Name: Kevin
City, State: Lake Anna, Virginia
Question: What has been your biggest challenge with setting up these new Camry's out of the box with very limited information and testing?

ANSWER: It's just like any new car. You're trying to learn the nose of the Camry verses the nose you were used to on either Dodges or Fords or Chevrolets. We're still working with it.

Name: Matt
City, State: Greenville, South Carolina
Question: I know that each track changes the way you set the car up but what aspect of the set up is generally the most challenging week to week?

ANSWER: Probably the tires. That is a big part each week especially if you go from one week to another and another where they are not the same tires. It's definitely a challenge keeping up with that.

Name: Dave
City, State: New Lenox, Illinois
Question: Greg, it seems every week that the race reports say that the team is dealing with handling issues, mostly tight conditions. Is this a chassis issue or an aero issue for you guys and what are the things you're doing to address it?

ANSWER: It's both and we're trying to do what we can with both of those areas to make it better.

Name: Ted
City, State: Syracuse, New York
Question: You guys on the pit crew work hard and do a great job. What kind of toll is the poor on-track performance by the Camry taking on the team members and the UPS team as a whole and is it hard to get "pumped up" for a race when you know the car isn't fast enough to be competitive?

ANSWER: No, we enter each race with the same attitude. We have to do the best that we can whether we're running in the middle or the front or the back of the pack.

Name: Tina
City, State: Daytona Beach, Florida
Question: How long have you been involved in NASCAR and what's your favorite time on a raceday?

ANSWER: I've been doing this for 13 years. I enjoy Fridays - the practice and qualifying is probably the best part.

Name: Patti
City, State: Clarks Summit
Question: Hi Greg, this may sound strange but are tires specifically arranged to go right rear, left rear, right front, left front or does it matter because the balance is the same on each tire?

ANSWER: There are specific right sides and specific left sides. Beyond that we can choose whether they go front or rear.

Name: Jeff
City, State: Bowie, Texas
Question: Why only nine laps of practice before trying to qualify before the race at Darlington?

ANSWER: We worked on qualifying trim only on Friday at Darlington. And at Darlington, the track surface is so abrasive that after one run on a set of tires your time drops off so much that it isn't any benefit to do more than a couple laps on each run. We had five sets and ran each set for two laps and the last set one lap.

Name: Olin
City, State: Capron, Illinois
Question: Are those chrome rims I see? What is used to keep the lugs in place for quick mounting and the yellow line on the tire, is that to align with a mark on the hub?

ANSWER: The rims are not chrome. They're a silver powder coat that gives the look of chrome. NASCAR outlawed chrome a long time ago so this is the closest we can get to that chrome look. And as far as that yellow line, no it isn't for that. It is the tire carrier's preference for where he wants to index it during a pit stop.

Name: Ted
City, State: Syracuse, New York
Question: In a previous Team Talk Dale stated that one disadvantage facing the Camry is that it can't match the down force produced by other manufacturers. In years past, whenever a particular body style had an aerodynamic advantage, NASCAR would "tweak" the aero package of those bodies that were not as slick. Why hasn't NASCAR stepped in to assist the Camry more in this area?

ANSWER: They won't give you a new nose unless they know that is your weak
point. Right now with Toyota we're still learning on motors. We have new young teams that are still learning on chassis and everything. So until we can actually prove that we need body modifications they are not going to do that.

Name: Curtis
City, State: Longview, Texas
Question: How does it affect the team when you have to sit out on race day?

ANSWER: It's definitely no fun. Nobody likes missing races.

Name: Mike
City, State: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Question: In your opinion, what is the biggest factor to the Camry's problems this year? Is it bad (underpowered) equipment? Is it poor management at MWR? Should there have been more R&D between Toyota and MWR especially with the new car design (COT) or is there another factor that has led to the Camry's poor showing this year?

ANSWER: You always like to have more R&D time between your manufacturer and
yourself but obviously that's limited with our schedule. We're working on having more of that. We're just learning every day to make them better.