15th September 2007

Smack Me in the Face With a Dead Carp…

posted in NASCAR, NASCAR-nomics |

… and call me Nostradamus… NASCAR Nostradamus, definitely shaken and stirred into making idiotic predictions.

But not this time.

Word floating around the hallowed halls, and hollow minds, of NASCAR HQ is the Series formerly known as Busch will turn to fielding a Pony Car line-up consisting of Chevrolet Camaros, Dodge Challengers, Ford Mustangs and an as-yet-to-be named Toyota model.

Reportedly the change will happen for the 2009 season when the retro-themed Camaros and Challengers will be first offered on dealers showrooms.

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 at 2:50 pm and is filed under NASCAR, NASCAR-nomics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

There are currently 3 responses to “Smack Me in the Face With a Dead Carp…”

Why not let us know what you think by adding your own comment! Your opinion is as valid as anyone elses. (Except mine, it takes precedence over all!)

  1. 1 On September 16th, 2007, John in CA said:#

    Okay, so maybe this isn’t such a bad idea.

    Keep the American car buyer familiar with the sheet metal (or fiberglass or graphite composites) of the emerging muscle car retro models.

    Will this encourage or discourage Cup drivers from slipping into Busch races and dominating the fields? After all, there won’t be as much benefit for getting a feel for the track or cars with a completely different model type and the CORN.

    Then, what does it do for developing drivers for Cup? As was pointed out here at Full Throttle recently, why and how do the older drivers keep hanging around and making it into races.

    I’ve gotta believe that one of the reasons is there just aren’t that many younger drivers getting the laps in Busch to hone and prove their skills. In part because too many Cup drivers take up valuable opportunities in Busch races.

    Just me .02 worth on that whole thing.

    posted on September 16th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

  2. 2 On September 16th, 2007, Marc said:#

    Will this encourage or discourage Cup drivers from slipping into Busch races and dominating the fields?

    Most definitely. There will always be a few, they are RACE drivers that’s what they do, but the Pony Cars will make running the day before Cup worthless as a test bed.

    As far as the young drivers go I don’t buy it. ARCA is full of young drivers, if memory serves 5-6 rookies have won events this year and they had a lot last year.

    Also Busch North East & West is full of talent.

    It’s not a matter of a dearth of drivers it’s having enough owners willing to take a chance at the higher levels.

    posted on September 16th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

  3. 3 On September 17th, 2007, John in CA said:#

    It

    posted on September 17th, 2007 at 3:02 am

Leave a Reply

  • Random Quote

  • "Be born rich."
    - Janet Guthrie's advice on succeeding in racing

  • Accolades

    • The 2004 Weblog Awards
    • The 2006 Weblog Awards

    Full Throttle Has Been Ranked The 10th Most Influential Nascar Blog By Sports Media Challenge As Seen On Their Sports Blogs Index™ Top 10 NASCAR Blogs.

  • Full Throttle

  • Contains 1016209 words and over 3000 comments that contain 289432 words.

    You all talk too much, but far less than the bloviating buffoon that runs this auto racing outpost.
  • RSS Feed

  • Advertisement


Jeff Gordon