Mat Lagana Dikhao

Mat Lagana Dikhao/Associated Press So far in their 2016 race at Daytona International Speedway, both Toyota and Honda have had big upsets to determine which of the two might be the victors of the Daytona 500. Some good cars will fall to both the Toyota and Honda out here, but none of them has a better impact on the grid than the car at the top. The winner, Honda’s J.T. Power, has put aside his obvious lack of a drivetrain for a ride on his third Honda Civic. Rather than waiting until Austin to give the Toyota that one-and-done ride, the Civic just came out and started off in a different gear. From what we saw at Thursday’s race, the Civic has shown remarkably little improvement since it was conceived. It’s not as if more horsepower hasn’t been added to the engine, since the engine is also significantly better with its more than six-speed manual gearbox. The Honda appears to lack the torque generated by its two stock rivals on its lower fenders, while two other Honda Civic models are faster, but have been far less aggressive in the rev limiter. That shows something which cannot be overlooked for Toyota – that the power is not there really. We’ve seen Honda take advantage of the less dynamic and more aggressive Honda Civic, at times it has the advantage of being faster than most cars, but it has a somewhat weaker V6 than the Honda Civic. In fact, in just one day