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Old 01-29-2019, 08:02 PM   #1
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B.F.D. I bracket raced a Toyota Tercel my first year and my skin didn't fall off. It's just 3,000 lbs of metal going down a race track.

They make their trucks in Texas and Indiana, by the way. Be happy that someone is forking over sponsorship dollars.
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Old 01-29-2019, 10:02 PM   #2
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B.F.D. I bracket raced a Toyota Tercel my first year and my skin didn't fall off. It's just 3,000 lbs of metal going down a race track.

They make their trucks in Texas and Indiana, by the way. Be happy that someone is forking over sponsorship dollars.
You hit it Mike, it's all about the money!
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Old 01-30-2019, 08:05 AM   #3
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It was all about the money for NASCAR as well,ask them how its working out for them now......
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Old 01-30-2019, 08:15 AM   #4
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I think it would be much more appropriate to put them in new Camaros,Mustangs and Challengers to celebrate 50 years of American muscle cars after all they did make NHRA what it is today... just sayin.
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Old 01-30-2019, 09:04 AM   #5
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God you'd have to think one of those legends will find this as distasteful as we do here, right?

Here's a visual for you WJ pulls into the beams seething, stages the "Toilet Odor" putting the engine against its limiter in neutral, banzai's the tranny on go, launching it's internals all over the starting line...LOL!
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Old 01-30-2019, 09:34 AM   #6
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Well, look at the bright side, WJ won’t be complaining about track prep. But I do miss his top end interviews. Driving Toyotas gives new legs to his old quote about flopper pilots, “even a blind man could drive one”.

Suppose Jim Head has removed the Ray Charles caricature from his cars, a product of fans wondering “what’s up with that” and the PC police.
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Toyota has 14 plants building automobiles, three R&D facilities, employing 46.000 in direct jobs,200.000 outsourcing parts in the U.S. I think it’s time for their entry. Lots has changed since Pearl Harbor. Toyota and Nissan have opened more plants in the U.S than GM and Ford combined.NHRA needs the new participation and money they will bring.
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Old 01-30-2019, 12:28 PM   #8
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You hit it Mike, it's all about the money!
Better to go without the money or sponsorship, right?
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Old 01-30-2019, 01:49 PM   #9
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Better to go without the money or sponsorship, right?
As far as I'm concerned, YES!
None of that money will trickle down to Stock or SS anyway. Giving it to the B-O-D just lets them put on a bigger dog and pony show that pushes us further out of the big picture.
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As far as I'm concerned, YES!
None of that money will trickle down to Stock or SS anyway. Giving it to the B-O-D just lets them put on a bigger dog and pony show that pushes us further out of the big picture.
You are so right Billy. Those legends should be embarrassed to participate in such a idiotic spectacle. Some drag pack cars or copo Camaro or cobra jet mustangs that are race prepped might be okay. I don’t think the fans want to see that crap. They want to see racing.
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