always spin someone else out.
Rubbing IS Racing 😂
JR. Forgot that 1 also...
I honestly expected JGR but this makes more sense
Lol jr “craziest thing I ever saw”
According to one of S1ap's videos what was in the intake in 2007 wasn't jet fuel the chemical compound was much more similar to rocket fuel
Yep
Either way it shouldn't be in a car
@@Fandom_Junkie not in a cup car at least haha. Who knows if it was some drag racing power adder compound lol
It was sterno camping fuel.coat the inside of intake or breather with it and it'll slowly dissolve and hopefully be gone by the end of the race.
Nascar fans in 2007: "THEM CHEATIN' TOYOTERS'!!"
Nascar fans in 2020: "THEM CHEATIN' TOYOTERS'!!"
CHEATER
CHEATER!
Toyota cheater
You know what I hate
This is a parody of the little caesars cheeser cheeser commerical
Dodge: ill just put my middle finger for all u...fu** u Toyota
lol what fans?
He’s always been a shady guy . We still don’t know if he was drunk or on drugs when he was walking home in socks and his vehicle flipped on its side in some ditch on a county road 🤔. The only thing that kept him driving half assed in nascar for so long was his ability to sell ice cubes to eskimos
If he had some kind of manager for everything, he would have been a dominant figure in nascar.
Interesting to see Ray Evernham admit MWR cheated. He helped get Jeremy Mayfield blackballed for public accusations of him cheating...
To be frank, it was so blatantly obvious that it would have been impossible to defend that in anyway regardless of whoever it was. You already had one of the commentators (ironically himself a former MWR driver) pointing out how Dale Jr's car didn't touch him, then Jr himself further confirming he didn't get into the car (His tone was hilariously sarcastic as if he knew what was going on), and then Rusty not wasting anytime in saying that looked suspicious.
Seriously, how many times did Johnson 48 get caught cheating
Not near what you're acting like he got caught cheating there was a handful incidence that weren't proven the one where he told Jimmy if he won the race to knock the back of the car out Jimmy Johnson was a great driver he was the man
@@chrispennington6890 opinions do very
4:30 that crap looks like a scene from Cars 😂
DINOCO'S ALL MINE
Forgot to mention the trackbar incident with Roush Racing at Martinsville in 2008 where the team "mysteriously" ended up with one of the Roush trackbars in their pit at the conclusion and teardown after the race was over.
"Them cheating Toyotas" also came from previous series before going into NASCAR. In Formula 1 they used data stolen from Ferrari F2003 for TF104 car. Despite building a Ferrari clone (F2003 was super successful) it still bombed in the F1. In CART/Champ Car look up "pop off valve controversy" from Detroit Grand Prix race. It lead start of Honda of leaving the series and jumping to rival Indycar. Toyota thank CART/Champ Car by defecting to Indycar as well.
Honda is not owned by Toyota. Other then this yeah the info is right and both Japanese teams jumped ship to Indy car. CART/Champ Car is dead now anyhow or at most a very very small official race series.
@@caseysmith544 I mean the series that now uses the name Champ Car is anything but dead.
Also their Celica rally car which had a "legit" air restrictor
@@GreenTheGrape They also pretended the fuel tank was a luggage spot for the GT-One - although that was a case of homologation special wars in 90s GT1.
If Michael Waltrip didn't cheat with his team, one of his car's could've won a championship and more races
Look at phoniex 2012 jeff gordon
Uke Kid bowyers fault
43 Car Field
@@b.d.cooper8671 facts
You do realize every team cheats or bends rules lil bit ...hell first nascar strictly stock division race and winner was a cheater with heavy duty springs ....smokey used 7/8 scale nova after Chevrolet pulled out.....teams use..used lead shot to spill out during the race ....they run 380ci 400ci motors but yet when inspectors poured cylinders they got 358ci.....soooooooooo we all cheat its racing its our DNA to push it to limit
I like Michael, but damn was that ever a shady race team
"COME ON MAN" - Darrell Waltrip
4:40 "Michael waltrip is the worst driver in NASCAR period" Uh, the five car cut right across his bumper.
You forgot about Danica Patrick
Sissy Mikey isn't a washed up driver, He's a Never was driver!
Btw at Daytona they smeared STERNO on the inside of the Intake Manifold. Which is basically gelatin Alcohol/Methanol which makes more power than Gasoline ⛽
MW pissed on his legacy. The "nicest guy" in NASCAR image shot to pieces. He turned out to be a prick who would do anything to win including gambling with hundreds of people's livelihoods.
