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Ford's Jack Roush and Chevrolet's Rick Hendrick both expect Honda to make a move into NASCAR soon, and Hendrick said he also expects Nissan to make overtures.

The news from Texas is more talk that the France family may be proposing a sale of North Carolina Speedway to Bruton Smith, with the tacit understanding that Smith would move that Cup tour date to Texas Motor Speedway in 2005, possibly for a September or October race weekend. In turn the Francis Ferko anti-trust case against NASCAR over that second Cup date would be quietly dropped.

Sources close to the situation said the movement in that direction began last August after Bill France Jr.'s deposition in the case. Shortly after that deposition, Brian France was given the reins of the family business. It's unclear when that deposition might be made public.

• Jeff Burton is just one man still looking for sponsorship for 2004.

But car owner Jack Roush said he's not worried about finding a backer for Burton: "Contrary to popular opinion, there is great sponsor interest in this sport. But it is at entry-level.

"I am 80 percent certain we will be able to announce a sponsorship package for Jeff by Darlington (in March)."

• NASCAR will be adding a paramedic to each of its three national series this season.

Drivers have been demanding NASCAR hire a full-time doctor and traveling emergency response crew, demands which NASCAR executives have steadfastly resisted.

The Robert Yates-Jack Roush Ford engine-room merger is being closely analyzed in rival camps this month since the announcement was made.

Is this part of the next wave in this sport? Team Ford vs. Team Chevrolet vs. Team Dodge?

Roush said his merger with Yates was prompted by Dodge.

"Right now we've got Formula One technology being brought in by Dodge, and the expectation of more from Toyota," Jack Roush said. "Robert and I talked about that. Robert and I didn't talk during the season for 15 seasons, but we realized we couldn't keep on like that."

Yates' engines have been about 30 to 40 horsepower better than Roush's engines over the years. But Yates' men saidthey have been impressed by Roush's high-RPM technology, in-engine sensors, fuel-mileage tricks, and high-tech equipment.
 
IMO if toyo is coming to cup I'm sure honda and nissan is not far behind, those manufactures make cars in the US too.
 
Bringing F-1 technology into NASCAR is already happening to an extent. It's not like these guys aren't already trying just about anything they think can get past the NASCAR inspectors. It will just be a new challenge for the governing body to decide what they let them do and what they won't let them do.
 
People justify buying Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans by saying they are made here in the U.S. which is true. But the profit that is made from these vehicles does not go back to the U.S. but back to Japan. Its all about the money. Every time a brand new import is bought I'm sure it pumps more money into the Japanese economy.
 
Coonhound,

Unlike the so-called Big Three American Automakers, Toyota, Honda and Nissan have been investing in new manufacturing facilities here in the United States, franchising new dealerships and warehouse facilities in recent years.
All of this had created hundreds of thousands of new jobs for American Workers.
The US manufacturers have been expanding outside of this country and moving jobs away from the United States work force.

You still want to continue to complain about where the profits are going?

I thought that information had a familar ring to it!
I bet the authors name was Mike Mulhern, too?
 
Originally posted by PureDeathRacing@Jan 25 2004, 08:18 AM
Hey Kat, ..... in the Winston Salem Journal.
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<------- Its all about me!!!!!!! :evillaugh:
 
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