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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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ALL ELECTRIC PACE CAR

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Ford to use all-electric car as NASCAR pace car at Richmond - ESPN
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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That is awesome to hear.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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I hope there aren't too many caution laps. They won't have time to recharge it between yellow's.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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I hope there aren't too many caution laps. They won't have time to recharge it between yellow's.
Yeah... that is the downside of EV's.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Juan Pablo Montoya will wreck into it.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 06:24 AM
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Juan Pablo Montoya will wreck into it.
Are you sure about that ? Or are you ragging on him for an honest mistake @ Daytona ?
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 06:30 AM
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Nice find Ken, reps sent.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by KingBigJoe
Are you sure about that ? Or are you ragging on him for an honest mistake @ Daytona ?
honest mistake?? He knew his car had problems,so he came out of the pits knowing the problem wasn't fixed and gassed it up....what did he expect the end result to be???
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 08:24 AM
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What's the odds of someone running into the jet dryer during a caution lap?


Juan in a million!


As ill advised as his actions were its safe to say he did NOT anticipate such a collision. Its not the first mistake any top-notch driver has or will ever make.

Best thing no one other than the dryer and the towing truck were injured, even the track survived---big kudos to the clean up crew and firemen on that scene too!
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by KingBigJoe
Are you sure about that ? Or are you ragging on him for an honest mistake @ Daytona ?
I take it you are a JPM fan?
No love for dead pan humor?
I am a Carl Edwards fan..........take a few shots,.......It won't upset me.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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After selling none of them in 2 months they figured they'd force Neckcar to buy one.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Old93junk
I take it you are a JPM fan?
No love for dead pan humor?
I am a Carl Edwards fan..........take a few shots,.......It won't upset me.
Naw... I'm a Mark Martin fan. I've been watching NASCAR since the early 1990's back when I was a little git.
 

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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Old93junk
I am a Carl Edwards fan..........take a few shots,.......It won't upset me.
We've got Brad Keselowski for taking shots are Edwards!

I "hate" Tony Stewart and Kyle Bush but even so can't deny even those two are good drivers----just prefer to see them at least one or more laps down late in the race.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by galaxie641
After selling none of them in 2 months they figured they'd force Neckcar to buy one.
you are thinking of the volt,which is one of the biggest pos cars n recent years and manufactured by government motors(gm,chevy to be more specific,lol).
 
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No the electric Focus had no sales, only a "few dozen" since introduction in Dec.

Ford narrows sales pitch for Focus Electric

Electric cars are a failure and not the future.
 
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