Following extra struggles for the Toyota automobiles on this 12 months’s NASCAR Cup Sequence, former driver and present broadcaster Kevin Harvick is sounding the alarm.
The most recent incident was Ty Gibbs‘ engine blowing up on him when he was in rivalry at Pocono on Sunday. It was simply the most recent engine failure from a Toyota this season.
“I’m hitting the panic button on this one, and that’s the Toyota engines,” Harvick stated on the Kevin Harvick’s Pleased Hour podcast. “As a result of we’ve seen the 11 blow up, we’ve seen the 20 blow up, we’ve seen the 54 blow up. We’ve seen various engine points with the Toyotas, and I feel it’s simply, it appears sporadic, proper? In order that they have been in high-RPM, shifting racetracks that it looks as if they’ve confirmed up at.
“I’d be panicked.”
First Christopher Bell blew his engine at Gateway, taking him out of rivalry within the Get pleasure from Illinois 300. Then Denny Hamlin blew his engine at Sonoma.
Lastly, Gibbs misplaced his on Sunday in a race that he took the pole in and was aggressive early in. He finally slipped on a restart and had hassle working his manner again to the entrance earlier than catastrophe hit.
“It’s simply so onerous to get better on tracks like that, with Pocono, Indy,” Kevin Harvick stated. “It’s so technique dependent and you’ll have a quick racecar, but it surely takes perpetually to cross one automobile. So that you’ve acquired to have all of the items come collectively just like the 12 did, the place you don’t have any errors, you don’t have something occur, you don’t slip up on a restart due to the time it takes to get previous these vehicles.”
In fact, not having your engine blow up on you additionally helps. Say this in regards to the Toyota engines: They get the job achieved once they’re buzzing.
That’s why the scenario for Gibbs and firm is so doubtlessly dicey.
“The factor I am going again to is that they have velocity,” Kevin Harvick stated. “And you’ll inform that he is aware of he has velocity along with his interviews and issues after the race. Ty is aware of that they’ve velocity, he’s not fearful about that. However I’m fearful about their engines.
“And I’m fearful if that sporadic blow-up comes on the unsuitable time within the playoffs. Been there, achieved that and all of the sudden you’re in a nasty place.”
