Question? Which manufacturer gets their hands dirtier than Toyota? Answer. None. As such, which manufacturer would have loved to have had a shot at Lemans? Answer. Toyota. The Felon stole another one...in bed with Jim.
How are you measuring that? Sounds like n opinion.
Uh, Toyota had cars at Le Mans; class winning cars as I recall. A few posts ago you argued the French would have like to see a Cup OEM that also competed in endurance racing; now you forget Toyota already does that across multiple classes.
Cry us a river. Got to go with the winningest team when you are representing the U.S. and Nascar. 3 championships in 18 years isn't something to write home about, dirty hands or not. Chevy's have won 10 in the same time period. Constant crying isn't helping either.
No, dirty hands are very important. Effort matters just as much as results. That's why participation trophies were invented.
Not about effort. It's about investment. Who builds Chevy motors? New manufacturers (yeah right) take note on the pecking order.
TRD builds the Toyota motors. Who builds the Chevys? Fords?
It was not a rhetorical question. It was asserted that The Chain Gang was the entity to ensure success. I asked what the measure of success was....
Yeah, that makes sense. A manufacturer should enter (while the sport was transitioning between two cars no less), and win championships immediately. Get the word out. That should attract new OEMs.
I think it would have been fascinating for the world to see a Japanese manufacturer's interpretation (at least in part) of a Garage 56 entry. I am aware of Toyota's global racing programs.
What's your point?
I doubt NASCAR will see new manufacturers until it adopts a powerplant more in line with what those manufacturers are using in production models.