How much of a difference can a change in manufacturers make, really. Well after digging through some numbers, I came up with these facts. Tony has made nine starts in the Daytona 500; 4 in a Pontiac, and 5 in the Chevy. In the 4 Pontiac races, he never lead a lap. He never failed to lead a lap in any of the Chevy races. In the Pontiac, he only completed every lap in one race. Until last year, Tony had completed every lap run in the Chevy.

I'm not expecting the Toyota to be that much better or worse, especially in COT trim. Just seemed interesting when I looked at the Daytona 500 stats by themselves without the July race numbers mixed in there.