| RE:Official Daytona 500 thread |
Subject: RE:Official Daytona 500 thread by Notorious on 2008/2/17 19:24:15 Quote: Seeing all these guys jump to the Jap cars has made me sick. American cars are #1 with me too but what's an American car anymore? How many parts on the big 3 domestic builders come from foreign sources? With the international nature of all of the major automakers, I just don't care anymore. There's a reason that Toyota is see-sawing with GM as the world's largest auto company and that's because they make great products that people want. But at least most of their vehicles that are sold here are also built here, providing hundreds of thousands of jobs both directly and through their out-sourcing. No amount of wishing will take us back to the good old days of American domination in this field so I just don't worry about it anymore. I've never been a fan of makes in racing anyway, only the drivers and teams. For instance, back in the 80s, my two favorite drivers were DW and Bill Elliott, Chevy and Ford drivers respectively. But even with all of this being said, I admit I was a little bummed when I heard that one of my two current favorites, Tony Stewart, would be in a Toyota this year. But now that I see how they're running, I've gotten over it real fast.  Go Tony, go Junior and there are quite a few others that if they won today would be great too. Lovable Mikey, Kenny Wallace (wouldn't that be cool?) DJ in his last 500, he's a hometown favorite here in Hickory and many others. If your favorite driver can't win today, who would you like to see win? |
