Jack Roush is a very well respected man in the garage. But lately Roush has been in a huge feud with Toyota, which in my opinion is ruining Roush’s image. It all started at Las Vegas. Carl Edwards came home with the victory but was penalized after he failed post race inspection. It turned out the lid on the oil tank was off, supposedly by “accident”. Roush denied rumors that the oil tank lid was off on purpose. But Toyota felt the need to chime in with ideas of their own. This created a war of words between Roush and Toyota that plagued the weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

We now fast forward to Martinsville. Once again drama is brought to the race track by Jack Roush and Toyota. This time Roush claims a sway bar was stolen last season at Dover. Who stole the sway bar? Of course it was Roush’s arch nemesis Toyota! Michael Waltrip stepped in to confirm that his team took the sway bar “by accident”. Roush was threatening legal action against the team that “stole” the sway bar. But after Waltrip announced it was an “accident”, Roush reconsidered.

Now, here we are. Denny Hamlin has taken the win at Martinsville. But the talk all weekend was the soap opera drama surrounding Jack Roush. Many people, including myself, are sick of the Roush and Toyota feud. Can we please move on with our lives? Toyota is here to stay. It has become very evident since Toyota stepped foot in NASCAR that Roush dislikes the idea of racing against a foreign manufactory.

Why did Jack Roush feel this weekend was the right time to bring up the sway bar incident? Roush found out about the incident in January but decided to announce it this weekend, two months later. Jack seems like a pretty well rounded guy and very respectful. But some of the stunts he and Toyota have pulled in the last few weeks are ridiculous. Perhaps Roush and Toyota can sit down and have a closed door meeting to sort out their issues so the rest of NASCAR can move on with their lives.