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INDIANAPOLIS | Mike Wallace was carrying a sheaf of papers with him Thursday as he walked the infield at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As he paged through the sheaf, discontent spread across his face. For those who use Toyota engines in the Nationwide series, the papers spelled out a new rule that, in the minds of drivers like Wallace, amounted to a raw deal. “These are facts,” said Wallace, a St. Louis native, shaking one of the sheets of paper. For months, opposing teams and drivers complained about Toyota’s Camrys. They said that the Toyota engines had a horsepower advantage. They pointed out that Camrys had won 14 of the 21 races this year, that they led twice as many laps as second-place Chevrolet and that Toyotas led 2,236 of the 3,849 laps run in the series this year. After the last race, two weeks ago at Chicagoland... [read full story]
