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Motorsports Toyota joins NASCAR!
75 messages, Last post on Jun 09, 2009 at 6:47 AM
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Replying to: carlisimo (Jan 27, 2006 1:19 pm) I think that was one of the reasons it was so popular back in the day...you could watch basically the car you owned compete in a real race. As Ford said in the ads for the 1969 Boss 302..."closest thing to a Trans-Am Mustang you can bolt a license plate onto!" A new Toyota Supra would probably do quite well in Trans-Am. They could even bill the series as a "domestic vs. foreign shootout"....could draw in a big, if somewhat opposed, crowd. 
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we would have to admit the automotive racing is simply entertainment. As such it is designed to make money for the people that sponsor racing. Much like TV depends on sponsors buy attracting more viewers. No racing attracts viewers like NASCAR. Toyota is thinking from a very logical business point by becoming part of NASCAR. They could enter any racing they wanted but even if they win they don't get half the exposure they would get even if they lost at a NASCAR race. If the people racing NASCAR are fools they are some pretty dumb people making big deposits at the bank. Face it F-1 doesn't bring in the bucks. WRC isn't helping put a company on the front page. No one even knows who drives for most other motorsports. But everyone who can read Knows who Jeff Gordon is or Earnhardt JR. Do to a dinner party with non car enthusiast friends and Mention Shoemacher and see if people don't think of a Jockey. Talk about Loeb and see if they don't remember two boys who thought they were so smart they could get away with murder. If you were a stock holder I am sure you would be happy to see Toyota in NASCAR.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Jan 29, 2006 1:41 pm) The only oval racing I like, which is very hard to find these days, is dirt track stock car racing. Also GP motorycles are kinda fun.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 29, 2006 5:03 pm) 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 29, 2006 5:03 pm) I find sidecar racing fascinating too. I wonder how many calories the man on the chair (sidecar) burns per hour? Talk about perpetual motion!
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Replying to: boaz47 (Jan 30, 2006 2:42 pm) You may be right about the chair man (monkey) losing 10 pounds during a race.
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Replying to: scott1256 (Jan 30, 2006 4:02 pm) 
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