OK its time..... ATLANTA IN-RACE THREAD!!!

[kbsooner21]

Kb - so you go to Aspen so you can get drunk in colo. and watch hoops and neckcar on TV ?

Crested Butte. and I'll be hittin the slopes tomorrow thru Friday as well as yesterday. nothing comes in between me and my nascar though

[meaiken]

What is Kahne in last? Is he off the track?

[kbsooner21]

Is Raines trying to make someone wreck???

[Ldawg]

Is Raines trying to make someone wreck???

Nice save by kyle...

[wayne1218]

What is Kahne in last?

He Stinks

Is Raines trying to make someone wreck???

Yes

[libertypl]

How many drivers actually try to qualify for a race? Seems like the Toyota's aren't qualifying for races.

generally around 50-53 drivers try to qualify. Toyota has a lot of work to do and personally dont feel like they should even be in Nascar but thats my opinion.Dale Jarret swithed to Toyota and has to take his past champion provisional 4 times,you only get 6 per year.Mike waltrip who started this race team has only qualified once this season in a Toyota.

[kbsooner21]

Why have I gone with Bobby Labonte at Atlanta the past 3 years in survivor Fucker has fucked me each and every year

[Ldawg]

Seems like the Toyota's aren't qualifying for races.

Dang Japanese ... learning curve steep, but I found this article interesting ....

Excerpt - Biddness Week


Who cares what Detroit thinks? Well, strange as it sounds, Toyota does. Its executives may privately relish victory at the expense of General Motors (GM ), Ford (F ), and Chrysler (DCX ), but here's the truth: Toyota is afraid to be No. 1—or at least what that implies. And not just because one of its slogans is "Run scared." It's because the extra scrutiny could undo much of the hard work of the past 20 years. "We constantly need to think about the potential backlash against us," Toyota CEO Katsuaki Watanabe tells BusinessWeek in an exclusive interview. "It's very important for our company and products to earn citizenship in the U.S. We need to make sure we are accepted."

A 17.4% retail market share should signal acceptance. But Toyota is not admired from sea to shining sea. Yes, the company has won the coasts. But one-third of car buyers are biased against imports, says Harris Interactive. And most of those Ford- and Chevy-loving holdouts live in the Midwest and Texas. In those precincts, Toyota still has a lot of persuading to do. Which explains why it launched the full-size Tundra pickup—a red state vehicle from its aggressive hood to its brawny haunches—and is building it in San Antonio.

Here's the thing: The Tundra amounts to an assault on the last redoubt of Big Three profits. But Toyota doesn't want to be seen as the one that pushes Detroit over the edge. So to prevent a backlash, the company is amping up the charm—launching literacy programs in San Antonio, vowing to share technology with Ford, and pouring money into lobbying, more than doubling since 2002 the amount it spends each year, to $5.1 million. Says Jim San Fillippo, an analyst with Automotive Marketing Consultants Inc.: "Toyota is the best at going native."


Hhhhhmmmmm ..... Big T no likie Gm loosie Face !! More money in number 2 !

[jcindaville]

Anyone know how nemecheck is doing. please dont tell me he crashed

[longnex]

Why have I gone with Bobby Labonte at Atlanta the past 3 years in survivor Fucker has fucked me each and every year

I have LaBonte also. Did he crash?

[wayne1218]

Why have I gone with Bobby Labonte at Atlanta the past 3 years in survivor Fucker has fucked me each and every year

Me too ... That's why i swore not to do it this year. He ain't the same without the #18

Have there been and spins or crashes yet? I havn't seen any!

[Eagle]

nemecek 19 labonte 23

[jcindaville]

nemecek 19 labonte 23

thanks Eagle, at least he is runnig.

[Ldawg]

Me too ... That's why i swore not to do it this year. He ain't the same without the #18

Have there been and spins or crashes yet? I havn't seen any!

near miss w/Raines has been the most action so far ...

[wayne1218]

Very boring so far!