Tony Stewart crashes at Vegas!

[Dlyne8r]

A couple of thoughts: First, Gordon admitted that he was the cause for his wreck that took himself out and spun out the other car (#17 Kenseth?). Second, Jr. stated after the race that the red flag killed his chances of taking the lead due to cold tires (and yes, he spun his tires on the previous re-start that could have been catastrophic). But, I think, and hope, Jr. is very close to pulling the trigger on getting a win.

As far as Toyota goes in terms of being better than last year, I'm not surprised at all. I suspect that they threw a ton of $$$ at JGR to switch brands (which I'm still not quite over yet) which immediately gave them much more respectability in addition to capturing JGR technical resources. They were sure to be more competitive.

Someone please enlighten me if they know more, but I recall hearing that Toyota had about 30-40 more HP than the other mfr's around the time they ran Daytona. If so, no wonder they're kicking everyone's asses. However, I hope I don't hear the Chevy, Ford, and Chrysler teams wine if Toyota does indeed have an advantage. In the old days, the other mfr's would just work harder to develop new technology to outrun their competition. But currently, the other teams will just bitch and moan until NASCAR once again tweaks the rules to provide a "level" playing field. Man, I miss the old days!