Running 2018 NASCAR thread

I guess Ford will be racing Mustangs in NASCAR from here on out, since that's the only sedan they'll have left. Can you run a "stock car" series if there are no actual production sedans remaining?

Ford, in push to profitability, nearly abandons sedan market its Model T created

 

Do the Big Three ever learn from their past mistakes? They did this, putting all their eggs into the truck and SUV basket, in the 1990s and early 2000s to disastrous results in the mid-2000s.

The only thing that might save them this time is if battery-powered cars get here before the next gas crisis.

 

Maybe this means Ford sedans will come in colors other than white and silver?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't automakers only run coupes in NASCAR until the Ford Taurus was introduced in 1998?

 

Dodges are most popular cop cars in suburban Boston towns. Police have to haul around a lot of stuff in their cars.

 

Probably, huh.
Our local city cops cars are Taurus and the Dodge Challengers.

 

Since NASCAR has basically gutted its own ladder system of weekly short tracks, time to ruin another way to get to the big time. Does NASCAR offer "charters" to the wealthiest ARCA owners in an effort to keep car counts up?

NASCAR acquires ARCA to bolster stock-car racing | NASCAR.com

 

Most police cars here are SUVs.

 

1966 Rookie of the Year, 1972 Talladega winner James Hylton and son killed on I-85 in Georgia early Saturday morning on way back from Talladega after ARCA race. Driver of the rig survived with injuries after losing control and hitting an embankment.

James Hylton passes away at age 83 | NASCAR.com

Interviewed him years ago for a story on Talladega's surprise winners. I think he may hold the record for oldest man to start a Cup race, or at least to attempt a qualifying run. And he was the most famous No. 48 in NASCAR (apologies to Dan Gurney) before some kid from California showed up at Rick Hendrick's shop.

 

Ford sold a ton of sedans with fleet sales, but yes, more police departments are going with SUV type vehicles and we know taxi companies aren't buying in bulk anymore.