Author Topic: Dale Jr drives for Toyota?? (Read 1002 times)

Maverick · « **Reply #15 on:** February 07, 2007, 09:37:39 AM »

Wave a big enough check in front of him and he'd race a Yugo.......

hubsonfire · « **Reply #16 on:** February 07, 2007, 10:41:12 AM »

I'd love to see the hatemail those Toyota guys are going to receive.

Bodhi · « **Reply #17 on:** February 07, 2007, 10:58:45 AM »

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Originally posted by senna
Come to Formula 1, and beat the best drivers in the world. Be world champion.

And fall asleep? What a boring waste of time.

john9001 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 07, 2007, 11:18:37 AM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
And fall asleep? What a boring waste of time.

maybe it's boring to watch because they are such good drivers.

the nascar fans wait for "the big one" where you have a 15-20 car wreck.

SIK1 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 07, 2007, 12:11:09 PM »

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Originally posted by indy007
Toyota builds the frame, but it's still old tech... push-rod V8s. Nothing revolutionary or exciting about it. In fact, iirc, Toyota actually uses Chevy engines.

Not true, Toyota has their own engine program. They are building the engines themselves. Granted it has to follow the NASCAR rule book just like any other manufacterer but it is all Toyota. From the information that I have been able to glean Toyota is going full guns on this program. IIRC the just had to modify the design of the cylinder head as the port runnner length didn't meet with NASCAR specifications.

SIK1

SIK1 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2007, 12:21:31 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
maybe it's boring to watch because they are such good drivers.

the nascar fans wait for "the big one" where you have a 15-20 car wreck.

Yeah and in F1 you don't have to wait at all the big one happens on the start.

SIK1

Masherbrum · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:00:31 PM »

On a real quiet night in Daytona, you can hear the Chevy's rusting.

Bodhi · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:03:59 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
maybe it's boring to watch because they are such good drivers.

the nascar fans wait for "the big one" where you have a 15-20 car wreck.

Thats a matter of opinion... I happen to feel a lot of the Nascar Drivers are better. But in reality, I rarely watch it anymore because I do not have the time.

john9001 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:06:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
Thats a matter of opinion... I happen to feel a lot of the Nascar Drivers are better. But in reality, I rarely watch it anymore because I do not have the time.

F1 drivers race in the rain, nascar drivers won't go on the track if there is a heavy dew.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:13:47 PM »

Racing Food Chain:

Top: World Rally Championship
Next: F1

Everything else

john9001 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:29:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Racing Food Chain:

Top: World Rally Championship
Next: F1

Everything else

i go with that, those rally drivers are crazy, they race in rain, snow, mud, on their roofs, on little two lane roads.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #26 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:35:24 PM »

Slash27 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 07, 2007, 04:43:07 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
F1 drivers race in the rain, nascar drivers won't go on the track if there is a heavy dew.

oooooohhhhh aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh so.

Have the F1 guys run on ice with spiked tires. Then I would watch.

RedTop · « **Reply #28 on:** February 07, 2007, 06:11:58 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
F1 drivers race in the rain, nascar drivers won't go on the track if there is a heavy dew.

Nascar drivers are smart enough not to go in the rain.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #29 on:** February 07, 2007, 06:26:33 PM »

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Originally posted by indy007
Toyota builds the frame, but it's still old tech... push-rod V8s. Nothing revolutionary or exciting about it. In fact, iirc, Toyota actually uses Chevy engines.

Absolutely wrong. The Toyota is not even close to a Chevrolet SB2.2. The Toyota most closely resembles the Chrysler engine. I have seen all of them apart.

As for old tech, the average NASCAR engine makes well over 2HP (almost 2.4) per cubic inch, with a very simple engine. They have 358 cubic inches and make in excess of 850HP.