I'm so angry I just might cookie.

[Sue Johansen]

I am hopping mad over the latest pablum being spewed by Jim "Brian France's butt is sooooooo brown" Hunter, Nascar lackey of communications.

Hold yer nose and absorb the latest:

http://www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2007/03/02/nascar/sports2nascar.txt

NASCAR wrestles with `stock' terminology

By Ed Hinton/The Orlando Sentinel

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Now that the Car of Tomorrow no longer can be called that, there is a terminology conundrum in covering NASCAR.

What do you call these things? What can you call these taller (by 2 inches), wider (by 4 inches), boxier vehicles with their adjustable air "splitters" in front and their adjustable rear wings?

In sports-car racing, such cars have long been called prototypes. But that would be a blatant admission by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing of the decades-old truth: that its race cars no longer are in the same technological universe with "stock cars."

NASCAR has begun its preferred spin cycle for the new design, of course.

"We would prefer that the car, once it races (March 25), be called Chevrolet, Dodge, Toyota (or) Ford," Jim Hunter, NASCAR's vice president of corporate communications, said during the two-day testing marathon that Thursday's rain mercifully ended.

Of course NASCAR would prefer that. So would the car manufacturers who will rent advertising space on NASCAR's uniformly designed rolling billboards.

 
 
 
But is it accurate? The carmakers will stick on logos such as the blue oval of Ford and the "red bow tie" of Chevrolet. But NASCAR developed, and owns, the entire car design.

Detroit and Osaka also are allowed purely cosmetic dressing of the nose and grille area to simulate the looks of street models they want to market through NASCAR.

For "brand identity," they're actually happier with the Car of Tomorrow than with current Nextel Cup cars, which look so much alike that no brand identification other than the logos meets the naked eye of the layman.

But at least with the current cars, the manufacturers' engineers get some leeway with aerodynamics in the noses and tails. The noses of the new cars all produce identical aerodynamic effects, so the cosmetics are "branding" and nothing more.

It goes on but if I copied any more I would projectile vomit.

How pathetic that automakers would PAY Na$$car to put their decal on a car which has nothing more than maybe, MAYBE a remote cousin of a once-stock motor.

This is a clown circus freak sideshow, with cartoon cars and an atomic asshat at the helm and sycophant buttsniffers in tow.



What a disgrace.

[falcon325]

I love the photo of The Brian striding along with his beverage while his toadies follow a respectful one pace behind, like good Muslim wives.

[Chris]

How pathetic that automakers would PAY Na$$car to put their decal on a car which has nothing more than maybe, MAYBE a remote cousin of a once-stock motor.

Unless there is more to the story than you posted,.. and it says what you referred to...
NO where does it says that the Car manufactors will have to "pay" NASCAR anything to put their brand decals on the CoT cars...  not that I saw anyway..??

[mmink2]

I love the photo of The Brian striding along with his beverage while his toadies follow a respectful one pace behind, like good Muslim wives.

I read this and the coffee went right out the nose..... thanks(?) for the early morning laugh.

Right now, COT means Car of Tomorrow.
When tomorrow comes, could COT then be called Car of Today? 
Who cares?
Why not just call them "Cup Cars" when they go full schedule ??
Or, "Tractors"....  You sit in the middle on a tractor too.

[flamehothead]

Your right falcon. If ya look at the guy on the right it looks like a lilltle Puppy Dog. I can see him walking up to Sir Brian Trembling and asking him, Is there anything you meed me to do Sire. As for Mike Helton, He looks like he wants to give him a nice Kick in the A$$ and I would pay good money to see thet LOL.

[Copperhead]

After seeing that picture I'm wondering if Brain France and Kim Jung Ill were seperated at birth. He looks just like that little North Korean dictator.

Copperhead

[Sue Johansen]

He's an embarrassing little man.


I am sorry if I have violated forum decorum, but as a scientist, I must speak the truth. 

[falcon325]

After seeing that picture I'm wondering if Brain France and Kim Jung Ill were seperated at birth. He looks just like that little North Korean dictator.

Copperhead

ROTFLMAO!  

Yeah, those two do have a lot in common.

[Sue Johansen]

Kim Jong Wheel can driove a Lexus through Daytona without bouncing off parked cars... (IF he has a phonebook on the drivers seat)