Re: JPM to McLaren for 05

Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Mind you, US racing is in an awful state. The
>> only vaguely successful series is a motorised version of WWF and is
>> still tiny in world terms. The only race anybody had every heard of
>> outside the US has been massively devalued in recent years. The only
>> worthwhile series for big single-seaters is dying as we speak.
> 
> All irrelevant, although nearly all true.  (I fear you underestimate
> the success of NASCAR, which has promoted itself from "regional
> obsession" to "major-league sport" over the last decade or so.)
> 

It's going to be very interesting watching Toyota's entry into Craftsman
Truck Series - they're not exactly being greeted with open arms by the
establishment teams...

Although if Toyota want to start playing in the upper reaches of NASCAR
(CTS is probably a bit below BGN and therefore two steps down from the 
Winston^H^H^H^H^H^H^HNextel Cup...  I wonder how it'll affect their F1 and 
IRL programmes - probably not much direct effect on F1 as NASCAR doesn't
mean a row of beans in marketing terms outside North America right now, 
but I reckon it might cause them to look at their IRL involvement
closely from a Return-on-Investment point of view...

pete
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