Watkins Glen is a race track. Not just an event on the nascar calendar. That's all I'm saying.
NASCAR races at Fontana Motor Speedway too but the venue exists outside of that race and holds other racing events including Indycar.
Wait what??? How are you saying it's "not Nascar" when a Nascar event is held there? I know it's not your typical go left forever oval, but Nascar lists the track on their site, and Wiki even says as well. I'll admit I don't know much about Nascar.
Surprised? I'm not surprised. If you ever have something great and want it even better, give that task to the Japanese who will find a way to do it better than you. This is pretty much a standard constant in anything automotive, and other industries. I mean, it just is what it is.
Then once other companies get back on somewhat level footing they get praised for not sucking as they once did. It's funny.
I don't watch NASCAR but I sure would if Honda jumped in just so I could watch Toyota and Honda go at it. I much prefer dirt tracks.
Honda sucks shit in F1 right now.
O RLY. Not as bad as others me thinks. But yeah...still sucky. Arguably, anyone that isn't in first, one could say they suck shit.
8 McLaren 12
9 Renault 6
10 Sauber 0
11 Manor 0
Toyota dominates. McLaren makes the ECU and fuel injection. IIRC some blocks are manufactured out of England as well. I'm sure there are a lot of non-US parts for a typically US race. At this point, who cares who is winning races.
I'm offended that you used the word "sport" so many times when referring to watching Dale, Ricky and Bobby drive in loops for half a day
If you believe that you don't have a clue how physically punishing driving a race car is. I think nascar is boring a hell, but the top level drivers still deserve respect for what they do.
When did Ford ask for government assistance? They sold off a ton of assets to avoid getting a government bailout and it paid off for them.
Toyota engines really ARE American engines. They were designed by Toyota Racing Development of America, which pretty much was comprised of American Nascar racers/engineers.
Since they didn't make an OHV V-8, they were allowed to design and engine from scratch. So they took the GM and Ford engines and tried to use the best of all of them in their new engine.
Personally, I think it's BS for all the manufacturers that use engines that have never been available in a production car.
They should go back to requiring factory blocks and sheet metal. Make them actual "stock cars" again. There's a reason that Nascar's popularity and TV ratings have been steadily dropping for years.
People don't want to see everyone race the exact same body. They want to see the manufacturers produce special bodies like the Monte Carlo SS or the Superbird so they'll be eligible. They want to see them use engines that look something like what you can see in a car in a showroom. At least be derived from one.
They want to argue when Nascar lets Ford alter their Thunderbird sheet metal because it wasn't competitive.
Not what they have today.
Toyota has an unfair advantage because most of their cars are made of thin, cheap metal anyways.
When did Ford ask for government assistance? They sold off a ton of assets to avoid getting a government bailout and it paid off for them.
The companys (Ford's) president and CEO testified that his company would suffer if Congress did not pass legislation to provide financial support to the ailing auto industry. He urged Congress to pass the bill (the Automotive Industry Financing Program--part of the TARP legislation).
Mulally, Dec. 5, 2008: In particular, the collapse of one or both of our domestic competitors would threaten Ford because we have 80 percent overlap in supplier networks and nearly 25 percent of Fords top dealers also own GM and Chrysler franchises.
He also asked Congress to authorize a credit line of up to $9 billion for Ford in case the economy got worse and the company needed it.
Mulally, Dec. 5, 2008: In addition to our plan, we are also here today to request support for the industry. In the near-term, Ford does not require access to a government bridge loan. However, we request a credit line of $9 billion as a critical backstop or safeguard against worsening conditions as we drive transformational change in our company.
In a Jan. 30, 2009, report on the bailout program, the Congressional Research Service noted that Ford is counting on $5 billion from the DOE loan program to support a $14 billion plan to reorient its lineup toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. On June 23, 2009, the Department of Energy announced it would provide $5.9 billion to Ford to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio to produce 13 more fuel efficient models.
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailouts/
So, technically Ford didn't partake directly from TARP, but Mulally very much encouraged the gov't to bail out GM and Chrysler. And Ford did get a $9B line of credit from the gov't during this period of time.....just in case.
Toyota has an unfair advantage because most of their cars are made of thin, cheap metal anyways.
Toyota has an unfair advantage because most of their cars are made of thin, cheap metal anyways.
What are 'Murican cars made of? Thick, expensive metal?