Prius / Nascar Dilemma

regina0123 · 10-19-2007, 04:35 PM

My nephew works for a Nascar team, so I have stickers for three of my favorite drivers on the back of my Red Prius. I wondered if this gave a mixed message, but my sister told me that I was saving gas so Nascar can have more races!

Doc Willie · 10-19-2007, 04:47 PM

I think you should paint your Prius like a NASCAR race car, only all the logos and ads should be from green companies - Body Shoppe, 1000 Villages, Whole Foods, solar energy providers, etc. You could even make money off this by selling the advertising space.

priusenvy · 10-19-2007, 05:30 PM

For those who don't follow NASCAR (I do, but I swear I'm not a redneck):

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (the "Intimidator"'s son) is leaving his current team, DEI (Dale Earnhard Incorporated, owned by his stepmother Teresa Earnhardt) at the end of the season. He is not being allowed to take his current number, "8", with him to his new team, Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon's and Jimmy Johnson's current team). He fought very hard to keep his number because changing it would mean that many fans would have to have their tattoos of the number "8" changed. His new number will have an "8" in it, so that some fans won't have to have their tattoos removed completely, but just modified in place to match his new number.

There was even a Budweiser commercial spoofing this number change, long before anyone realized that it would become a reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fc4FcVZJzo

regina0123 · 10-19-2007, 09:58 PM

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I think you should paint your Prius like a NASCAR race car, only all the logos and ads should be from green companies - Body Shoppe, 1000 Villages, Whole Foods, solar energy providers, etc. You could even make money off this by selling the advertising space.
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Great idea!!!! I'll have to look into that !

blamy · 10-19-2007, 10:20 PM

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For those who don't follow NASCAR (I do, but I swear I'm not a redneck):

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (the "Intimidator"'s son) is leaving his current team, DEI (Dale Earnhard Incorporated, owned by his stepmother Teresa Earnhardt) at the end of the season. He is not being allowed to take his current number, "8", with him to his new team, Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon's and Jimmy Johnson's current team). He fought very hard to keep his number because changing it would mean that many fans would have to have their tattoos of the number "8" changed. His new number will have an "8" in it, so that some fans won't have to have their tattoos removed completely, but just modified in place to match his new number.

There was even a Budweiser commercial spoofing this number change, long before anyone realized that it would become a reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fc4FcVZJzo
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His new number for next season is going to be "88" bought from Yates racing by Hendrick especially for Jr. and by the way there is nothing wrong with being a redneck.

regina0123 · 10-19-2007, 10:47 PM

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For those who don't follow NASCAR (I do, but I swear I'm not a redneck):

No redneck fans here either - just fun to watch the races. And I hear Jr's new number will be 88, so guess that work well for his fans. We lived near Mooresville NC for a while, so came to know a lot of people who work for various teams there.

And now Toyota has cars in Nascar too - I think Michael Waltrip could put "my other car is a Prius" on the back of his 55 car...

Pinto Girl · 10-19-2007, 11:05 PM

I thought this topic was about the Prius joining NASCAR...or [ahem] Winston Cup...or whatever it's called these days...

Then I thought to myself, "No way; the hood's too small and doesn't offer sufficient space for advertising!"
;-)

The thing about Earnhardt Jr.'s fans and their body art is groovy.

-------------

I have a friend who, over the years, had a number of his girlfriends' names tattooed to his body.

Every time they'd --inevitably-- break up, he'd find someone to turn the name into (I swear this is true) the head of a well-known cartoon character(!!)

It actually works for him, and is a great conversation starter.

patsparks · 10-20-2007, 04:53 AM

Sad thing is the rules most likely exclude any car with an advanced drive train like the Prius.
In Australia, the V8 Supercar series has a rule to exclude all car but Holden Commodore V8 and Ford Falcon V8, because before that rule the stone age engines in Australian cars couldn't compete.

sleeka · 10-20-2007, 11:45 AM

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Sad thing is the rules most likely exclude any car with an advanced drive train like the Prius.
In Australia, the V8 Supercar series has a rule to exclude all car but Holden Commodore V8 and Ford Falcon V8, because before that rule the stone age engines in Australian cars couldn't compete.
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So Pat, Australian pushrod V8s are somehow more stoneage design than US pushrod V8s in Holdens and Falcons?
Or does the fuel injection make them hi-tech these days?

