[mitchbert]

Totally agree. Besides, Toyota has a lot of racing experience in other formats and there's no doubt in my mind they can bring something to the party. Besides, the Japanese generally love American sports when they get a chance to be exposed to it and there's a huge established base of racing fans there already. Can't see a downside, personally.

[Guillermo]

The Japanese love everything American. Japan is one of our closest allies on this earth.

The same people bitching about Toyota getting into NASCAR likely bitched when Reagan lowered tarrifs on Japanese imports, thus SAVING American manufacturers. Remember how crappy American cars used to be?