Comments on: Official: Ford Mustang to Race in 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2009/07/official-ford-mustang-to-race-in-2010-nascar-nationwide-series.html Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:11:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Big Mike http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2009/07/official-ford-mustang-to-race-in-2010-nascar-nationwide-series.html/comment-page-1#comment-121274 Big Mike Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:31:01 +0000 http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/?p=5784#comment-121274 I've been a Nascar fan since the early 70's. This was when cars were built as stock cars that you could drive off the showroom floor. Then the 80's arrived. Cars still looked as they were sold but had modified frames and engines. Later in the 80's Ford came out with the new T-bird which totally dominated Nascar because of its unique body style that created speed and more down-force. When Chevy and other teams complained that they could not compete with the T-bird Nascar told them all to build a "better car". So GM dropped the Lumina style stock cars and came out with the new Monte Carlo. This was the "Big Dog" on the track. Other manufacturers complained and Nascar gave them consessions. They lowered the roof lines, spoilers, and other parts of the body that affect speed and down-force. This was when Nascar lost the true meaning of Nascar racing. The cars looked nothing like what was considered to be stock. What happened to the fastest car wins? Every year Nascar tries to make the playing field as even as possible by setting new rules to make the cars more even. Making every car uniform and resembling the Chevy Monte Carlo. Ford never made a 2 door Fusion or Taurus. Dodge never made a 2 door Charger or Intrepid. All these cars were copies of the Monte Carlo. This is when Nascar became a joke. More and more people are losing interest in Nascar because what wins on Sunday can't be bought on Monday. I've been going to tracks since the 80's and it was almost impossible to get a seat. At recent races I've attended there have been a lot of shiny, empty seats because of the even playing field joke that Nascar is playing on Americans. The worst thing they did was allowing Toyota into our series. A Japanese car that does not even have the properly designed V-8 engine. Toyota had to buy the rights from Chevy in order to use their style block which is a single cam V-8. Now they are getting really out of hand by allowing the Mustang into the Nationwide series. This car is a joke! Let me go to a Ford dealership and buy a stock version of this car that hasn't been lowered, stretched, and widened. Now Dodge is threatening to bring the Challenger. What's next? A Camaro with a smushed roof and a body that looks like pulled taffy? Nascar has to wake up and get back to the basics of racing. Their actions are getting out of hand and, someday, may cost them their sporting event due to the fake cars. I realize that the frames, motors, suspension, and anything else under the body cannot be stock but they can make the cars look like the one you drove to the track. Big Mike Blackwood, NJ I’ve been a Nascar fan since the early 70’s. This was when cars were built as stock cars that you could drive off the showroom floor. Then the 80’s arrived. Cars still looked as they were sold but had modified frames and engines. Later in the 80’s Ford came out with the new T-bird which totally dominated Nascar because of its unique body style that created speed and more down-force. When Chevy and other teams complained that they could not compete with the T-bird Nascar told them all to build a “better car”. So GM dropped the Lumina style stock cars and came out with the new Monte Carlo. This was the “Big Dog” on the track. Other manufacturers complained and Nascar gave them consessions. They lowered the roof lines, spoilers, and other parts of the body that affect speed and down-force. This was when Nascar lost the true meaning of Nascar racing. The cars looked nothing like what was considered to be stock. What happened to the fastest car wins? Every year Nascar tries to make the playing field as even as possible by setting new rules to make the cars more even. Making every car uniform and resembling the Chevy Monte Carlo. Ford never made a 2 door Fusion or Taurus. Dodge never made a 2 door Charger or Intrepid. All these cars were copies of the Monte Carlo. This is when Nascar became a joke. More and more people are losing interest in Nascar because what wins on Sunday can’t be bought on Monday. I’ve been going to tracks since the 80’s and it was almost impossible to get a seat. At recent races I’ve attended there have been a lot of shiny, empty seats because of the even playing field joke that Nascar is playing on Americans. The worst thing they did was allowing Toyota into our series. A Japanese car that does not even have the properly designed V-8 engine. Toyota had to buy the rights from Chevy in order to use their style block which is a single cam V-8. Now they are getting really out of hand by allowing the Mustang into the Nationwide series. This car is a joke! Let me go to a Ford dealership and buy a stock version of this car that hasn’t been lowered, stretched, and widened. Now Dodge is threatening to bring the Challenger. What’s next? A Camaro with a smushed roof and a body that looks like pulled taffy? Nascar has to wake up and get back to the basics of racing. Their actions are getting out of hand and, someday, may cost them their sporting event due to the fake cars. I realize that the frames, motors, suspension, and anything else under the body cannot be stock but they can make the cars look like the one you drove to the track.

Big Mike
Blackwood, NJ

]]> By: Smog http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2009/07/official-ford-mustang-to-race-in-2010-nascar-nationwide-series.html/comment-page-1#comment-23772 Smog Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:39:10 +0000 http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/?p=5784#comment-23772 What about the Camaro?! What about the Camaro?!

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