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Re: Nascar Toyota

To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>, <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Nascar Toyota
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:46:49 -0700
Mayf
Tell us how you really feel. LVMS is just down the road from you and they 
have straight line racing.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
Cc: <dlodom@charter.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Nascar Toyota


> Unfortunately, Toyotas sold here are made here. As to convertibles, yes 
> they ran in NASCAR also. Not long but they did. As to the future of 
> NASCAR? ell, I have already pretty much stopped watching it because the 
> cars are all now pretty much the same and the only performance differences 
> are the drivers and pit crews. They could hold competitions on foot every 
> week and time the pit crews changing tires, trannys, etc and it would be 
> about the same. Most of the drivers are smart asses who really think they 
> are super stars when all they are is pitchmen for the car sponsor. Buh, 
> humbug..
>
> mayf
> FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>
>>big snip
>> Since the early Fifties I seem to remember most of the oval  track 
>> associations' rulebooks stating something like this: "open to  AMERICAN 
>> made cars only, between the years of
>>( various years given, depending on class ....... ).   NO  Convertibles, 
>>station wagons, or pickup trucks allowed .
>>
> big snip




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