This could be interesting --- Sprint being sold?

I guess I should learn to speak Japanese.

(ソフトバンク株式会社 :rolleyes:
 
Oh no, Will the Japanese stop at nothing to get Toyota a Sprint Cup championship?

I figured I would start the conspiracy theories. nascar better hope they want to stay in the series.
 
FenderBumper said:
Oh no, Will the Japanese stop at nothing to get Toyota a Sprint Cup championship?

I figured I would start the conspiracy theories. nascar better hope they want to stay in the series.
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Do you think that Bowyer is on it :eek: so he went out and won last night?
 
On a more serious note, which carriers are left for Americans to show their loyalty after they dump Sprint?
 
FenderBumper said:
Oh no, Will the Japanese stop at nothing to get Toyota a Sprint Cup championship?

I figured I would start the conspiracy theories. nascar better hope they want to stay in the series.
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But wait... The Toyota's are built here in the USA.
 
NASCAR should really allow cigarette / tobacco companies to start sponsoring again (or was this something prevented at the federal level?).

When it was the Winston Cup, there was so much money in the sport that even fans were elgible to win 1 million $ on various races.
 
paradigm said:
NASCAR should really allow cigarette / tobacco companies to start sponsoring again (or was this something prevented at the federal level?).

When it was the Winston Cup, there was so much money in the sport that even fans were elgible to win 1 million $ on various races.
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How about Hard Alcohol as well?
 
TexasRaceLady said:
Tobacco was forbidden to advertise on TV long ago.

To my knowledge, alcohol is not forbidden. I think they just didn't see results from the exposure.
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Patron advertises hard in NHRA and ALMS. Hell, just about everywhere I turned at the Grand Prix of Baltimore, there were Patron Tequila or Heavy Seas Beer logos.
 
Winston Cup races are still shown on television, although without the tobacco commercials.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
And also without entertaining racing.
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Perhaps, but I think that expectations were different as there were less entertainment options with the previous generations. I think the idea was to accept it for what it was and move on to other things.

It's ironic that we're discussing this in a thread about mobile carriers when I believe that if people put down their phones, iPads, Playbooks etc. and actually went out and interacted with people on a personal level, they might find that they don't need that LCD screen to keep the day filled.

In both the US and Canada (where I live) we have the greatest diversity of natural resources and culture on the entire planet. All we need to do is let that Li-Ion battery go dead, step outside with an open mind and enjoy it.
 
Smoke14 said:
My Silverado was assembled in Fort Wayne but most of the parts were made overseas.

The Camry was declared "most American made." Go figure.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...rd-f-150-as-most-american-made/1#.UHwPC1Ea7bg

I am still waiting for Honda to make an appearance. :)
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This has been rehashed to the extreme. No one is going to change their mind about what they believe to be true according to what publications they read and what news shows they watch and what there neighbors cousins sister in law says because she works for a car dealership. A link posting contest is useless and has been beat to death. Possibly time to bring out the dead horse again.
 
http://www.emsstrategies.com/dm120104article.html

Auto industry suppliers consistently report that Toyota is their best customer but also their toughest. The US auto manufacturers have a reputation for being tough; however, "tough" is defined as unreasonable or hard to get along with. In Toyota's case, "tough" is defined as having high standards of excellence, with the expectation that their partners will rise to those standards. US companies and Toyota have similar quality methods and procedures with extensive standards, auditing procedures, and rules. What sets Toyota apart is that suppliers view US manufacturers as coercive while Toyota is viewed as enabling.

Over the last few decades Toyota created a strong supplier network in Japan that has distinguished them from other automakers. As they moved to build the same network in North America with US suppliers, their demanding but fair partnership approach has received positive reactions.

It seems that Toyota is more comitted to US jobs than the big 3.
 
Johali said:
This has been rehashed to the extreme. No one is going to change their mind about what they believe to be true according to what publications they read and what news shows they watch and what there neighbors cousins sister in law says because she works for a car dealership. A link posting contest is useless and has been beat to death. Possibly time to bring out the dead horse again.
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Well some so called American cars are made out of America, where some so called oversea cars are made in America, my dad's honda was made in Ohio and it's a Japan brand car right?

Anyway, on this topic anyone see a new title sponsor coming soon? maybe before the deal is even up.
 
It may be some time before we know what nascar plans 'New Sprint' has, but here is what Pockrass is saying.

Bob Pockrass‏@bobpockrass
Sprint has agreed to sell 70% stake to Japanese telecom SoftBank. Deal set to close mid-2013. Sprint contract with #NASCAR runs thru 2016.
New publicly traded company to b called New Sprint. ... Impact on #NASCAR (its deal thru 2016)? Don't know. Sale won't close until mid-2013.
Something like #NASCAR sponsorship not likely part of initial sale discussions when talking $20 billion deal ($12B for stock, $8B capital)
Current Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, who was at Sprint Cup banquet to announce extension thru 2016 & has been at races, will be CEO of New Sprint.
 
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