SPEEDtv.com's Tom Jensen blogs the latest news heading into the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway...

Do the big three have any smart executives left on the payroll? Let's cut funding in Nascar because Toyota is doing well (w/JGR) and all we have to do is continue to make Toyota "castrate" their engines AGAIN!!! This is supposed to help fans see the best quality racing? Nascar is an American sport, our terms, turf, and timing. How can you lose with these ingredients unless there is something bad wrong like lazy, corrupt, stupid,etc. Make OUR hot rods runnnnnn! American technology cannot be made to compete w/Toyota? I say YES it can and that is what needs to happen! The question of whether Toyota should be in Nascar has been answered, they are here. So why can't the big three step up to the plate instead of make the competition play "T ball"? If and when "Smoke" returns to Chevy as owner/driver, I feel sure he is the man to change this for the better!