[Howie66]

"He drives a Toyota (truck)...so thats cool."

This is one thing that's happening in NASCAR that I am completely opposed to. Toyotas or any other foreign brand just don't belong, in my opinion. I understand why they are being allowed, however. I just don't like it.

[wallcrawlr]

We're obviously different kinds of fans. Maybe I'm just not as much a purist.

I dont mind.

+ I've always owned Toyotas.

I think it'll be good for the sport.

[E Rocc]

Toyotas are built in Kentucky, where NASCAR is probably more popular than in Detroit.

As for Bill Lester being newsworthy, unfortunately there's historical reasons for that. The last time a black man won a top-line NASCAR race, a white driver was announced as the winner so that ignorant racists wouldn't riot.

Whether or not that is relevant 40+ years later is open to debate, but historical fact is historical fact.

-Eric