I said this is about sponsors

The cheating talk and controversy won't let up.  Once again, our friend Lee Spenser weighs in with her typical insight on the Michael Waltrip story.

Now, it may take longer to identify the mysterious substance found in Waltrip's fuel system than it will to determine the paternity of Anna Nicole's baby, but the bigger mystery is this: Why was Waltrip allowed to race? How did the early rumblings of a four- to six-week suspension for Waltrip somehow devolve into a $100,000 fine, 100 points and a vacation for crew chief David Hyder and VP of competition Bobby Kennedy?

It was a pass for NAPA, it was a pass for Toyota — and about 10 to 15 percent pass for Mikey," said a source close to the situation. "If the sponsor was Burger King and the driver was David Reutimann, he'd be sitting at home. more..

Lee has alot more to say and it's all good. Check it out. 

Think about this though.  The paranoia in the NASCAR garages and press about Toyota possibly already using their, supposedly, forboding Formula One knowlege and experience to somehow steal the Nextel Cup, needs perspective.  I can argue that Toyota, for all of the massive amounts of yen expended,  has been a miserable failure in F1. They, in fact, suck.  In the Craftsman Truck Series however, they have been pretty close to dominant. And they didn't seem to need secret blue fluids to pull it off.