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Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR - Car News
Car and Driver ^ | April 2009 | JARED GALL

Posted on 03/31/2009 8:41:17 PM PDT by Jim Hill

With their racing budgets deemed “unnecessary expenditures,” GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations at the end of the season.

(Excerpt) Read more at caranddriver.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: 040109; aprilfools; aprilfoolsday; bailout; bho44; bhoeconomy; economy; nascar; obama; socialism
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To: Gondring

Hey, neat story — “We drove a Honda F1 car”.


61 posted on 03/31/2009 9:15:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Gondring

Not being reported on Nascar.com as of 1230 am wednesday.


62 posted on 03/31/2009 9:16:12 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: swheats
Has he lost his mind?

He was turned to steel

In a great magnetic field.

63 posted on 03/31/2009 9:17:21 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: swheats

What mind? He is only a puppet!


64 posted on 03/31/2009 9:19:35 PM PDT by mrsalty
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To: Jim Hill

I just hope that any dumb asses who are NASCAR fans and yet voted for Oboooomba or any of the demoRAT socialist candidates (and I bet there are a ton of those type of dumb ass voters) will finally get their heads out of the sand (or other hidden orifices) and throw the demoRAT bums & Oboooomba out of office as soon as possible...... preferably before 2010!!!


65 posted on 03/31/2009 9:19:36 PM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: Jim Hill
I was so hoping this wasn't an April Fool's joke, but, alas it is.

Good job Car and Driver....a lot of hearts stopped for a second.

If only...if only this had been true...would have guaranteed Democrats loss of power for generations...and we wouldn't have to have waited for an election for it to happen.

I wonder how "coup de tat" is said in NASCAR-speak....that would've happened.

I fell for it, have to admit...made sense with President Obama out of the country

Kind of hoped he wouldn't have been allowed to return....

66 posted on 03/31/2009 9:20:58 PM PDT by NorCoGOP (Recession: friend loses his job. Depression: You lose your job. Recovery: Obama loses his job.)
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To: Jim Hill

Sadly, an April Fools joke like this could only be this good if it is believable.


67 posted on 03/31/2009 9:23:44 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

The South shall rise again....
Messing with their NASCAR


68 posted on 03/31/2009 9:26:02 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: swheats

Obama is no joke. We just had a communist coup and the sheeple approve.


69 posted on 03/31/2009 9:28:00 PM PDT by ChiMark
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To: wolf24

Follow the link and it goes to car and driver — here is more: The President realizes this will be an unpopular call, but stands behind the decision, saying, “This is an obvious cut to make, but it is not an easy one. This administration is not ignoring the tremendous sentimental value and emotional appeal NASCAR holds for so many Americans. But now is not the time for sentiment and nostalgia; now is a time for decisive financial action. If our automotive industry is to emerge from this recession intact, then these difficult decisions must be made.”

Both Chevrolet and Dodge see the move as only temporary, and fully expect to resume racing in NASCAR as soon as they have stabilized and the government’s hand in their operations is minimized. “There is nothing really to say at this point,” said one representative, who wished to remain anonymous. “We’ve been doing this since the beginning, and we always assumed we’d be doing this until the end. Heck, nobody ever thought to think that there would be an end. But we ain’t done. As soon as this is over, we’re taking back our spot at the top.”


70 posted on 03/31/2009 9:30:38 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: Red Steel

If it is April Fools then someone made up a Car and Driver article and put it on their site.


71 posted on 03/31/2009 9:31:46 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: Jim Hill

72 posted on 03/31/2009 9:32:39 PM PDT by smokingfrog (The man who killed Baby Beluga.)
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To: Jim Hill

Nope, not buying it. Can’t find the story anywhere else. This one’s a hoax.


73 posted on 03/31/2009 9:36:03 PM PDT by LifeComesFirst (Until the unborn are free, nobody is free)
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To: rfp1234

But,

Can he see?

Or is he blind?


74 posted on 03/31/2009 9:37:06 PM PDT by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: LifeComesFirst

http://www.caranddriver.com/news — it is in their featured news at car and driver with other articles that rotate.


75 posted on 03/31/2009 9:38:54 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: Loyalist
Obama probably thinks of NASCAR as a “dumb cracker thang,” so even if this is an April Fool’s joke, he’s probably already considered it.

I think that this article is an April Fool's joke but I also think it is going to happen.

Oh well, if it does happen, I start rooting for the Fords in NASCAR. Never thought I would do that.
76 posted on 03/31/2009 9:44:42 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34 (A Community Organizer is the 21st century version of a Ward Heeler.)
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To: SkyDancer

Doesn’t matter—they’re mostly White, and won’t be around long.


77 posted on 03/31/2009 9:45:58 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: Jim Hill

I saw the headline earlier today on FR. I thought it was satire, so didn’t even read the story. Now my jaw is dropping. I hope the Florida voters who turned that state blue are going to me happy with the changes coming to Daytona.


78 posted on 03/31/2009 9:46:39 PM PDT by NavyCanDo (Original Reagan Democrats)
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To: Jim Hill; SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; ...

The List, ping


79 posted on 03/31/2009 9:48:38 PM PDT by Nachum (the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: SkyDancer

The fans didn’t vote Democratic so it cost him nothing if it’s true. Also it warns those that don’t support him about what they can expect.


80 posted on 03/31/2009 9:50:29 PM PDT by airedale ( XZ)
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