I read recently on a US website that Dick Mann's Daytona 200 win on the Honda was controversial and set back Honda's reputation in North America for a number of years after. It implied that it wasn't planned for Mann to win.
I have never heard this and it certainly doesn't seem to fit with Honda's racing philosophy.
Can anyone shed light on this? Is this true and if so what is the background to this or have I just been taken in by ironic comments and not noticed?
