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07-24-2008, 06:15 PM
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Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
Well now, look at that.
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07-24-2008, 06:26 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
Good, I refuse to watch Nascar after the introducion of Toyota as it ruined the all american nature to me that I used to enjoy.
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07-24-2008, 06:33 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
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07-24-2008, 06:37 PM
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
Don't look they are at INDY IHRA and NHRA too...
Makes my skin crawl. Look for the logo just below the driver head...  You see it front and center on TV... Did anyone notice there isn't a Toyota nut or bolt anywhere on this car
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07-24-2008, 06:48 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
I refuse to watch Nascar because it's become more about the personalities and less about the racing. Normally I would welcome new blood into motor-sport, but not the Camry, and not in "stock" car racing. Give me World Super Car challenge or Rolex Cup anyday.
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07-24-2008, 06:52 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
I would actually watch a NASCAR race if I knew Toyota would win and piss off a bunch of NASCAR fans.
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07-24-2008, 06:54 PM
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
Freaking Funny Cars too...
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07-24-2008, 06:58 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
I have no interest in NASCAR, but I don't understand getting angry that a certain 'brand' is beating the others. If they're better in the race, they're better. You can't get angry at them for being good.
Let's face it, none of those cars are really what their names imply anyway. They're a plastic shell that bears only a negligible resemblance to the model they call it. IMO if they want to race an Impala or Camry, etc... It should be a REAL Impala or Camry. Not a shell that looks almost nothing like it covering something that bears little resemblance to the production vehicles underpinnings... Just my opinion...
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07-24-2008, 07:13 PM
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Ditto here. We let our season tickets go from the Kansas Speedway because of this. Guess what? They seem to be having trouble selling ALL the tickets to the Nascar races here now. They're, (the speedway), actually advertising them in the newspaper. First time since opening......
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07-24-2008, 07:16 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
i lost it for nascar --then a freaking import--no second chance. i used to watch indy when chevy was in it then the imports--lost it. i like to watch cobalts, focus, fusions, stratus duke it out in that other kind of racing but theres hardly any
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07-24-2008, 07:32 PM
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07-24-2008, 07:34 PM
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Re: Toyota Wins Few Fans at the Track
No, Kyle, the fans don't hate you because you drive a Toyota.
The fans hate you because you're a prissy little douche that yells at your team over the radio when you're not leading and you don't race other drivers "cleanly"... you force the issue too many times. Instead of waiting for a good time to pass, you just shove people out of the way impatiently. That's why the fans don't like you, Kyle. [edit] Also, it's the fanbase of Nascar. Most people watching the races want to be surprised by a winner; they don't like sitting at the beginning of a race, knowing a certain driver is probably going to win it. Look through Nascar's history. The fans hated Carl Kiekhaefer's "Superteam" in the '50s. They hated Earnhardt in the '80s. They hated Jeff Gordon in the '90s. Now they hate Kyle Busch, because every week it seems there's at least a 50% chance he'll win, no matter what. I don't know how Richard Petty escaped that trap, but it probably has something to do with the fact that he has spent almost every waking minute of his life endearing himself to the fans. Always being gracious, and never doing any specific thing that would make a fan spurn him. Last edited by DiRF : 07-24-2008 at 07:39 PM. |
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07-24-2008, 07:55 PM
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