Can They Do It? Toyota Says It Will Claim The NASCAR Title In 2008

Can They Do It? Toyota Says It Will Claim The NASCAR Title In 2008

Toyota claims to be humble, always picking away at the details believing that all the small changes will eventually improve matters in the long run. A strategy which has worked well for Toyota who have overtaken the Big Three in the USA this year in production numbers.

But humbleness has been defenestrated by Jim Aust, Toyota Motor Sales’ vice president of motorsports who has said that Toyota will win the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2008. A bald statement for a manufacturer who was just a rookie in the 2007 season.

Especially if you consider Toyota finished 4th out of 4 manufacturers in 2007.

 


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r15mohdr15mohd - 1/2/2008 12:37:48 PM
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well they recently got Joe Gibbs Racing as one of their takers, and Joe Gibss has one of the best drivers in T. Stewart.....it's possible!


JUGNUJUGNU - 1/2/2008 12:43:34 PM
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Toyota good luck but don't forget in racing,

always underpromise and overdeliver.

JUGNU


silver1silver1 - 1/2/2008 3:23:25 PM
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Your right... with $14,000,000,000 billion dollars in revenues they can win anuthing they want if they so to choose to


kpaxxkpaxx - 1/2/2008 12:55:57 PM
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Did they make this type of promise 2 years into F1?


1970toyotamarc1970toyotamarc - 1/2/2008 12:56:41 PM
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The real story, unfortunately, is not quite as flame inducing...Toyota Open Road Blog reports...

"Jim Aust, Toyota Motor Sales’ vice president of motorsports, recently proclaimed to Open Road that there was no question that a NASCAR-spec Camry would win in Sprint (formerly Nextel) Cup in 2008. The only uncertainties, in his mind, were when the first win would occur and how many would follow."

One win prediction, ONE win. Not the championship.


EL34EL34 - 1/2/2008 1:14:50 PM
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Toyota will be destroyed in NASCAR '08 ;-)

Their cars will be smashed and bashed to itty bitty pieces!


1970toyotamarc1970toyotamarc - 1/2/2008 1:42:20 PM
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That would pretty much describe every week, every car, every mfr, every driver in NASCAR.


r15mohdr15mohd - 1/2/2008 3:02:18 PM
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well they can't destroy it...NASCAR was built on american V8's, toyota has adhere to the fact that their technological adavancements may not be usable in NASCAR itself.




Htay7500Htay7500 - 1/2/2008 2:30:46 PM
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Non
Athletic
Sport
Centered
Around
Rednecks

like anyone gives a **** about NASCAR.


TargaTarga - 1/2/2008 2:49:56 PM
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LOL... that is funny as hell


r15mohdr15mohd - 1/2/2008 2:58:56 PM
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as one of the most profitable sports in the USA...many give it praise.

Do you find any other sport with as much sponsors as NASCAR?

business first...


Htay7500Htay7500 - 1/2/2008 5:05:53 PM
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so is basketball...


1970toyotamarc1970toyotamarc - 1/2/2008 3:41:39 PM
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Again I will point out that the title is wrong, misleading, a lie. 009, it would behoove you to fix it.


rockerrocker - 1/2/2008 4:26:28 PM
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Can anyone win a race beside the Rick Hendrick team in '08? That is the real question.


Dr550Dr550 - 1/2/2008 5:40:05 PM
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Nascar, the WWF of motorsports, will have to keep Toyota happy. With Chrysler financial problems, should be gone after 2008(?). Hello Penske and Gannasi.


carguy68carguy68 - 1/2/2008 6:11:47 PM
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just cause they got that whiny sore looser stuart on their side mean they will win a champion ship this year or ever.


toolatetoracetoolatetorace - 1/2/2008 11:24:21 PM
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Tony Stewart has been on top too long and could peak any moment as far as performance goes . Joe Gibbs is in the shadow with JD Gibbs running the show . Tony is their only hope and that's if he keeps his temper under control . . Tony will at least make the field compared to the Dale and Mikey show and the rest of the cronies in the MW camp , what a joke that was last year . No,,, the only reason Totie is getting so bullish about winng is that they kick sand in the Americans faces because we kicked the $hit out of them in WW II and they figure they can get even by making us back markers in Nascar and in the car business which many of hold dear,,, Toyota being humble as they go about their bussiness in this country ,,,, my ass!!!!


BMW4me4everBMW4me4ever - 1/3/2008 1:40:03 PM
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How bout they start by winning " 1 " race or better yet finishing a few races back to back. This title kills me. In regards to Formala 1, have they even finished a race without having engine issues? Maybe they finished one, but that is about it ...

Let me know, when a cow flies....


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