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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:04 pm

Jacques Villeneuve the 1997 Formula World Champion just signed to drive NASCAR with a Toyota team!! However unlike like Montoya who is having an exeptional rookie season, Villeneuve is to start testing in the truck series which is sort of 3rd tier. After the trucks its the BUSCH series before Nextal. His first truck race is in 3 to 4 weeks time.


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Post by mCowboy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:08 pm

Mattlill2000 wrote:Jacques Villeneuve the 1997 Formula World Champion just signed to drive NASCAR with a Toyota team!! However unlike like Montoya who is having an exeptional rookie season, Villeneuve is to start testing in the truck series which is sort of 3rd tier. After the trucks its the BUSCH series before Nextal. His first truck race is in 3 to 4 weeks time.
shame they don't show the truck series here.. I'd love to see what kinda trucks they are, since I drive one myself... 8)
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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:24 pm

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Post by mCowboy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:41 pm

one thing that sorta annoys me about Nascar is that the cars are all the same nowadays and the only thing that's different is the paint job... I'd love to see the real Monte Carlo SS on the course competing with Charger SRT-8... 8)
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:47 pm

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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:52 pm

I agree, but its all aerodynamics now. They have found the secrets of a "slippery" design which creates less drag. Too bad it all looks the same.
Yes.....wasn't that beast the number 2 called the "Superbird"??? An awesome classic!!!!
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Post by mCowboy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:55 pm

Mattlill2000 wrote:I agree, but its all aerodynamics now. They have found the secrets of a "slippery" design which creates less drag. Too bad it all looks the same.
Yes.....wasn't that beast the number 2 called the "Superbird"??? An awesome classic!!!!
yeah, but they all have the same chassis too... :cry:
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:57 pm

Ah, now if I ever get too much money, I'll get me one of these...
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Post by mCowboy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:04 pm

Hank W. wrote:Ah, now if I ever get too much money, I'll get me one of these...
When I get extra 25k (here in Finland), I'd get this...

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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:07 pm

same chassis
Actually they don't. The big manufacturers are still big in the game and while they look the same on the outside, they are all Chevys, Fords, Dodges etc. Now Toyota has stepped in big time and haven't done too well except in the truck series where they're number 1.
Ahhhh.....the Mercury Cougar...........Never seen one in Finland yet.
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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:08 pm

Now that Camaro is my thing. A great pic. Just mentioned the Cougar about Hanks dream. That Camaro would eat a Cougar for breakfast.
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Post by mCowboy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:27 pm

Mattlill2000 wrote:
same chassis
Actually they don't. The big manufacturers are still big in the game and while they look the same on the outside, they are all Chevys, Fords, Dodges etc. Now Toyota has stepped in big time and haven't done too well except in the truck series where they're number 1.
Ahhhh.....the Mercury Cougar...........Never seen one in Finland yet.
I understood that with the car of tomorrow they'd be pretty much the same all the parts...

Now if I really had the money and lived in Texas... I'd drop in at the Unique Performance to pick up Chip Foose's version of the '69 Camaro SS.
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Post by Mattlill2000 » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:14 pm

Chip Foose's version
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:31 pm

Mattlill2000 wrote: Ahhhh.....the Mercury Cougar...........Never seen one in Finland yet.
There was a blue one in Malmi, an early one and IIRC a metallic gold one a bit later. I had more sense than money when I was younger, should have kept my 65 Comet...

Oh, and I've seen a 1st generation Rambler Marlin (66) as well talking about "rare"... was sitting without engine in Pitäjänmäki for a long time...
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Post by DMC » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:02 am

I know nothing about American cars but I am currently involved in a project for which we need one. The plan is to do La Carrera Pan Americana (AKA the Mexican Road race) next year, and the first step is to find the car. It will be sourced and prepared in the USA. Most likely candidate currently is a '68 Mustang. It seems they are cheap and can be prepared at an acceptable cost. Maybe $25K or so can produce something reasonable. OK, it won't compete with the guys who run NASCAR cars with an old-style body on, but it should be fun.
The big problem is that the rules require a 4-speed gearbox, and it isn't at all clear what to use. Strong 5-speed boxes are available but 4-speed boxes seem to be too weak or expensive. Anyone know anything about this?
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