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How do you think things are going to end up? I am really liking Kurt and I think he is moving in the right direction for a strong win. I am thinking there could be a huge win for the Dodge team this weekend! What does everyone think about this weekends race?
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-mike
I guess my fav is Tony Stewart cause he wins the road courses which is the only ones I watch.
-mike
The Mustang will run its first race at Daytona in July.
(and yeah, we tweaked the discussion title to make it more encompassing for all NASCAR news).
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Way to go Jeff!
And NASCAR is trying to get back to where the cars at least resemble the ones you buy in the showroom.
"Also last year, Nascar began a concerted effort to bring brand loyalty back to the track, by putting more "stock" into the stock car. The move began quietly when Nascar started using biofuels, because biofuels are in vogue at gas pumps. Next came the announcement that Nascar would debut electronic fuel injection at this year's Daytona 500, since that is the technology in consumer vehicles. Finally, Nascar announced a complete redesign of its racing cars. Starting in 2013, they will once again resemble street-legal ones."
Now This Is a Rivalry: Ford vs. Chevy (WSJ)
Daytona 500: Rain postpones race to Monday for first time in history (washingtonpost.com)
Naturally the weather was perfect last Sunday, the traditional day of the race.
"Nascar, the nation's richest and most popular form of motorports, has experienced a fall-off so steep in recent years that the roaring ambitions of the past have been throttled down.
After a prolonged skid that many blame on the economy, this was the year Nascar had hoped to bounce back. Then again, so was last year. Now, careening into this Sunday's championship showdown, the last race of the season, Nascar's losing streak is looking more serious. Fans, viewers and sponsors seem to be continuing a multi-year defection to other sports. Suddenly it's possible to imagine the once-rocketing sport sputtering toward a halt.
As Nascar gets safer, its halo of danger has faded somewhat. Drivers use a homogenized "Car of Tomorrow," with aerodynamics that make passing tougher and mechanicals that leave less room for personalization. Nascar historian Dan Pierce points out that stock-car racing has moved away from the time when the cars on the track were cars you could buy—and the cars are less relatable. "It was so much a part of growing up, out there in the yard, working on a car on a Saturday afternoon," Pierce said. "Now it's all computers."
Nascar's Leaky Fuel Tank (Wall St. Journal)
Her decisive qualifying victory with a speed of 196.434 miles an hour showed that she belongs in Nascar’s premier racing league and has the speed and skill to win the big season-opening race. She may even silence a few naysayers."
What Does Danica Patrick Winning the Daytona Pole Really Mean? (WSJ)
News Corporation, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media empire that has owned Speed channel outright since 2001, today announced that it will convert into a general sports coverage channel to be called Fox Sports 1 (FS1)."
Speed Channel Bites the Dust