Re: [AMC-list] Coke 600 Toyota Camry Hybrid

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I only watch races when I am not doing anything.
That means another 3 weeks from yesterday :-O

NASCAR is the second sport behind NFL, not the same conditions as last time.
Who really knows what the "big 3" are thinking right now. On one hand they spend millions. On the other hand, the advertising dollars and product loyalty of the fans is said to be second to none! Dropping NASCAR involovment could be the same as a corpse reaching out and nailing the lid on its own coffin! We are talking about millions of diehard fans that will do what? 

I suspect time will tell.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:03:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Coke 600 Toyota Camry Hybrid

This scenario kind of reminds me of what the big three did in 1971. They saw
the writing on the wall. Penske, Donohue and AMC was without a doubt going
to win the championship in SCCA Trans Am and there was nothing the big three
could do about it. Their answer was to pull all factory support on their
teams in an attempt to diffuse Penske/Donohue/AMC's glory. My guess is we'll
be seeing a similar occurrence in NASCAR soon.............
Armand

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarence Milstead" <cmilstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:47 PM
Subject: [AMC-list] Coke 600 Toyota Camry Hybrid


> Your eyes aren't fooling you, it was a Toyota Camry Hybrid pace car. They
started racing a couple of years ago and now are very competitive, dominant
almost. It's interesting how things are working out, with Chrysler in
bankruptcy I can't see any Dodges running next year, if GM goes into
bankruptcy I can't see them running either so it may be just Ford and
Toyota. Since Toyota has more money than Ford they can spend more money on
racing and have better cars, in that case Ford might as well drop out.
Question, will NASCAR fans go to the track to see a bunch of Toyotas run
round and round? I think it will be the end of NASCAR in short order. From
boom to bust in a very few years.
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