Funnily enough, when Toyota entered Nascar this year with its Camry, a (gasp) hi-tech pushrod V8 replaced a dinosaur quad-cam fuel-injected V6 under the bonnet.
Who knows what would have happened if they had been allowed to use the decidedly inferior quad-cam, fuel-injected, VVT all-alloy exquisite Lexus V8 in it......

jhinton · 10-20-2007, 11:55 AM

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..... and by the way there is nothing wrong with being a redneck.
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Yes there is. I lived in East TN for 7 years and now live in AL. There are way too many rednecks flying "Confederate" flags around here and they love to watch NASCAR. The sad but funny thing is that the flag they fly never represented the confederacy but is just a 20th century hodge-podge of different Confederate flag features made popular by the KKK. I'm sure some rednecks know this but many don't.

The real Confederate flags:

I think NASCAR is just hilarious because though they claim to have high performance cars, they specifically ban fuel injection 20 years after it because standard on all production cars and their rear suspension is based on a 50's Chevy truck design. Really NASCAR is just a theater production like "Professional" wrestling but people love the show.

10-19-2007, 05:30 PM	#3
priusenvy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 1,758 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	For those who don't follow NASCAR (I do, but I swear I'm not a redneck): Dale Earnhardt Jr. (the "Intimidator"'s son) is leaving his current team, DEI (Dale Earnhard Incorporated, owned by his stepmother Teresa Earnhardt) at the end of the season. He is not being allowed to take his current number, "8", with him to his new team, Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon's and Jimmy Johnson's current team). He fought very hard to keep his number because changing it would mean that many fans would have to have their tattoos of the number "8" changed. His new number will have an "8" in it, so that some fans won't have to have their tattoos removed completely, but just modified in place to match his new number. There was even a Budweiser commercial spoofing this number change, long before anyone realized that it would become a reality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fc4FcVZJzo __________________ 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid Black (hers) JBL Audio, Bluetooth, Moonroof, Alloy Wheels, Pink Fuzzy Dice on rearview mirror 2005 Driftwood Pearl Pkg #6 (mine) Katzkin Leather Interior Diamond Audio D661s Component Speakers JL Audio 8W3 Subwoofer JL Audio CleanSweep CL441dsp MTX Thunder 564 Amp 4x100 watts MTX Thunder 421D Amp 1x300 watts OEM Sirius Tuner 2004 Super White Pkg #9 (hers) - sold

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10-19-2007, 04:35 PM	#1
regina0123 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My nephew works for a Nascar team, so I have stickers for three of my favorite drivers on the back of my Red Prius. I wondered if this gave a mixed message, but my sister told me that I was saving gas so Nascar can have more races!

10-19-2007, 04:47 PM	#2
Doc Willie Shuttlecraft Commander Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Out there, somewhere Posts: 1,192 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 9	I think you should paint your Prius like a NASCAR race car, only all the logos and ads should be from green companies - Body Shoppe, 1000 Villages, Whole Foods, solar energy providers, etc. You could even make money off this by selling the advertising space.

10-19-2007, 10:47 PM	#6
regina0123 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	[quote] For those who don't follow NASCAR (I do, but I swear I'm not a redneck): No redneck fans here either - just fun to watch the races. And I hear Jr's new number will be 88, so guess that work well for his fans. We lived near Mooresville NC for a while, so came to know a lot of people who work for various teams there. And now Toyota has cars in Nascar too - I think Michael Waltrip could put "my other car is a Prius" on the back of his 55 car...

10-19-2007, 11:05 PM	#7
Pinto Girl Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,372 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I thought this topic was about the Prius joining NASCAR...or [ahem] Winston Cup...or whatever it's called these days... Then I thought to myself, "No way; the hood's too small and doesn't offer sufficient space for advertising!" ;-) The thing about Earnhardt Jr.'s fans and their body art is groovy. ------------- I have a friend who, over the years, had a number of his girlfriends' names tattooed to his body. Every time they'd --inevitably-- break up, he'd find someone to turn the name into (I swear this is true) the head of a well-known cartoon character(!!) It actually works for him, and is a great conversation starter.

10-20-2007, 04:53 AM	#8
patsparks Uneducated bird-brain Aussie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide South Australia Posts: 5,853 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 23	Sad thing is the rules most likely exclude any car with an advanced drive train like the Prius. In Australia, the V8 Supercar series has a rule to exclude all car but Holden Commodore V8 and Ford Falcon V8, because before that rule the stone age engines in Australian cars couldn't compete.