Comments on: Manufacturers sticking with Sprint Cup

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:08:46 +0000

Oh did I mention did anyone notice that is is why Ford is circled?

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:06:46 +0000

i drive my ford tarus to bev. market get my 12 pack of miller lite drive back home and root for kurt to win. if it wasn’t for the ford people at homestead last year i would of stayed in my nissan. that ford tarus is the greatest. so is the miller lite.

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CHEVY= The Heartbeat Of America/Like A Rock, FORD= F’ed over re-produced cadillac, Backwards= Driver Returns On Foot, Found on roadside dead, LOL…….Is there more?

By: Lee88-20

Lee88-20 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:09:53 +0000

i drive my ford tarus to bev. market get my 12 pack of miller lite drive back home and root for kurt to win. if it wasn’t for the ford people at homestead last year i would of stayed in my nissan. that ford tarus is the greatest. so is the miller lite.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:01:20 +0000

Nascar is slowly going to HE*L ever since Winston left !!!

By: Fisha695

Fisha695 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:45:30 +0000

jim hunter wrote:

but will manufactures remain in the truck series. how can they justify spending dollars in a race series when they are closing truck plants all over north america. look for this series to have some major changes in the future.

They won’t stay in the truck series, and it won’t matter because it will be a spec LS7 series by 2010, along with the east and west series and possibly the Modified series.

Engine testing is already underway and it’s going pretty good

By: jim hunter

jim hunter — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:54:36 +0000

but will manufactures remain in the truck series. how can they justify spending dollars in a race series when they are closing truck plants all over north america. look for this series to have some major changes in the future.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:13 +0000

Yeah, I agree with you, Ganjadude… A lot of people are brought up with the “I’d rather push a chevy than drive a Ford” mentality, which is fine. I grew up in Detroit with family members that worked for Dodge and have followed racing for most of my life, but my wife and I just bought our first Dodge this year. My uncle collects old Mopars and I’ve never seen his family in anything but Dodge cars and vans. The only reason we bought our Dodge was because it had the features we wanted at a price that fit our budget. I guess I’m in the minority of race fans on that one.

“Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” might have worked once upon a time when the cars on the track somewhat resembled the cars in the showroom, but I’m pretty that sure nobody is selling a box with a wing on the back powered by a carburated V8. Especially with the CoT there is little to no brand differentiation.

By: pete

pete — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:51:06 +0000

Win on Sunday sell on Monday has always been the mantra of the manufactures in NASCAR. But racing prestige has always sold cars.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:06:56 +0000

Yep, it has more to do with family!

By: Ganjadude

Ganjadude — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:20:10 +0000

theres alot too it, its not JUST nascar. Its a family thing.

how many of you grew up in a “chevy” house for a “ford” house. growing up, if cars are an important aspect( and they usually are with racing fans) than you have a favorite brand. I feel (at least in my limited answers) most people I know liked a brand first, than started watching nascar, found a favorite driver who drives that brand , and continues to support that brand via nascar.

so eventhough it seems as if nascar brings in the buyers, I have strong feelings that its actually family, in turn brings you to nascar, who than grow up and buy said brand.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:08 +0000

It astounds me that people are so mindless that watching a car go in circles would cause them to walk into a certain dealership and buy that type of car. I guess they must because the research backs it up, but jeez! God forbid consumers had an independent thought, did some research, and decided which cars had the features, size, and price that suited them and bought that!

It’s one thing to see Tony Stewart driving the Old Spice car and pick up a stick of that instead of your usual brand, or maybe Kurt Busch’s relentless shilling for Miller Lite causes you to pick up a sixer of that instead of Natty Light. Those are short-term investments, not a car that you buy with the idea that it at least lasts you a couple of years or more.