On Friday, Roush accused a Toyota team, which, by Waltrip's admission, turned out to be Michael Waltrip Racing, of stealing a proprietary sway bar from one of Roush's teams last September at Dover.

Waltrip says the sway bar wound up at MWR by mistake and that when the mistake was brought to the team's attention in January, the sway bar was returned to Roush.

Roush and Waltrip agree the sway bar was taken to MWR, by whatever means of conveyance, and was subsequently returned. The recovery was accomplished at an early-morning meeting between a manager from Roush Fenway Racing and a manager from MWR.

They agree the part was not taken from a tool box. Roush made a point of explaining that the sway bar his team had developed was too long to fit into one of the standard tool boxes Roush Fenway teams use. Waltrip said on Saturday, "I promise you that no one went to their tool box and swiped it."

Roush says he didn't even know the sway bar was missing until a vendor contacted him, indicating that someone from the Toyota team had inquired about duplicating the connecting arms for the sway bar. Roush said his sway bars have serial numbers and are painted a uniform blue color. When the part was returned, Roush says, the serial number was intact but the paint had been removed by sandblasting.