Not to be a picky little wench but Larry worked for Penske South racing engines and Ryan Newman was the championship. Ask him nice and he will show you his 50th Daytona 500 ring. Only a fool would argue that Wilson is not more than able to get great results.
As far as the whole "shiny" deal I will say this. Last week I was over at Penske's for the moving sale. All of the equipment was being loaded up and sold off. The building will now house Rogers Indy car collection from what I am told. While I was there loading up the Superflow Flow bench I bought I talked with Larry Wallace and Scott who was the shop foreman. they both know I work with Larry Smith a lot. They asked what plans I had for the flowbench and I told them that I was going to get Larry to show me how to make that thing work. Both of them said and I quote "you will not find a better teacher anywhere in Nascar" I will stick with the shiny thanks.
Todd