You wonder if this had not happened would MWR be a top team like Gibbs, Hendrick, etc. to this day. Yes but I feel Mikey would have figured out a way to screw it up eventually. And Truex, went from unluckiest guy, on his way out of the sport to champion, remarkable comeback.
Michael's legacy be winning the 500
Unfortunately that's only half the sentence.
“If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying”
"My team is so bad that we need to use jet fuel in our race cars"
The team was put on the map with one cheating scandal and removed from it with the other.
Man... if your going to spin out on purpose, why not complain about a vibration or something? If Clint would have waited 3 or 4 laps and complained about picking up a vibration and maybe spinning coming to pit lane... no one would have known.
If your going to cheat, you have to be good at it. MWR just wasn't
There was 5 laps to go for one, and two Clint did not know it, he was Told to do it by his crew chief in "code".
So he would have not known when to do it at all on the track, without the information his crew chief had.
oh nice Acceleracers pfp
Nether was Robby Gordon, kept loosing his glove or roll bar padding on the back stretch......
In 2010, MWR hired Mike Coughlan, who was at the time banned from F1 for involvement in Spygate. When his F1 ban expired, Coughlan went to Williams before his MWR contract expired and they sued him (before going for settlement).
Obligatory "if you ain't cheating, you ain't winning". Also remember to tie loose ends.
Viva la Raza
Youre Not First.... You're Last 😂😂
Michael Waltrip loves himself more then racing .
Yep even failed on dancing with the stars
Michael Waltrip is the worst driver in NASCAR history
Worst driver and he a moron
MWR sucking at cheating is arguably why Chase Elliott is a champion.
Wait why?
@@gage2040 NAPA left MWR for Chase Elliott.
Iceberg: *MWR cheats da most*
*Approaching Angry Erich Keplinger intensifies*
DennyDelivers I'm angry to😡
Oh come on. The 48 car was always getting fined. Chad Knaus was always getting suspended.
MWR had only one major impact on NASCAR:
Hurting, tarnishing and ruining the credibility of the sport
Its amazing how many people aren't aware of Toyota coming in the sport in the 80s in the NASCAR Baby Grand Division
Most cheating team of all time, Junior Johnson’s team
The folks watching NASCAR today have no clue who that is and that's sad he was the best driver/owner ever
@@ericwilliams6915 I love the stores about that guy
I found a bottle of Peak at a Walgreens that still had Clint Bowyer’s car on it since they sponsored MWR. Wonder how long that’s been there.
All I can think is had Dale not been blocking and instead going for his second Daytona 500 win...
Spot on. Peace.
He did have a good run from 2009-2013 before Richmond.
I was at Richmond when Waltrip cheated. It was my 19th birthday and Bowyer spun out right by our seats. That race was my present and I got an extra gift learning I witnessed guaranteed cheating in person.
This when NASCAR changed the to playoff system we have today minus the stage racing
A Ferrari engineer saw the spin strat, and he said, "this gives Mattia a great idea"
Small nitpick: the “jet fuel” you mentioned wasn’t actually jet fuel, it was actually (from what I have found) Triethylborane/Triethylaluminium (TEA/TEB), a chemical that reacts with oxygen. It is literally ROCKET FUEL!! It is mostly used to start rocket engines, and not to power them during flight, but still...
How do these guys get their hands on this stuff?
Mechanic: "Dude, this stuff is way more powerful than gas, are-"
Michael Waltrip: *"Yes"*
I thought Jimmie Johnson team was the king of cheating.
MWR's Chrome Wheels smacked
They also looked good on diecasts. I still have some of them lying around somewhere
Probably the one thing that made those cars stand out.
The Spingate feels like a failed attempt to replicate the infamous F1 Crashgate in Singapore 2008
It wouldn't hurt my feelings to never hear another Waltrip voice in racing.
same
Gotta love Jr playing it down.
I think it's gonna be funny as hell to listen to Bowyer in the booth when a potential cheating incident comes up. Some advice Clint: Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive and Dodge.
I've been watching NASCAR since 81, when in car camera technology came through, in my opinion, he did it on purpose, just like in 2008 in F1.
Toyotas have been caught cheating in NASCAR multiple times. They also have the unofficial title of the smartest cheat in motorsports history with the 1995 WRC Celica.
MWR was to be "THE" Toyota team and they thru it all away.. this is why JGR is where it is today..
