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The truth to the matter is, Toyota did not have a intermediate sedan that they could enter that was large enough on it's factory platform to compete with the Chevrolets and the Fords and the Dodges.

The goal of Nascar was to fleece as many rubes as possible and get the most amount of money in the quickest amount of time.

Toyota had already ruined Formula 1 with all their crap and now they had their sites set on Nascar.

The young kids of today cannot relate to a 3000 lbs stock car. All they know is these little cars their moms drove them to and from soccer practice in and where they made their first dope deals. Honda Accords, Dodge Neon, Chevrolet Caviler, only none of those cars are big enough to compete in Nascar.

So they took the bodies out of the Equation and they added a spoiler to the front of the car that they thought would make it look cool, like a skate board and they took away the spoilers from the back and added wings and they totally ruined the look of all the race cars on the track.

You now have to look at what color and what number the car is to know - maybe who is driving it. Back in the day if it was black and white and had a number 3 on it - you knew who drove that car - The Intimidator.

A couple more years and they will all be racing skate boards and riding lawnmowers.

You know, NASCAR is supposed to be about pushing the limits. About learning how cars work on different levels. It used to be about car companies pushing themselves to design better vehicles OFF the track. Not just in terms of speed and handling but as far as safety and body designs go as well. Remember the Mopar "Super-Bird?" The decade long run of the Monte Carlo & T-Bird? The car manufacturers used to say to themselves, "what is the absolute best car we can make?" And use NASCAR to help promote them. Now, NASCAR no longer promotes those auto manufacturers. Instead, they promote their precious P.O.S. COT where every nut and bolt on the damned thing has to be NASCAR approved. The American auto industry is dying. You know who isn't? German, Japanese and Korean auto-makers. Why is that? They're testing themselves on race tracks and on obstacle courses. As a result, they're making superior products off the track and selling them here in the U.S.
I can see the future of NASCAR now - After Fiat grabbed a chunk of Chrysler and the US auto market for free, the future holds more money in Frances pocket. Which means (god forbid) we could be seeing The Fiat 500 replacing the Daytona 500.

I'll second that. Quit watching this year. Same old crap every week. Got better things to do with my time then watch Hendrick's car dominate ever week. But I'm also a Dodge fan, which run like crap and are losing Petty, Evernham or whatever they want to call that team.