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Ok..I'm am extremely disappointed and pissed at GM!!!....Sunday they are Running like it use to be in the old times...

 

Ford is going to run a Mustang Styled..cars...Dodge is Running challenger styled cars....and Chevrolet decided to stick with the "IMPALA" ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! Why not the Camaro Comeon....

 

Sorry had to vent. :jester:

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Ok..I'm am extremely disappointed and pissed at GM!!!....Sunday they are Running like it use to be in the old times...

 

Ford is going to run a Mustang Styled..cars...Dodge is Running challenger styled cars....and Chevrolet decided to stick with the "IMPALA" ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! Why not the Camaro Comeon....

 

Sorry had to vent. :jester:

 

Hey i know what you mean. But honestly...if the Impala keeps winning and pretty much dominating as it has been...fine by me. Would rather see Chevy's in victory lane. And the Nationwide car is only going to be featured 4 times this year with that new body style. Then it sounds like they are going to tweak it some more and Chevrolet said in the future they may bring the Camaro to NASCAR. And thats fine, like they said if they do it, they wanna do it right. As long as they do it right and its tastefully done and it looks right, fine by me and worth the wait. They said what they were given go work with as far as the sheetmetal it wouldn't look like the Camaro much. I am willing to wait, and am ok with seeing the Impala keep on winning until i see the Camaro.

C. Charles Hahn Senior Enthusiast

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I bet you that choice was up to more than just GM -- as in the race teams, other sponsors, sanctioning bodies, etc.

ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't followed it to closely this year, but aren't all the cars susposed to fit into a template still? I know a few of the teams have been busted for wings, spoilers, noses that pass pre-race inspection but not post-race teardowns. If that's the case then wouldn't it mainly just be a sticker package and not much more?

chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

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gm refused to run the camaro, and im happy for it. instead of racing what isnt really a camaro, just a shell that wouldnt even resemble a camaro, theyre running it actual stock car races that actually give them an R&D advantage by racing in. NASCAR doesnt teach them anything about what works (since, you know, theyre not really stock cars). these cars, on the other hand, do:

 

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http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/02/camaro-...tang-challenge/

 

racing like this, where actual modified production vehicles with current and future technologies are used, is what helps gm.

 

"Cole interviewed Mark Kent, head of General Motors racing programs, to find out why. Basically, here’s what it boils down to: Of course Chevrolet is interested in racing its Camaro, but it also doesn’t want the strong brand identity to suffer. Kent said “one thing we do not want to do is to force the car where it shouldn’t be.” Kent added, “because of the quest for very close competition and the need to have templated bodies in that series, we felt that by forcing the Camaro into the Nationwide templates that we were compromising the body lines of an iconic car.”

http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/08/06/...-but-no-thanks/

 

 

 

 

the only thing that looks like the stang is the sticker on the grille:

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and besides, the pony cars have never been in nascar. monte carlo, impala, grand prix

MacA Enthusiast

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As long as the Impala keeps winning, doesn't matter. Mustang & Challenger fails to win :P

 

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