I commend Jr for calling it like he saw it in the most tactful way possible.
*3 Scandals. Missed MWR stealing a sway bar from Roush racing in 2008. They did not do themselves any favours perception wise.
Man that ESPN crew was so good...NBC is a bunch of goofballs minus Dale Jr, those guys were respectable analysts.
Especially daddy's fans ( I mean junior)
I loved Dale's response. Lmao.
I was at the spingate race and totally forgot Newman was set to win it. Also someone stood up in front of me as Edwards was doing his backflip so I couldn't see it.
David Reutimann is highly underrated tbh
tore up to much stuff.get u out as quick as low performance.
@@ixlr8677 I’m just sayin talent wise he had a lot of potential
Notice Clint avoided answering lol
I always thought it was a shit deal how MWR lost everything after spin gate but yet nothing happened to RCR when they did the same thing at the same race in 2011 to help Kevin Harvick win
To be fair JGR winning everything in sight starting in 2008 also started the Dem Cheatin Teyodors. Also have to mention Kauffman causing the 2011 Mike Rockenfeller LeMans crash.
@@b.d.cooper8671 I didn't say they weren't. But in 2008 they won like half the Nationwide season and the 18 car wins 8 Cup races which was a huge jump from what the team did in 2007
@@b.d.cooper8671 Logano had nothing to do with JGR's success. He won 1 Nationwide race in 2008. Kyle coming in helped the team but he was hated at the time and people's only reason for him winning everything was that Toyota was cheating. The Nationwide side of JGR did get busted about halfway through the year as well. Not saying I believe any of that but thats the stuff I remember other people saying at the time.
also the fact that because of MWR going under, Clint Bowyer had to spend a year of his career on a backmarker team in HScott Motorsports
"Jet fuel" is nothing more than high end kerosene. Doubt that will give an unfair advantage.....call it methanol/nitro methane injection or propolyne oxide or hydrogen engine, benzene.....not jet fuel.
Hydrogen peroxide*
Dang auto correct
I honestly love your videos the one thing that bothers me especially working in the performance industry is everyone saying jet fuel like it some crazy explosive chemical jet fuel is diesel or kerosene one of the hardest fuels to even ignite what they most likely used was some form of oxygenator in a gelatin form as a stabilizing agent to when it gets hot it releases extra oxygen as a nitrous does
Speaking of conspiracy theories, you should do a video focusing exclusively on NASCAR-related conspiracy theories. That could get interesting, very quickly.
Are we supposed to believe Toyota had no knowledge of what Waltrip was doing? Really?
For God's sake, he put jet fuel in his manifold. NASCAR caught him.
No one wanted Toyota to come into NASCAR to begin with. Michael Waltrip took on a very difficult task. Once under a microscope, a very dark cloud, he gave everything mentally and financially. I give him credit. He tried to do something to make a difference in the sport. Every one cheats from small tracks to big tracks. But look at the Toyota teams now, and look at Truex. He continues to help our sport. Michael became a huge steppingstone for the sport, Toyota, and drivers. I hope he is well and is enjoying life.
Not long before Honda enters the sport too
Napa moved on to sponsor Chase Elliott
5 Hour Energy sponsor Clint during his 2016 season, and Erik Jones during his rookie season.
Aarons never appeared in NASCAR again
“Hey, it’s not cheat if you don’t get caught!” DW
When they added Toyota, I was thinking “WHAT?!” “You Added Toyota Into NASCAR?!” “No More Dodge?!” “NO MORE MOPAR?!” “No More Dodge?!” “DAMN!”
I'm not gonna say he didn't cheat, but I always found it hard to believe he did. Call me naive if you want but being how much MW loves and respects NASCAR to this day it just never set right with me. 🤷🏻♀️
ok...
Smokey Yunick pretty much summed it up. The spirit of racing, in all forms. Is reading between the lines and slipping in some cheating. If they got to rewrite the rules because you had a creative interpretation or you just were so goddamn smart that the techs couldn't figure out your performance gain then that is an innovation.
Like it or hate it all teams from grass roots dirt track, to formula 1, motogp and wrc rally. Plus everything in between including Nascar which has a vibrant history of it. All racing does the amount of sheer competition for any edge leads to this. Gray areas and creative interpretation is all it will ever be for the engineers and race strategists.
The legacy: everyone’s hate of Toyota will forever have justification
At least Mikey WAS TRYIN! If you ain't cheatin, YOU AIN'T TRYIN! :P