Toyota’s White says No 99 team knew they were cheating
Quote selected text Published March 7th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Lee White, GM for Toyota Racing Development, said Carl Edwards’ team knowingly caused a lid to come loose on an oil tank in his Ford because it increased the car’s speed during Sunday’s victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Edwards was penalized 100 points by NASCAR for the missing cover.
Roush Fenway Racing has denied the infraction was intentional, saying a bolt broke because of a vibration. The team said it wasn’t certain it achieved a gain in performance.
White said the manufacturer’s testing at wind tunnels in Germany revealed removing the cover on the oil tank (located in a steel box behind the driver’s seat) resulted in 170 extra pounds of downforce, the aerodynamic measurement of keeping a car glued to the track.
White also said video of a pit stop showed a member of Edwards’ pit crew pulling on a right rear fender to open a 3-inch gap to an inner panel. Toyota testing showed that would create about 70 pounds of downforce, White said. NASCAR said the only issue with the car during inspection was the lid.
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Before anybody says “what does this Toyota guy know”, Lee White used to be one of Jacks go to guys.
Figures… They actually were testing the idea before trying it.
GUILTY!!!!
hahah yeah is it IRONIC that is a toyota spokesperson who makes this comment? i mean Jet Fuel was pretty deliberate
Who used Jet Fuel? I remember a Gelatinous fuel additive last year but never Jet Fuel.
Did Lee White ever work for Roush racing ??
I remember 2 times it was called Jet Fuel. Can’t find the post but I do remember it.
Yeah he was a General Manager for them
BOB? anyone with a 1/2 a brain would have to know JET fuel would slow a car down not improve it,I nfact I doubt the car would even run at allq
It was called Jet Fuel by the media but it wasn’t, it was a Gel that they put in the Carb/engine.
The way I heard it was it was a O2 releasing agent? but who cares Micke Waltrip is no threat to anyone never has been and never will beI told Toyota 2 years ago they would be wasting their monies and should hire a Gibbs or someone similar and look what has transpired Gibbs should give me a commission
By the way I am not bob??keeps saying BOB but I am actually Paul
Bob wrote:
Register and that wouldn’t happen
whats with Toyota wasting millions on Waltrip?There are lots of talanted deserving teams and drivers out there that are a ton better than Waltrip ever was or ever will be.It never ceases to amaze me the stupidity of large corporations
Paul
Fisha695 wrote:
Yeah, for some reason they called it jet fuel or something, but I doubt that jet fuel would be effective in a gasoline engine at all. I heard it described as Sterno in a few places, which sounds more reasonable than Jet Fuel to me.
Some people are going off topic.
Yeah those “intellectuals” are going wayyyyyyy off-topic. wtf does michael waltrip have to do with bugz bunny.
yea… can someone PLEASE explain how the cap on an OIL TANK that is behind the driver can create 170 pounds of downforce????
Ripper it is not the cap on the Oil Tank. It is the lid to the box that surrounds the oil tank (think Battery Box).
As far as how it creates that much downforce… It lets the air from under the car vacate thus creating less lift equaling more downforce.
Here is a link to an article about it. http://stockcarscience.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/05/oil_tank_covers
THAT RACE SHOULD OF BELONGED TO DALE JR. IN MY BOOKS HE IS THE WINNER NOT EDWARDS.
i would gave the REAL win to dale jr also.
It’s rare to hear a honcho like White comment like this about another brand, let alone a team. But he does have a history with Wacky Jack. Maybe he’s just taking a shot at him. Anyway you look at it, he hates Roush.
DALE JR GIRL FOREVER 88 and Sal#24
Be careful what you say about Jr… Your gonna get pummeled about him by the haters.
Not to mention, You just mught be considered “going off topic”, then get warned about it.
Whaaaaa to those.
Oil cap/lid or not… it was not authorized that way as cleary stated in Nascar rules.. LOL…. so guess your biusted Carl…. deal with your penalty and move on.
If the oil cover fell off then why was it not found on the track during a caution or even causing a caution.
Madi wrote:
Because it is inside the cockpit of the car.