Why you should pay attention to the F1 posts
Because it's good for you, that's why.
No, seriously: Because NASCAR and F1 seem to be flirting.
For one, Ray Evernham is sniffing around Britain for engine technology.
And Ferrari seems interested in the turn-left-go-fast circuit.
Sure, this is old news -- both items from the F1 rumor mill date back to January -- but it's something to watch later on. You didn't think Toyota was really going to be the only non-American car company to be interested in NASCAR, did ya?
Okay, that's the last non-NASCAR post for a while. We'll return to our regularly scheduled programming with the next entry.
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Does Ferrari market a truck that I don't know about? Entry or re-entry in the case of Dodge in NASCAR seems to be through the Trucks.
Posted on March 11, 2005 3:43 PM
You mean Toyota instead of Dodge, right, Mark?
Tell you the truth, I can't remember why Toyota entered through the Truck Series. Maybe because it's cheaper than the Busch or Cup series. Or maybe because its truck meets NASCAR's American-made rule. (I think that's a rule. Please let me know if my memory's shot.)
I don't think Ferrari makes a truck. But that would be some fast truck, no? Never mind the fact that it would be able to haul only half of a six-pack.
Posted on March 11, 2005 3:47 PM
John, you are correct about the "American made" stipulation. That is how Toyota and Nissan were able to compete in the old NASCAR Dash series for several years. They both made cars and plenty of 4-cylinder engines in the US.
Toyota is covered because they make the Tundra with a V-8 somewhere in the Southeast, I can't remember where.
Unless there is a Ferrari plant or Fiat plant somewhere deep in the bowels of Alabama or Tennessee I don't think Tony Soprano is going to have a vehicle to pull for anytime soon.
Posted on March 11, 2005 4:56 PM
Maybe Ferreri is looking for technical or design advice, or maybe they're looking for a way to slide into the series. NASCAR has plenty of money these days, and maybe Ferrari is looking for a way to get at some of it. Building engines isn't the same as having your name atop the grill of one of the cars, but it's getting there.
I can't believe you'll see a Ferrari running the Daytona 500 in our lifetimes. But with everything changing so quickly in NASCAR these days, there's no reason to think that the American-made rule will be around forever, either.
Posted on March 12, 2005 2:47 PM