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Toyota joining Nascar.....it started out as an American sport and should stay that way!

 

There goes the neighborhood.

 

What could they possibly be thinking. Must be all about money. When it gets to that, greed takes over and they forget all about the history and heritage of the series. That BLOWS.

 

Actually Toyotas been kicking but in NASCAR racing for years, they just havent been competing in the Winston Cup and Busch series that everyone's familier with.

Actually Toyota is an american car company, they built more vehicles is the US then Ford did last year. Most Ford, Chevy, and Dodges are built in Canada or Mexico.

-Jon

 

So which stock car racing series has Toyota been kicking but in, and what kind of engines have they been using? Just curious.

 

Geesh...

Another sport that will have the Japanese influence...

They're flowing into every sport imaginable (less basketball)...

They're pitching in baseball...

They're sinking puts on the PGA tour...

Now, they're going to be taking the checker on the track...

BLAH


RP

 

TF - they've been racing in the Nascar Goody's Dash series, i think there are 4 teams running Celicas with a V6 wedged in them. I think theyre the only ones running an overhead cam engine.


I heard a rumor that Nascar Winston cup is gonna switch from carburation to fuel injection. Anyone know when thats supposed to happen?


-Jon

 

Probably the same point in time they allow OHC engines Anyone find it interesting that Ford, GM and Mopar no longer produce any vehicles which use the engines they race in the "stock" car series?

 

Sorry, I hate to disagree, but just because they build cars here does NOT make them an AMERICAN car company. They are still a foreign owned company.

 

Cats and Dogs sleeping together.

There was a Japanese guy racing in a couple Winton cup Races this past season, did you noticed that. He didn't really seem to have the knack for it. I don't know why they would want to get into NASCAR, they wouldn't let me into Japanese Super Touring, would they!


It just doesn't sound right...."Mark Martin just spun his Camry in turn 3!"

 

So, sadly, is Dodge. Chrysler Corp. was definietly the minority partner in the DCX "merger"

 

That is correct. The only reason they build them here is to escape the tariffs. The bulk of the money made goes to Japan, where it remains in THEIR economy.

Take care,
~Chris

 

Toyota also builds the drivetrain for the Pontiac Vibe and the small chevy cars that have the 1.8L engines.

Oh well, at least i get paid enough to fix them that i can buy Ford parts.


-Jon

 

Well there will be one big way to distinguish them, the Fords, GM, and Dondges will redline at 9000rpms, the Toyotas will be more like 15000 LOL

 

Being that "stock car" racing no longer even remotely resembles anything you can buy, it doesn't bother me at all.

As for ownership, all the major car companies are traded openly on the stock exhange. I could just as easily profit from investing in Toyota as I could from Ford. Granted more of the executive salaries will tend to go to the companys root country.

I don't watch any stock car racing unless I'm bored and it's the only racing on. The rules just plain suck IMO. Other than the body, which they are also playing with now, the majority of the cars used can't even be bought in a RWD V8 configuration, much less anything that resembles the engines used.

If they are trying to keep the field even make a new IROC series. Change brands every year to keep the advertising up. If they are going to allow cars to have no similarities to stock except the body anyway, then they should loosen up the engine specs. Set max displacement and weight minimums on the cars and let development take place, similar to F1.

Current rules allow a fairly high displacement, but then turn around and restrict the intake. They end up with engines good for nothing other than this type of racing.